Dennis Allen confirms that Mickey Loomis was not in favor of firing him after Panthers loss

Dennis screwed the pooch early. He went from the 9-0 win in Tampa in '21 and the iconic photo of Chauncey with arms-folded in Brady's face -- to training camp just 8 months later when he and Mickey alienated our team and fans' spirit animal right out the door. I think money was involved and we know there aint enough of that around in King Mickey's palace of debt.

Then there was the optimism of Winston returning from injury when that house of cards fell immediately and we suddenly only had washed journeyman backup Andy Dalton at QB.

I think it was the road game at the Steelers when I concluded Dennis was a fail at HC. The team was non-existent emotionally all game long.

Any debate on when was it right for Dennis to be fired - the answer is he could've been fired after one season.