Have there ever been this many dead men walking among NFL coaches with five weeks to play in an NFL season?

Week 13 action

Titans 47, Lions 10 -- Recap | Box
Cowboys 34, 'Hawks 9 -- Recap | Box
Eagles 48, Cardinals 20 -- Recap | Box
Giants-Redskins -- Preview | Notes
Panthers-Packers -- Preview | Notes
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Dolphins-Rams -- Preview | Notes
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Chiefs-Raiders -- Preview | Notes
Bears-Vikings -- Preview | Notes
Jaguars-Texans -- Preview | Notes


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Analysis

• Seven things we learned Thursday
• Marvez: Cassel worth the risk?
• Hasenmayer: Week 12 power rankings

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Video

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• Online OT: Complete NFL coverage

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Photos

• Thanksgiving Day shots
• Last Sunday's best games
• Fantasy waiver picks

Cleveland got the ball back with 26 seconds left and went incomplete, sack, incomplete to end its 10th straight loss to its longtime rival.

Maybe Crennel has Phil Dawson in his fantasy league. He'll probably have plenty of time to tinker with his roto lineup next fall.

Not Looking Good, Lewis

If they used actuarial tables in NFL coaching, the trend of Marvin Lewis's 8-8, 8-8, 11-5, 8-8, 7-9, 1-9-1 chart would put him at about a 95 percent chance of getting fired.

But his chances of returning next year in Cincy probably aren't even that good.

Was it really less than three years ago that Carson Palmer was hooking up with Chris Henry for a 66-yard pass in a home playoff game against the Steelers? The Bengals were on their way up until Kimo von Oelhoffen came down.

The catastrophic injury to Palmer's knee abruptly ended that Bengals season and despite the QB's miracle return for 2006 things have never been the same. The Bengals slid to 8-8 in '06 and became a sports-wide punchline for their constant run-ins with the law. After a 7-9 season last year, the bottom has fallen out this year as Palmer injured his arm and the team has limped to a 1-9-1 mark.

The irony of Lewis's tenure in Cincinnati is that the good times were built almost entirely on the side of the ball opposite his expertise. The defensive wizardry he displayed in his previous stops was almost entirely absent from his Cincinnati career. Once the offense tanked without Palmer, the freefall was under way.

Lewis tried to reclaim some authority over his team with his Week 12 suspension of Chad Johnson, but this thing got away from him a long time ago. After likely losses to the Ravens, Colts and Redskins, the Bengals end the season with the Browns and the Chiefs so Lewis could very well go out with a win or even two.

Squirmin' Herman

The 2007 installment of HBO's Hard Knocks ended with Chiefs GM Carl Peterson symbolically giving Herman Edwards the keys to the franchise.

Since then Edwards has put the franchise through a demolition derby. After 19 losses in 20 games, the team looks like the rental car Johnny Knoxville returned in the first Jackass movie.

This year the Chiefs have lost close ones — by single scores to the playoff-contending Patriots, Jets and Bucs and a single point at San Diego — and blowouts (20-plus points four times). In their last four games at once-impregnable Arrowhead, the Chiefs have given up 148 points (37 ppg).

As dire as the situation would seem for Edwards, amazingly, he may still be able to save his job. The Chiefs' last five opponents have a combined 20-34-1 record. With the exciting Tyler Thigpen actually moving the ball, if KC can grab a couple of wins down the stretch an argument could be made that the Chiefs are moving in the right direction. Barring that, there's an arrow headed Herm's way.

Thrown to the Lions

Poor Rod Marinelli. When your kicker is far and away your best player, what chance has management given you?

Jason Hanson is 7-for-7 on kicks from 50 yards and beyond this season. Usually when the kicker sits off by himself it's because he's blown it for the other 52 guys. On this team, it's the other 52 who should feel shame for ruining every Sunday (and Thanksgiving) for their kicker.

Marinelli claims to be a passionate teacher. But if he's taught us anything it's that passion is no substitute for personnel. He's 10-34 overall and on his way to 0-16. Bless him for wanting to come back to this catastrophe, but it's not going to happen.