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5 NFL head coaches on the hot seat for the 2018 season

By Aaron Tan

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 24: Head coach Adam Gase of the Miami Dolphins looks on against the New York Jets during the second half of an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on September 24, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The New York Jets defeated the Miami Dolphins 20-6. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 24: Head coach Adam Gase of the Miami Dolphins looks on against the New York Jets during the second half of an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on September 24, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The New York Jets defeated the Miami Dolphins 20-6. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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ENGLEWOOD, CO – JANUARY 12: Vance Josepf addresses the media after being introduced as the Denver Broncos new head coach during a press conference at the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre on January 12, 2017 in Englewood, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
ENGLEWOOD, CO – JANUARY 12: Vance Josepf addresses the media after being introduced as the Denver Broncos new head coach during a press conference at the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre on January 12, 2017 in Englewood, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

No. 1: Vance Joseph, Denver Broncos

The 49ers have truly been the luckiest team in the NFL ever since Chip Kelly and Trent Baalke were fired following 2016.

Not just because Bill Belichick was feeling angry at New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft and traded a franchise quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, to Niners general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan. The fact 49ers CEO Jed York landed Shanahan as head coach is the biggest win in my eyes.

And it would not have happened if John Elway, general manager of the Denver Broncos, hired Shanahan as head coach in the 2017 offseason. The team brought him in for an interview, and many speculated that he would not walk out without a deal. He did, though, and the Broncos ended up hiring Vance Joseph, the ex-Dolphins defensive coordinator.

Big mistake, Mr. Elway. This move forced out Wade Phillips, arguably the best defensive mind in football, and caused the Broncos to miss out on arguably the best offensive mind in football in Shanahan.

Joseph derailed the team in his debut season as head coach. It was not just the offense, which changed quarterbacks for what seemed like every week, that was in a funk.

It was the historic Super Bowl 50-winning Broncos defense that took a turn for the worse as well, allowing approximately 24 points per game. This was a defensive unit full of stars looking like a very mediocre one — it was painful to watch.

Come on, Vance, defense is supposed to be your specialty!

If things don’t change under Joseph soon, especially after what I thought was a superior draft the Broncos had this year, there is no doubt in my mind Elway will boot Joseph out of Denver.

Next: How 49ers' O-line shapes up with Zane Beadles gone

And Joseph will no longer be having the time of his life, to quote legendary ESPN sideline reporter Sergio Dipp.