Arizona's Green, Atlanta's Mora are first coaches fired

Dennis Green couldn't get the Arizona Cardinals into contention. Jim Mora couldn't keep the Atlanta Falcons in contention.

Both are now unemployed.

Less than 24 hours after their teams concluded losing campaigns, the Cardinals canned Green and the Falcons fired Mora. Both were in their third years on the job.

"In the final analysis, when you look at the three years of wins and losses, we didn't win enough games," said Cardinals vice president and general counsel Michael Bidwill, son of owner Bill Bidwill.

Green was 16-32 as the coach for the Cardinals, who have had one winning season in 22 years.

Bidwill believes it won't be difficult to find a replacement, and he identified six candidates, including former Packers coach Mike Sherman, Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow, Colts assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell, and two Steelers assistants: Russ Grimm, assistant head coach/offensive line coach, and Ken Whisenhut, offensive coordinator.

-- The Associated Press