On Sunday, I noted that Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen and GM Reggie McKenzie were squarely on the hot seat heading into their overseas tilt with the Miami Dolphins. Surely, the heat on their seats rose further after they were mopped up 38-14 in London.

There was buzz from an AP reporter Sunday evening that Allen was out, though that tweet quickly was retracted. Still, it appears that Allen has a tenuous grip on the job, and a change during their Week 5 bye could be imminent.

“'I will keep you posted,' a Raiders spokesman texted me early this morning," TheMMQB.com's Peter King wrote Monday morning. "It’s just a matter of time for Allen, who cannot survive with a porous D plus Matt McGloin becoming the third starting quarterback in the last six weeks now that Derek Carr is out with a sprained knee ligament and sprained ankle.

"But if Allen is in jeopardy, what of GM Reggie McKenzie, who let a legit left tackle, Jared Veldheer, go; scotch-taped together a defense of veterans who’d seen better days; and paid real money to Matt Flynn and Matt Schaub to play quarterback and got results from neither. ..."

If Allen is fired, the consensus is that Tony Sparano would step in as their interim head coach.

"The logical replacement for Allen would be Tony Sparano," King added, "who I will guarantee will get his players to play hard for him. I don’t know how well they’ll play, but I know they will play hard."