National Football League

Countdown: Previewing every NFL game

Published Oct. 11, 2009 9:23 a.m. ET

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The NFL season is entering its fifth weekend, and already there is plenty of head-coaching speculation. There are nine new head coaches this season, and some say 11 if you count the promotions of Mike Singletary and Tom Cable from their interim labels in San Francisco and Oakland, respectively.

The obvious hot spots are Washington, Carolina, Dallas, Buffalo and San Diego.

And who knows what the final standings will be in the NFC North come January? At most, only two teams from that division will make the playoffs, and the team that misses out will strongly consider a change, especially if it's Minnesota or Green Bay. Here's a team-by-team rundown: