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Traditionally, as soon as the regular season is over, the coaching carosel kicks into high gear. This season, three coaches jumped on early in the season. To this point, we’ve had 4 more head coaches hitting the highway.

The most obvious choice was Detroit Lions head coach, Rod Marinelli. This was a no brainer after an 0-16 season. The next head coach could be lucky because there is no where to go but up.

The Cleveland Browns also said goodbye to Romeo Crennel. He was considered a defensive genius with the Patriots but could not take the Browns to the next level. My guess would be Crennel would return to a defensive coordinator position.

The New York Jets fired Eric Mangini. The Jets missed the playoffs again and looked lack luster in the final game of the season. Mangini is actually being considered for the Browns job.

In a kind of surprise, the Broncos fired Mike Shanahan. He had a lot of sucess with the Broncos but they parted ways. Shanahan has expressed his desire to coach again, soon. My prediction is he will end up with the Jets. They are moving to a new stadium and really need a big name head coach with Brett Favre’s future undecided.

As always, the off season will be interesting. Happy New Year to all my faithful readers as we enter the most exciting time of the season.