Checking the temperature of the NFL's hottest seats: Barnwell on Mike McDaniel, Justin Fields

The NFL typically overshadows astir different sports stories connected Sunday afternoons during the fall, but Penn State's determination to fire manager James Franklin was an objection to that rule. Fifteen days ago, Franklin's Nittany Lions were the No. 3-ranked squad successful assemblage football. But aft 3 consecutive losses, the assemblage decided that it was amended disconnected paying their long-tenured manager a buyout of astir $50 cardinal and hiring idiosyncratic other to tally the shot program.

With UAB manager Trent Dilfer besides getting fired connected Sunday, the assemblage shot blistery spot has officially been turned on. The aforesaid is existent for the NFL, wherever the immense bulk of the league's teams are present six games into their seasons. It's tougher for a coach, subordinate oregon enforcement to dainty a dilatory commencement oregon a unsmooth spot of signifier similar it's a impermanent interest this acold into the season. Nobody wants to spot players get benched oregon coaches get fired, but it's a world of this sport.

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Let's speech contiguous astir the NFL blistery seat. Should clip beryllium up for embattled coaches oregon overwhelmed quarterbacks? What needs to alteration for them to crook things around? I'll tally done immoderate of the astir tenuous positions astir the league, starting successful Miami, wherever the players are adjacent arguing successful public that they request much successful the mode of leadership.

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Week 6: Lost 29-27 to Chargers, dropping the Dolphins to 1-5

For a infinitesimal there, it looked similar the Dolphins mightiness get retired alive. Reeling aft a 17-point 3rd 4th opened the crippled up for the Chargers, the Dolphins fought back. De'Von Achane's 2nd touchdown of the crippled made it 26-20 with 8 minutes to go, and aft the Chargers went four-and-out, the Dolphins drove downfield and scored different touchdown with 52 seconds left, taking a 27-26 lead. All McDaniel needed was 1 halt from his defence to seal up a location triumph implicit a tea...