Remember at the start of the 2019 calendar year when some pundits linked the NFL hot seat to San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan?
Well, that narrative died a quick death.
The 49ers are 10-2 and were a couple of field goals away from being a perfect 12-0 on the season. Linking Shanahan to the NFL hot seat isn’t going to happen for a very long, long while.
At the same time, the Carolina Panthers just proved the NFL hot seat can strike down head coaches with more than a few accolades, made perfectly clear when the team sent head coach Ron Rivera packing, according to more than a few reports:
Rivera, whose Panthers went 5-7 this season, has a Super Bowl appearance under his belt along with two NFL Coach of the Year awards.