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Ranking top NFL head coach candidates for 2025 openings

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Week 14 in the NFL means we're a little more than a month away from the annual head-coaching carousel. Three teams -- the Jets, Saints and Bears -- have already fired coaches this season, and more openings are expected when the regular season concludes in early January.

People spend a lot of time talking about which coaches might be fired, but it's important to also talk about who might be hired to replace them. To that end, I put together a list of the top 10 head-coaching candidates for this cycle, based on chatter around the league.