According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, one in a "hot seat" is in "a position of uneasiness, embarrassment, or anxiety." The hotter the seat, the more uneasiness, embarrassment or anxiety. The colder the seat—you get the picture.
It's a phrase you see and hear often in NFL coaching analysis, especially now that rebuilds are expected to take about seven minutes and thus seats often rise in temperature at an accelerated rate.
So with peak free agency in the rearview mirror and the draft still a few weeks away, we decided take the temperature of 32 metaphorical inanimate objects.