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5 NFL coaches on the hot seat down the stretch of 2017 season

By Peter Panacy

GREEN BAY, WI - AUGUST 12: Head coach Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns looks to the scoreboard in the third quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on August 12, 2016 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WI - AUGUST 12: Head coach Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns looks to the scoreboard in the third quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on August 12, 2016 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – SEPTEMBER 24: Chuck Pagano the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts watches the action during the game against the Cleveland Browns at Lucas Oil Stadium on September 24, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – SEPTEMBER 24: Chuck Pagano the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts watches the action during the game against the Cleveland Browns at Lucas Oil Stadium on September 24, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

No. 4: Chuck Pagano, Indianapolis Colts

2017 Record: 2-6, Fourth in AFC South

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano could be fired after this season for a number of reasons.

Heck, it’s almost funny to consider him rewarding the 49ers for their apparent Week 1 win over Indianapolis when, in fact, Pagano’s Colts actually lost to the Rams:

OK, silly enough. But Pagano has seen his squad go from a perennial double-digit-win team all the way to a lackluster franchise only beginning to turn the page on its previous success.

Pagano’s two wins this season? Only over the lowly Cleveland Browns and 49ers, the latter having to come in overtime.

Hot-seat rumblings surrounding Pagano are nothing new. But with first-year general manager Chris Ballard in charge of things moving forward, it seems likelier he’ll want someone of his choosing running the show in 2018 and beyond.