If you wanted to know how bad things have been going for Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon this season, simply look at what happened after a 22-21, Week 5 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
After that loss, the Cardinals fined Gannon $100,000 after the former Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator made physical contact with running back Emari Demercado in a fiery sideline incident.
The viral video showed Gannon on Arizona’s sideline yelling at Demercado after he let go of the ball right before crossing the goal line on what should have been a 72-yard touchdown run, leading to a touchback for the Titans.
The touchdown would have given the Cardinals a 28-6 lead over the Titans with 12:40 left in the fourth quarter. The loss dropped the Cardinals to 2-3 and seemed to open the door to rife speculation about Gannon’s future.
The Cardinals, who haven’t had a winning record since 2021, are 16-25 since Gannon took over as head coach in 2023.
“Gannon becomes the first NFL head coach to be fined for an altercation with a player since the league fined then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians $50,000 for swiping his hand at safety Andrew Adams’ helmet during a January 2022 wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles,” ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss wrote on October 7.
For the Cardinals, a familiar face already doing big things in the NFC as an offensive coordinator might be the answer if Gannon eventually isn’t.
Offense Has Been Highlight for Cowboys in 2025
There were few expectations on the Dallas Cowboys headed into 2025 other than that most of the experts believed Dallas had little chance to be anything but terrible — especially after they traded away their best player in edge rusher Micah Parsons just one week before their regular season opener.
The Cowboys have scrapped their way to a 2-2-1 record headed into a Week 6 road game against the Carolina Panthers, and the reason they’ve been able to do that is thanks in large part to a resurgent offense led by quarterback Dak Prescott.
They’ve also been able to do it with a first year offensive coordinator in 42-year-old Klayton Adams, who was hired by first year Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer after spending the last 2 seasons as the offensive line coach for the Cardinals.
If Adams continues to help the Cowboys put up big points and breathe life back into the careers of players like Prescott, running back Javonte Williams, tight end Jake Ferguson and wide receiver George Pickens, he might eventually be looked at as the right guy to replace Gannon.
Through 5 games, the Cowboys lead the NFL in total offense.
Cowboys Picked Adams Out of Talented Group
“(Adams) beats out other candidates such as current Cleveland Browns’ offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey, current Atlanta Falcons’ tight ends coach Kevin Koger and Detroit Lions’ running backs coach Scottie Montgomery, who all spoke with Dallas’ front office over the past few days,” Cowboys.com’s Patrik Walker wrote on January 31.
Adams, an All-WAC offensive lineman at Boise State in the early 2000s, is 42 years old and spent the first 15 years of his coaching career on the college level before making the move to the NFL as assistant offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts in 2019.
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