The season is a quarter of the way done so it’s time for teams with bad head coaches to start figuring out if they should move on. Maybe they throw out some feelers. They could ask an agent if a coach would be interested in leaving his current position. Everyone loves a good backchannel It’s time for the teams and fans who have already seen their season go by the wayside to start dreaming.

Lincoln Riley

The crown jewel of potential coaching hires. It’s going to be tough to get Riley out of Norman. The Oklahoma job is actually better than some NFL jobs. There’s no reason for Lincoln to leave college to coach in Jacksonville or Atlanta. The D.C. job comes with a marquee franchise but a bad front office and one of the most difficult owners in the league. It wouldn’t be surprising if Riley simply didn’t leave because there wasn’t a good situation available.

If he does leave, it’s going to take a whole lot of money and whatever freedom Riley wants with his personnel. Riley already makes enough money at Oklahoma and he can wait out the perfect job. Maybe a situation with Baker Mayfield becomes available in the next few years if the Browns disappoint.