Second NFL coach fired odds: Dan Quinn's tenure with Atlanta Falcons could be down to hours

It took only four games for the first coach in the NFL to get a pink slip as the 0-4 Houston Texans on Monday dumped Bill O'Brien, who also had been serving as the team's general manager. O'Brien's lopsidedly awful trade of DeAndre Hopkins this offseason to Arizona likely serve his fate. SportsLine oddsmakers have released updated numbers on the second coach fired this NFL season, and there surely will be at least one more canned because usually there are at least two dumped during a season.

O'Brien had been priced as the +600 fourth-favorite but would have moved up a bit in the new odds after Houston was beaten soundly at home by the then-winless Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. That took Vikings coach Mike Zimmer somewhat off the hot seat.

Frankly, it's a minor miracle that Jets ownership didn't dump Adam Gase following last Thursday's embarrassing 37-28 home loss to a winless, injury-ravaged Denver Broncos team giving an undrafted free-agent QB in Brett Rypien his first-ever start. The Jets picked him off three times and still lost 37-28.

Reports out of New York before the game were that Gase wouldn't be fired if the team lost and apparently those reports were correct. What is ownership waiting for? Perhaps the team's Week 11 bye. New York has a semi-winnable home game this Sunday against struggling Arizona, which is a 6.5-point favorite on the NFL odds.

Atlanta's Dan Quinn is on the hottest seat with his team at 0-4 following Monday night's 30-16 loss in Green Bay. It's the first time the Falcons have that record since 1999. Quinn said he spoke with team owner Arthur Blank after the game but they did not discuss his job security.

In two games, the Falcons were torched by Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers and in the other two blew double-digit leads in the fourth quarter. Now that O'Brien has been fired, it might almost make it easier for Blank to make a move simply because O'Brien provides "cover."

Now in his sixth season, Quinn is 43-41 with one NFC South title and one wild-card berth. If you are wondering, the Falcons' bye week isn't until Week 10. They have a winnable game at home vs. Carolina on Sunday with Atlanta opening at -3.5 but perhaps without Julio Jones (reinjured on Monday) on top of several injured defensive starters. If Quinn loses to a rookie coach (Matt Rhule) inside the division at home as a favorite, that could be the last straw for Blank. Perhaps being on a short week is all that's saving Quinn from being fired immediately. 

Detroit almost impossibly blew yet another double-digit lead in Week 4 and lost 35-29 at home to the Saints. New Orleans scored 35 straight points after trailing 14-0 in the first quarter. Almost impossibly, the Lions now lost six consecutive games in which they led by at least 10 points, the longest such streak in NFL history.

"Certainly I think when I came to Detroit, there was a lot of work to do and that's what we're trying to do," Detroit coach Matt Patricia said afterward. Many former Lions players are hammering Patricia over that quote because the team he took over had gone 9-7 in back-to-back years under former coach Jim Caldwell.

The Lions are on the bye in Week 5 so if Patricia isn't fired in the next day or two, presumably he will make it through the season.

Anthony Lynn of the Chargers has seen his odds get shorter after the Bolts blew a 17-point lead in Tampa on Sunday and lost their third in a row – all by seven points or fewer. L.A. is a 7.5-point underdog in the Monday night game in Week 5 and won't have top running back Austin Ekeler for a while.

The Bolts were 12-4 as recently as 2018 but have been going backward ever since. If Lynn tries to bench good-looking rookie QB Justin Herbert for Tyrod Taylor (when healthy), ownership might have cause to fire Lynn.

Doug Marrone's Jaguars upset the Colts in Week 1 and that looks more and more like a massive fluke every day as the Jags haven't won since and the Colts haven't lost. Marrone made a very questionable decision with 6:17 left Sunday in Cincinnati. Jacksonville had just scored to cut the Bengals' lead to 30-22 but he opted to go for 2 on the PAT. It failed.

"I don't like getting heavy into the analytics with what we do, but it gives you a better chance to win the football game, and that's what we're trying to do," Marrone said.

Via SportsLine NFL oddsmakers: Who will be the second NFL coach fired this season?

• Dan Quinn Even
• Adam Gase +200
• Matt Patricia +400
• Anthony Lynn +500
• Doug Marrone +700
• Mike Zimmer +1000
• Vic Fangio +1500
• Matt Nagy +1800
• Joe Judge +2000

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