Robert Saleh wasted little time after being fired from the New York Jets last fall amid a poor showing throughout the season. He quickly began working with the Green Bay Packers' defense following his dismissal, and now the Super Bowl -winning coach is back with his former employer.

When the NFL regular season comes to a close, it sends the head-coaching carousel into high gear. The 2025 cycle is in full swing and began with seven openings across the NFL.  The cycle kicked off with the New England Patriots hiring Mike Vrabel after moving on from Jerod Mayo after one season,

Later on Thursday, then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen had a change of heart, the Jacksonville Jaguars quickly moved to hire him as head coach and Saleh, who told Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch that he’d return to the 49ers if he didn’t get a head-coaching job, stayed true to his promise.

The Las Vegas Raiders have hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek as their next GM. Spytek replaces Tom Telesco, who was let go along with head coach Antonio Pierce earlier this month after a 4-13 season.

The word “culture” will be thrown around a lot when Carroll and Spytek are introduced, but "continuity" might be the bigger word.

The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday.

Josh Allen has had more roughing-the-passer and unnecessary-roughness penalties called in his favor than Patrick Mahomes over the past two regular seasons.

Carroll returns to the sideline after leading Seattle to two NFC championships and the franchise’s only Super Bowl title.

The Las Vegas Raiders have hired former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll to lead their team in 2025, according to NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.

Following Robert Saleh, Luke Getsy joined Matt LaFleur‘s Packers staff in an advisory capacity after an in-season firing. The short-lived Raiders OC worked remotely for a stretch helping out Green Bay’s defense,

Jurgensen is hardly the only former Washington star quarterback enamored with Daniels’ play. Joe Theismann, who played for Washington from 1974-85 and led the team to its first of three Super Bowls wins in the 1982 season, has been watching the playoffs from his homes in Virginia and Tennessee.