I'm working on a column for Friday's kill-a-tree edition (still have the day job, ya know) on how creepy it is that there are people who put odds on when NFL head coaches will get fired. Below is an email I got from a guy at BetUs.com.

Note that Chilly -- the guy who is 2-0 with both wins coming by double digits on the road -- is the ninth-most likely to be the next head coach to get fired. He's at 8/1.

If there's anyone out there (crickets ... chirping) who has an opinion on the guy so many of you love to hate, let me know and maybe I'll squeeze you into the edition that comes out waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the road in the morning.

NFL SEASON NOT THREE WEEKS OLD AND SPECULATION AS TO WHO'LL BE HIRED AND WHO'LL BE FIRED FIRST ALREADY SWIRLING NEWYORK, NY – The NFL season only has two weekends in the books but combine the amount of high profile names left out of the coaching scene as the season started, with the notorious impatience of NFL fans and management and the 24 hour news cycle and it's no surprise that speculation regarding who is on the hottest hot-seat is already starting to swirl. With fans looking for answers, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on who will get fired, and who will get fired first in the NFL. Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the NFL's coaching carousel: Who will be the first coach hired Jon Gruden 5/4 Mike Shanahan 7/4 Brian Billick 3/2 Bill Cowher 7/2 Odds of each NFL Coach being fired before Week 1 2010 Bill Belichick (NE) Yes 50/1 Tom Coughlin (NYG) Yes 45/1 Jeff Fisher (TEN) Yes 35/1 John Fox (CAR) Yes 4/1 No 1/7 Ken Whisenhunt (AZ) Yes 20/1 Andy Reid (PHI) Yes 22/1 Mike Tomlin (PITT) Yes 30/1 Tony Sparano (MIA) Yes 15/1 Lovell "Lovie" Smith (CHI) Yes 20/1 Jack Del Rio (JAX) Yes 2/1 No 1/3 Mike McCarthy (GB) Yes 12/1 John Harbaugh (BAL) Yes 25/1 Mike Smith (ATL) Yes 25/1 Brad Childress (MIN) Yes 9/1 Sean Payton (NO) Yes 15/1 Gary Kubiak (HOU) Yes 5/1 No 1/10 Rex Ryan (NYJ) Yes 30/1 Mike Singletary (SF) Yes 15/1 Steve Spagnuolo (STL) Yes 4/1 No 1/7 Dick Juaron (BUF) Yes 1/1 No 5/7 Jim Mora, Jr. (SEA) Yes 6/1 No 1/12 Norv Turner (SD) Yes 4/1 No 1/8 Todd Haley (KC) Yes 12/1 Josh McDaniels (DEN) Yes 12/1 Jim Schwartz (DET) Yes 12/1 Jim Caldwell (IND) Yes 15/1 Jim Zorn (WASH) Yes 3/2 No 1/2 Eric Mangini (CLE) Yes 7/1 No 1/14 Raheem Morris (TB) Yes 5/1 No 1/10 Tom Cable (OAK) Yes 3/1 No 1/5 Wade Phillips (DAL) Yes 1/1 No 5/7 Marvin Lewis (CIN) Yes 2/1 No 1/3 The Next NFL Head Coach to be fired Dick Jauron 3/1 Jack Del Rio 7/2 Jim Zorn 4/1 Wade Phillips 9/2 John Fox 11/2 Tom Cable 6/1 Marvin Lewis 6/1 Gary Kubiak 7/1 Brad Childress 8/1 Field 5/1