Next Coach Fired Odds Have Kliff Kingsbury Favored After Matt Rhule Axed
Kliff Kingsbury, head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, pays $3 for every $2 bet if he's the next head coach in the NFL to get the axe. Carolina's Matt Rhule was the odds-on favorite but he got canned following the Panthers Week 5 37-15 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Rhule was a 3-1 favorite at the outset of the season, and never moved outside of the Top 3 on the firing board. He was the first NFL coach to be fired this season, finishing with a record of 11-27 with Carolina.
The Panthers have lost 11 of their last 12 games under Rhule.
"I had a conversation with coach this morning. It was short, cordial. He's a gentleman. A true gentleman," Panthers owner David Tepper said. "There's numerous reasons why you make a decision like that. Ultimately, I felt this was a time. Now was a time."
The 47-year-old Rhule was lured away from Baylor with a seven-year, guaranteed $62 million contract.
The Panthers traded away for Baker Mayfield but the former Cleveland Browns quarterback has ranked among the worst in the league so far this season completed 54.9% of his passes and is averaging fewer than 200 yards passing per game.
BetOnline updates the below list weekly, and now two names from the NFL’s West divisions sit atop the dreaded betting market.
After Kingsbury, Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett isn't too far behind on the odds list at 5-1.
The Washington Commanders Ron Rivera follows with 5-1 odds.
Next NFL Head Coach Fired
Kilff Kingsbury 3-2 (+150)
Nathaniel Hackett 2-1
Ron Rivera 5-1
Dan Campbell 9-1
Frank Reich 12-1
Kevin Stefanski 16-1
Matt Eberflus 16-1
Pete Carroll 20-1
Mike Tomlin 22-1
Additionally, BetOnline set odds on where Rhule will end up next. There are a lot of calls in Lincoln for a man who can turn around a program, as he did at Baylor.
Matt Rhule Next Head Coach Job
Nebraska 3-2
Auburn 3-1
Wisconsin 5-1
Arizona State 7-1
Colorado 8-1
Stanford 10-1
Oklahoma 12-1
Texas A&M 16-1
Any NFL Team 33-1
NFL Week 6 Odds
Thursday, Oct 13, 2022 - NFL Football
Washington Commanders at Chicago Bears (-1)
Over/Under 40
Sunday, Oct 16, 2022 - NFL Football
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-7½) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Over/Under 43
Cincinnati Bengals (-½) at New Orleans Saints
Over/Under 44½
New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns (-2½)
Over/Under 42½
New York Jets at Green Bay Packers (-7)
Over/Under 44½
Jacksonville at Indianapolis Colts (-1½)
Over/Under 41
Baltimore Ravens (-5½) at New York Giants
Over/Under 44
Minnesota Vikings (-2½) at Miami Dolphins
Over/Under 46
San Francisco 49ers (-6) at Atlanta Falcons
Over/Under 42½
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams (-9)
Over/Under 41½
Arizona Cardinals (-2½) at Seattle Seahawks
Over/Under 51½
Buffalo Bills (-1½) at Kansas City Chiefs
Over/Under 53
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles (-5½)
Over/Under 43½
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
