"Black Monday" traditionally casts a pall over the NFL's calendar, a fraught time when head coaches and, typically, their staffs are fired en masse – organizational upheaval left in the aftermath along with so many football families thrust into personal chaos.
However Black Monday has softened to shades of slate in recent years. Many clubs opt to pivot well before a lost season ends, if not at least aborting the drama of a foregone conclusion by summarily firing coaches hours after the regular-season finale.
The 2020 campaign has largely been following that pattern, three coaches terminated well in advance of Week 17 before the Jets expectedly jettisoned Adam Gase on Sunday night.