There are no safety nets left. NFL owners demand playoffs or pink slips, with little tolerance for context or rebuilding narratives. When fans boo and seats empty, heads roll—and coaches on the outside looking in should assume nothing.

Two coaches have already been fired this season. More firings are coming. With less than five weeks until Black Monday, here's the definitive ranking of the coaches most likely to be shown the door.

7. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers gambled everything on a Super Bowl run, bringing in veteran talent to be piloted by a 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers. The bet has cratered.

Rodgers looks finished. The defense, once a source of pride, is a disaster. The entire team appears disengaged at times. Tomlin sits at 6-6 in his 19th season, staring down his first losing season in Pittsburgh.

The murmurs around the NFL are unmistakable: divorce could be coming. Worse for Tomlin, "Fire Tomlin" chants erupted at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday—giving ownership political cover to make a seismic move they've never seriously considered before.

6. Pete Carroll, Las Vegas Raiders

Carroll's midseason axing of offensive coordinator Chip Kelly—with six games still lost in an already-dead season—was the move of a desperate man trying to sacrifice someone else to save himself.

The Raiders are 2-10, yet Carroll clings to a 35-year-old quarterback who's been mostly terrible. A 74-year-old coach wants to win now. A franchise needs to rebuild, possibly for years. The mismatch is stark.

Carroll's stature suggests he won't be fired after one season. But everything here feels wrong. And these are the Raiders—his contract runs only three years. Anything can happen.

5. Zac Taylor, Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Burrow's return will likely save Taylor's job, even if it shouldn't.

Bengals ownership will blame the losing on Burrow's absence, then get seduced by the team's improved play once he returns. They'll convince themselves next year brings contention.

The numbers tell a different story. Taylor's record is 50-60-1. He's secured two playoff berths in seven seasons. His defense ranks dead last in the league. A competent front office would move on. The Bengals rarely do the smart thing.

4. Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland Browns

Stefanski didn't architect this mess—that blame belongs to ownership and the Deshaun Watson disaster. But he hasn't distinguished himself either.

His rookie quarterbacks, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, haven't shown much, and Stefanski hasn't managed the situation well. The Browns boast one of the league's best defenses yet still underperform relative to their talent. After six seasons and a 6-23 record over the past two years, it's time for a new voice in Cleveland.

3. Mike McDaniel, Miami Dolphins

At 1-6, McDaniel looked done. Then the Dolphins won four of five, including an impressive 30-13 victory over Buffalo. Three other wins came against weaker opponents.

But here's the problem: Owner Stephen Ross already fired GM Chris Grier. A new general manager typically wants his own coach. McDaniel's overall record is respectable—33-30 in four seasons with two playoff berths—but a new GM will likely want to start fresh unless Ross forces his hand.

2. Jonathan Gannon, Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals opened 2-0. Since then, they've collapsed to 1-9 with a four-game losing streak. Gannon's three-year record stands at a dismal 15-31.

Two factors seal his fate: His defense, supposedly his area of expertise, has been generally terrible. And the franchise is almost certain to part ways with Kyler Murray and start fresh at quarterback. The Cardinals won't hand a rookie QB to an obvious lame duck.

1. Raheem Morris, Atlanta Falcons

Morris has plummeted into the top spot with six losses in seven games, despite the presence of one of football's most dynamic talents in running back Bijan Robinson.

The Falcons lost to the Jets after blowing a lead, struggled to beat the Saints, and were blown out by Miami. They took the Colts and Panthers to overtime and lost at New England by a point. Context doesn't excuse talent being this poorly deployed.

Morris is only in his second season with a 12-17 record. GM Terry Fontenot must be questioning whether the man leading his carefully built roster actually knows how to coach it.