The NFL regular season wrapped up, but that just means plenty of teams are officially kicking off their offseason. And several of the struggling ones are beginning with massive changes up top, specifically at the head coach position.

For struggling NFL teams the end of the regular season triggers an annual exercise in bloodletting known around the league as "Black Monday" and the action got under way early this year as head coaches were sent packing.

Below is a ranking of the best NFL coach openings so far. It considers ownership strength, salary cap space and offseason assets, foundational talent, and whether there's an exciting quarterback to build around.

Doug Pederson's firing on Monday brings 2025 NFL head-coaching vacancies to five. Here is the latest news on more rumblings for NFL's Black Monday.