Sean Payton despises the term “Black Monday.” And he’s one of the coaches who always survives it.Six head coaches were fired as the NFL season concluded Renell Wren Jersey 2019 , four of them on Monday. Two, Mike McCarthy in Green Bay and Hue Jackson in Cleveland, didn’t even make it that far.Saints coach Payton, finishing his 13th season in New Orleans and now owning the second-longest tenure with a team after Cincinnati fired Marvin Lewis , had some strong words about how the coaching carousel gets derailed every year.“Our owners’ network that they own have created this,” Payton said, referring to NFL Network that is owned by the league, “marketed this and sold this ‘Black Monday,’ and that’s just disappointing.”In reference to Lewis, who was with the Bengals since 2003, but went an all-time worst 0-7 in the playoffs, Payton added: “He’s been a fabulous coach, but I don’t want to comment on anyone or all of them (who were fired).”He added that the whole Black Monday scene, which some media outlets promote the way they do actual competition, is “ridiculous.”Payton and every other coach in pro sports recognize that change is understandable and at times necessary. As long as it is thought out and includes a plan for the future Color Rush Renell Wren Jersey , revision can make sense.When it’s more on an owner’s whim or due to some serious impatience, that’s another story.Steve Wilks , fired after a 3-13 record in his first — and only — season in Arizona, might be a case in point. Had Bruce Arians not retired, he still would have been with the Cardinals, but Wilks was a hot candidate for several openings last offseason following his work as Carolina’s defensive coordinator. Barring a full-out revolt by the players, as happened with Ben McAdoo and the Giants in 2017, how is one year enough to judge a head coach’s capabilities?Also fired on Monday were Vance Joseph in Denver and Adam Gase in Miami. On Sunday night, Todd Bowles with the Jets and Dirk Koetter with the Bucs were let go.A year ago, Indianapolis, Tennessee, Oakland, Detroit, Chicago, Arizona and the New York Giants made changes. That’s 14 franchises out of 32 with different head coaches since 2016. The Cardinals and Giants will have had three coaches from 2016-19.Also taking a hit has been the NFL’s initiative on diversity in coaching. The Rooney Rule is exemplary in purpose Cheap Renell Wren Jersey , though it sometimes gets criticized for how it is implemented.Of the eight head men released, only Koetter, Gase and McCarthy are not minorities. Just three minority head coaches remain: Ron Rivera with the Panthers, Anthony Lynn with the Chargers, and Mike Tomlin with the Steelers.Impatience by owners can’t be blamed for the moves by the Bengals or Jets, both clearly on a downward spiral.Otherwise, well, it normally takes at the very least three years for a coach’s program to take root. Joseph got two, Gase got three injury-ravaged years, and Koetter also got three.Jackson simply lost too often, particularly with a vastly improved roster early this season, to remain on the job.McCarthy, a Super Bowl winner, had seen things go stale in Green Bay, and he often has been blamed for the Packers getting to just the one Super Bowl with a generational quarterback Renell Wren Jersey Womens , Aaron Rodgers.Still, the word stability seems to have been dropped from owners’ dictionaries. They give lip service to wanting to be like the Patriots, Saints or Seahawks.Then, if things turn sour for one season, they begin wondering if the right people are in place. Imagine if John Mara had done that with Tom Coughlin before the 2007 or 2011 seasons, when fans and media were calling for the coach’s removal.Yet, we hear things like this from Broncos boss John Elway:— “Vance made a lot of strides and deserves credit for how hard and competitively the team played this season. There’s always going to be a high standard here. The bottom line is we need to win more football games. We’re excited about the foundation that’s being built and look forward to putting in the work to get the Broncos back on the winning track.”In most places, that winning track has lots of potholes. Not many coaches get the opportunity to navigate around them. The Indianapolis Colts spent the offseason investing in Andrew Luck's protection plan.After one week, they like the results.Sure, Andrew Luck was sacked twice and hit seven more times in Sunday's season-opening loss, but a makeshift offensive line with three new starters held up perhaps better than expected."I'm not sure I've ever seen an offensive line pass protect as well as they did," offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni said Tuesday."It wasn't just that they weren't getting near Andrew. You know they got there every once in a while, just as they will with any quarterback. It wasn't so much they weren't getting near him, it was the kind of effort where the offensive line was selling out for Andrew."Sirianni was most impressed by the teamwork from the starting five and their willingness to do whatever it took to keep Luck upright after going more than 20 months between regular-season starts.Plus, the Colts (0-1) weren't even close to full strength 鈥?and they may not be again this weekend at Washington.Left tackle Anthony Castonzo Renell Wren Cincinnati Bengals Jersey , Luck's longtime blindside protector, injured his hamstring between the end of mini-camp and the start of training camp.He returned briefly after being placed on the physically unable to perform list, then re-injured the hamstring before the preseason opener. Castonzo hasn't played since and was limited in practice all of last week.Denzelle Good looked like the probable starter at right tackle heading into the preseason, but hurt his knee and wrist in Week 3 of the preseason and sat out all of last week.Indy danced around those absences by plugging their most versatile lineman, Joe Haeg, into Castonzo's spot on the left side, and putting veteran J'Marcus Webb, who didn't even play in the NFL last season, in Good's spot on the right side.Indy's plight may have taken another hit when Webb injured his hamstring on Clayton Fejedelem's clinching 83-yard fumble return to seal Cincinnati's victory. Webb was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday."Anthony wasn't in much of training camp, either, so we were kind of ready for it," Haeg said. "We have been constantly shuffling guys around, getting guys reps at every position, so it really wasn't as big a deal, I think Renell Wren Jersey 2019 , as if Anthony had been healthy all of OTAs, all of training camp and then showed up Week 1 and not been able to play."But the Colts' options are pretty limited.Haeg could swing back to the right side, where he is more familiar, if Castonzo starts. The only other tackle on the active roster is Le'Raven Clark, a third-round pick in 2016 who was inactive against the Bengals.What else could the Colts do?Second-round pick Braden Smith lost out on the starting job at right tackle during the preseason and the only other lineman on the active roster is veteran guard Mark Glowinski, who started 19 games in three seasons with Seattle. He, however, is listed as a guard."You have to find a groove so that you're ready whenever your name is called," Smith said.The Colts certainly didn't play a perfect game against Cincinnati.Sirianni acknowledged there were some missed assignments and they need to run the ball consistently. But he figures if the Colts continue to protect Luck the way they did for 55 passing attempts Sunday, Indy's starting quarterback should be in good hands 鈥?regardless of the starters."I was really just amazed at how little he got hit, dropping back that many times." Sirianni said. "We got some movement on a really good defensive line on some run plays that we were really encouraged by."Notes: The Colts have reached injury settlements with linebackers Tyrell Adams and Jeremiah George, receivers K.J. Brent and Krishawn Hogan and safety T.J. Green. All five become free agents after initially going on the Colts' injured reserve list when they cleared waivers. ... Indy also has signed cornerback Lenzy Pipkins to the 53-man roster from the practice squad and signed guard Sean Harlow and cornerback Tarvarus McFadden to the practice squad and released offensive lineman Jamil Douglas.