It seems that Nathaniel Hackett’s first seven weeks as Denver Broncos head coach have been so disastrous that there are some around the league who believe he could be on the chopping block with another loss in Week 8.

After a surprising — but not altogether shocking — Week 1 loss in Seattle, the Broncos rebounded and were 2-1 after the first three weeks of the season. They were a team with promise and still building chemistry under a new head coach and starting quarterback. However, over the next four games, the wheels have completely fallen off the Denver wagon.

The team heads into their Week 8 clash against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London with a record of 2-5 and very well could be sellers before the Nov. 1 trade deadline. It is a stunning turn of events, but a result of a poor performance thus far by Hackett and Russell Wilson leading an offense that is dead last in points per game.

Unfortunately for head coaches in the NFL, the standard is high and the leash for failure is short, and according to ESPN NFL insider Dan Graziano, there are rumblings Hackett’s job could be on the line this Sunday.

“Things are already feeling sticky in Denver for first-year coach Hackett. There’s even chatter in some league circles that his job could be on the line with this Sunday’s game against the Jaguars in London.

“I’m not sure I fully buy that Sunday is a make-or-break game for Hackett, because it would be absolutely bizarre for a non-Urban Meyer head coach to be fired at the midway point of his first season. But things haven’t gone well there, and if the Broncos fall to 2-6, it wouldn’t surprise me to see some sort of action”

– Rumors about Hackett’s Broncos job status