Doug Pederson will do well to be looking over his shoulder on Sunday afternoon at Wembley Stadium.

London return journeys have proved to be dangerous ground for NFL head coaches under pressure.

The bottom has fallen out for Pederson and the Jaguars (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)Getty Images – Getty

The Jacksonville Jaguars head coach will be coaching for his job (if it hasn’t already been decided) on Sunday when his 1-5 squad take on the equally bad 1-5 New England Patriots.

Apologies to the city of London, this is not the NFL’s best.

The Jaguars are playing their second consecutive game across the pond, after getting throttled by the Caleb Williams-inspired Chicago Bears last week to the tune of 35-16.

Jacksonville has completely bottomed out and Pederson will most likely be paying for it with his job.

If the Jags fall to the Pats, and team owner Shad Khan decides to pull the plug on Pederson, the once Super Bowl winning head coach will join an unfortunate list.

A London induced guillotine list of coaches who have been fired after losing in London.

A list that grew after Week 5 when the New York Jets fired Robert Saleh after his team lost to the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Saleh joined Dennis Allen and Joe Philbin as coaches to have been fired after losing in London.

All eyes will be on Pederson to see if he will be the fourth member to join the exclusive club.

He may have already of joined the list, if not for the Jags staying out and playing back-to-back games in London.

Pederson no longer seems to have the answers for a team that he helped find early success for early in his tenure (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)Getty Images – Getty

Khan may have taken pity on Pederson to at least let him fly back on the team plane after this trip is over.

Even with his seat as hot as ever, Pederson is trying to control what he can control and not worry about the rest.

“Obviously we’ve lost some games here, so we want to change that culture to a winning culture,” Pederson said during his media availability this week.

“That’s why we coach and that’s why we play.

“These guys bust their tails during the week and I don’t want them to feel, even though we haven’t won [many games] yet, I don’t want them to feel sort of mentally defeated, if that makes sense, because that’s where the slippery slope comes in.”

Unfortunately for Pederson, the slippery slope has already come in.

From here on out, each game, each snap, each decision will be magnified to the highest degree, and even then, the decision might have already been made no matter what happens on Sunday.

At least for Pederson, he has been trying to stay positive amidst the noise and whispers surrounding his job.

“We’ve just got to make sure these guys stay mentally [positive], stay positive with each other, stay positive during the week,” Pederson said.

“Bottom line is just go out and have fun and play and it’s a great game to coach and a great game to play. But winning obviously helps that.”

For Pederson, winning may no longer be enough, as the teal visor wearing head coach looks to be all but a dead man walking at Wembley come Sunday.

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