Coaches On The Bubble Six Weeks Ago . . .
Coming out of Week Four of the 2016 NFL season, we had real reasons to believe that head coaches Chuck Pagano of the Colts (1-3), Gus Bradley (1-3) of the Jaguars, Jim Caldwell of the Lions (1-3) and Mike McCoy of the Chargers were unlikely to survive in their jobs for more than another week or three.
Bradley was actually coming off the Jags' first win of the season over the Colts, leaving Pagano in miserable shape but seemingly protected at least a bit by the new four-year contract extension he got just prior to the start of this season.