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After a 23-22 loss to the lowly Carolina Panthers that extended their losing streak to seven games, the New Orleans Saints on Monday fired head coach Dennis Allen.

Allen followed Robert Saleh, formerly of the New York Jets, as the second head coach fired this season. Allen posted an 18-25 record in 2 1/2 seasons in New Orleans. It’s the second time in his career he failed to make it through his third season at the helm of a team. In 2014, the Oakland Raiders fired Allen after just four games of his third year with them. For his career, Allen is 26-53 as a head coach.

Allen will not be the last NFL head coach fired this season. Through nine weeks of action, nine of the NFL’s 32 teams have only two victories apiece. Fifteen teams have losing records.

Time is quickly evaporating, and without sudden rebounds, some of these losing teams will likely follow the lead of the Jets and Saints and turn their attention to the future.

Here’s a look at the coaches seemingly on the hot seat as the second half of the NFL regular season kicks off.

Doug Pederson, Jacksonville Jaguars (2-7)

Jacksonville’s mind-blowing decline continues. Pederson and his team seem headed toward double-digit losses just two seasons after winning the AFC South and reaching the divisional round of the playoffs, where they fell 27-20 to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Pederson and the Jaguars went 1-1 on their London trip in Weeks 6 and 7 but returned to the United States and promptly lost games to Green Bay and Philadelphia. Trevor Lawrence’s regression continues, Jacksonville’s defense on Sunday surrendered 400-plus yards for the fifth time this season and the Jaguars are minus-7 in the turnover department (third worst). Next up? A game at home versus the 6-2 Minnesota Vikings, followed by a trip to the 7-1 Detroit Lions. It feels like a matter of when and not if owner Shad Khan pulls the plug, again.

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