Ranking NFL head coaches on the hot seat: Doug Pederson leads 7 at risk

Woody Johnson already got a jump on the competition when he fired Robert Saleh last week. It was a rare, in-season coaching move for a team still in playoff contention.

And it's possible it will open the floodgates for several more.

Because as much as Saleh's Jets were underachieving, they were far from the only team disappointing their fans and owners through the first six weeks of the season. Saleh had been on the hot seat for more than a year in New York, so his firing was probably inevitable.

But he's had plenty of company in the NFL coaching fire.

Here are some of the others who could be in danger of losing their jobs, either sometime soon or at the end of this season. They are ranked in order of their current likelihood to end up unemployed in the next three months:

1. Doug Pederson, Jacksonville Jaguars

It really is stunning that Saleh beat Pederson to the exit door, considering the Jaguars started 0-5 after a 1-5 finish to last season. There seems to be so much talent on the roster, but there's been obvious regression from quarterback Trevor Lawrence, running back Travis Etienne, and so many others.

Pederson is supposed to be an offensive whiz, yet the Jaguars are averaging 18.8 points per game and it feels like a struggle just to get that much. They've had 17 points or fewer in four of their six games. And their defense is now the second-worst in the league, having given up 69 points the last two weeks to the Colts and the Bears.

They better beat the New England Patriots (1-5) on Sunday in London, otherwise Pederson might be kept off the team charter home. Because it's going to get worse. After they return, they'll face the Packers (4-2), Eagles (3-2), Vikings (5-0) and Lions (4-1) before heading into their