There were six head coaches hired in the offseason of 2017. Five of them have worked out well.

Sean McVay (Rams) won coach of the year. Doug Marrone (Jaguars) and Sean McDermott (Bills) led their teams to unexpected playoff berths. Kyle Shanahan (49ers) and Anthony Lynn (Chargers) led late-season surges. Those teams have no regrets. It’s a great class.

And then there’s Broncos general manager John Elway, who had all of those candidates to look at and ended up hiring Vance Joseph, who might be in danger of not making it to the end of his second season if things don’t turn around.

Over the course of seven days, Joseph’s seat became perhaps the hottest in the entire NFL. The Broncos blew a 10-point lead against the Kansas City Chiefs at home on Monday night, then they were blown out on Sunday by the New York Jets. The Broncos scored the first seven points, then the Jets scored 34 of the next 37. It was a brutal performance in every conceivable way.

“Same s— every week,” Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe said after the game, according to Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic. “I’m tired of talking about the same s— for two years.

“We had great energy in practice, great energy coming out to the game, started the game hot. Something — something much deeper is happening here that I can’t even really understand.”

Denver Broncos head coach Vance Joseph’s team fell to 2-3 after a blowout loss to the Jets. (AP) More

The Broncos are 2-3 and what comes next? A date next Sunday against the 5-0 Los Angeles Rams. Uh oh.

Nobody outside the Broncos’ building is putting Joseph on the hot seat. Elway did that months ago. Elway admitted that after a 5-11 finish last season, he considered firing Joseph after just one season. That put immediate pressure on his head coach heading into this season. Everyone knew Joseph needed to produce or there wouldn’t be a third chance for him.

“We thought about different options, but, ultimately, my goal was to stick with Vance and give him that shot,” Elway said at an end-of-season news conference back in January.

Joseph said, at that news conference: “I got the rumors and I got the indecision about bringing me back because it wasn’t good enough. I understand that.”

Joseph’s job security is a constant topic of conversation in Denver. It was talked about everywhere even before the end of last season, before Elway paused before officially retaining Joseph.

Joseph was put in a terrible spot, one that none of the other five new hires last year were in. The Broncos were one year removed from winning a Super Bowl, so expectations were unrealistically high. But they had a terrible quarterback situation and holes on offense, thanks to Elway’s misses in the draft. Elway admitted he didn’t put Joseph in a good position last year.

The Broncos did add talent this past offseason. The draft class is paying off right away, even with first-round pick Bradley Chubb off to a slow start. Second-round pick Courtland Sutton looks like the Broncos’ best receiver. Royce Freeman and Phillip Lindsay are a good 1-2 rookie punch at running back. And in free agency, the Broncos landed quarterback Case Keenum, who was coming off a very good season with the Minnesota Vikings.

And the results aren’t any better. The defense is a shell of the “No Fly Zone” D of a few years ago. The Jets ran for 323 yards as a team on Sunday. Rookie Sam Darnold threw two pretty touchdown passes to Robby Anderson. Darnold had 198 yards and two touchdowns on only 10 completions.

How much can be blamed on coaching? Keenum isn’t producing, after he looked great with the Vikings. Is that Joseph’s fault? Is it on Joseph the Broncos had no interest in tackling Isaiah Crowell or Bilal Powell on Sunday? Maybe, maybe not, but the coach with the 7-14 record is the most likely one to take the fall.

“This team has too much talent to score only 16 points and give up 34,” cornerback Chris Harris Jr. told The Athletic.