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Black Monday: Eradicating 'fired' from NFL lexicon

"You’re Fired" is the signature line from "His Hairness" -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. It’s also the dreaded theme for "Black Monday," the NFL’s season-ending house-cleaning of coaches, GMs and other staff members following the final game of the regular season.

By Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 the San Francisco 49ers' Jim Tomsula, Philadelphia Eagles' Chip Kelly, Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine and GM Ray Farmer, NY Giants' Tom Coughlin (resignation) were all told to clean out their desks, lockers, vacate their VIP parking spaces and turn in the playbooks they helped write.

This group was told, “Thanks for your combined record of 20-43 in 2015/16.