'Boom or Bust!': ESPN Ranks Jets' Robert Saleh Hottest NFL Coaching Seat

Under pressure?

For Matt Eberflus, the Chicago Bears drafted a franchise quarterback No. 1 overall and acquired two top-flight receivers and a proven running back.

The Philadelphia Eagles' Nick Sirianni was in the Super Bowl just two years ago and started last season 10-1 before imploding. The team added star running back Saquon Barkley in free agency.

Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys has orchestrated three consecutive 12-win regular seasons and two division championships but with only one playoff win to show for it. He doesn't have a contract for 2025.

Under pressure? Sure. But when it comes to hot seats for NFL head coaches in 2024, none is more uncomfortable than the one occupied by the New York Jets ' Robert Saleh. The Jets are banking on 40-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers, an offensive line rebuilt through lucrative free-agent signings and a Top 5 defense to deliver their first Super Bowl since 1969.

"This one is insanely obvious," ESPN's Mike Greenberg said Tuesday in unveiling his Top 5 coaching hot seats on Get Up! . "I think everyone knows, including him, that this team is the ultimate boom or bust. They have a great season, wonderful. But if this thing falls apart, everyone's gone beginning with him and including the general manager and the legendary quarterback and everybody else. It is boom or bust. Either this team wins big, or they tear it down to the studs."

Greeny's rankings: 1. Saleh; 2. Sirianni; 3. McCarthy; 4. Eberflus; 5. Brian Daboll of the New York Giants.

In the NFC East, only first-year coach Dan Quinn of the woebegone Washington Commanders is getting some wiggle room.

"Last year I thought he was hanging on by a thread," Greenberg said of Sirianni. "They got rid of the offensive coordinator and the defensive coordinator so there's nobody left to blame. They have as much offensive skill position talent as any team in the NFL. I think they're going to have a really good year. If they don't, it's going to fall squarely on the coach."

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If Greenberg is correct, the Eagles and Cowboys will this season play not only for a division title but also their head coach's job.

"He's almost too obvious to mention," he said of McCarthy. "They held a press conference the other day in Big D and I think he was asleep. He wasn't even answering any questions because they were all going to Jerry Jones. This is an 'all in' season and, by that, Jerry means now or never. That's going to include the quarterback and that's going to include the coach. If they don't win playoff games this season I can't imagine him returning."