The Broncos may make a change at punt returner this week.

Rookie receiver Isaiah McKenzie is an explosive player but he has struggled with securing punts this season.

“He has five fumbles in 28 attempts, but he’s also top-10 in return yards,” coach Vance Joseph said Monday. “With that being said, that goes back to my first point about our football team. We have to figure out how to minimize those huge errors and play a cleaner brand of football.

“If that means having someone go in, just getting the ball caught and possessing the ball after a defensive stop — if it happens, it happens.”

That’s a different tone from earlier this season when Joseph reiterated several times that McKenzie was the team’s “guy” at returner.

If Denver does bench McKenzie, options to replace him will likely include cornerback Brendan Langley and wide receivers Jordan Taylor and Emmanuel Sanders. Practice squad receiver Hunter Sharp also has experience returning punts.

Sanders has fumbled twice on 34 career punt returns. He has averaged 8.5 yards per return with a long of 63 yards in 2012 with the Steelers.