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The Lions and Bears showed their coaches the door. Bruce Arians of the Cardinals found it himself. And Vance Joseph of the Broncos remained gainfully employed despite enduring the sort of season that doesn’t go down well in Denver. What is traditionally the NFL’s biggest day for firings Karl Mecklenburg Color Rush Jersey , ”Black Monday,” started with a flurry when Detroit canned Jim Caldwell and Chicago did the same to John Fox, both before noon. ”Today is the tough part of our results-oriented business,” said Fox, whose team went 14-34 and finished last in all three of his seasons in Chicago. He and Caldwell, who went 36-28 in four seasons but didn’t win a playoff game, joined Jack Del Rio of the Raiders and Chuck Pagano of the Colts, whose owners didn’t even wait until the calendar turned, choosing to sack them after their games Sunday. But that was it. Arians, who has been dealing with health problems, including a bout with kidney cancer, announced he was leaving Arizona, though that was widely expected. In a teary news conference https://www.broncosf...-Jackson-Jersey , the 65-year-old Arians called his stay in Arizona, which included 49 victories over five seasons ”a great ride.” Sporting his trademark cap and toying with his grey goatee, Arians said an eye opener came over the summer when his wife told him his son, Jake, was soon to turn 40. ”It hit me like a ton of bricks, that I missed all that time,” Arians said. ”That’s the culture. I probably wouldn’t change anything.” Joseph, a rookie head coach who oversaw a 5-11 season that included an eight-game losing streak, was on the hot seat. But his boss, John Elway, slept on it and decided to keep Joseph and not begin a search for the team’s fourth coach in five years. ”We believe in Vance as our head coach,” Elway tweeted . ”Together, we’ll put in the work to improve in all areas and win in 2018.” The Marvin Lewis situation in Cincinnati – well Dennis Smith Jersey , it’s complicated. Lewis completed his 15th season with the Bengals, and conventional wisdom held that he might not be asked to return. He met with owner Mike Brown on Monday, but no conclusions were reached. Lewis said the decision was more complicated than management simply asking him back, and that the owner and the front office need to be on the same page. The five vacancies (six counting the Giants, who fired Bob McAdoo earlier in December) naturally triggered a flurry of speculation about which assistant coaches might be moving on to take over the teams. Panthers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks confirmed that the Colts, Lions and Giants had asked him to interview. Patriots coordinators Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia were, as usual, on a number of lists, and Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz was considered one of New York’s top candidates. Maybe most intriguing was the prospect of Jon Gruden leaving the broadcasting booth and returning to the Raiders. ESPN reported that Raiders owner Mark Davis was trying to lure Gruden back to the sideline with an offer that could include an ownership stake. In Houston, Texans general manager Rick Smith said he would leave the team for at least a year while his wife, Tiffany, fights breast cancer. There had been speculation that coach Bill O’Brien might lose his job, though it appeared O’Brien would stay on. Smith dismissed the notion that he and O’Brien don’t get along Terrell Davis Color Rush Jersey , saying they have a great working relationship. ”We continue to do that and that’s another reason why this is a decision that I can make,” Smith said. — The swag may indeed be back.Last year, quarterback Chad “Swag” Kelly positioned himself to be the primary backup to Case Keenum in Denver, before an incident that culminated in Kelly being chased out of a house with an attachment to a vacuum cleanear resulted in the Broncos cutting him.This year, Kelly could very well be the No. 2 quarterback in Indianapolis, behind new starter (due to the Andrew Luck retirement) Jacoby Brissett. But first, of course, Kelly will have to serve a two-game suspension arising from the ugliness that got him run out of Denver.The Colts, thanks in large part to coach Frank Reich’s friendship with Kelly’s uncle, Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, took a chance on the last player taken in the 2017 draft. Not even the AAF, with a top football executive who had raved about Kelly before he entered the NFL, gave him a chance.Now https://www.broncosf...-Atwater-Jersey , Kelly likely will be one injury away from playing for the Colts, as of Week Three.On Saturday night, Kelly started for the Colts and completed 16 of 21 passes for 209 yards, an average per attempt of nearly 10.0, and a passer rating of 103.1. Walker wilted in comparison, with a passer rating of 29.3.If Kelly returns from suspension as the primary backup to Brissett, it will be one of the most unlikely turnarounds in recent NFL history. Gone and largely forgotten, the Colts threw Kelly a lifeline in May. Three months later, he’s almost exactly where he was a year ago.