AFC West Notes: Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs

Broncos

Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay admitted that the team’s decision to sign Melvin Gordon in free agency “caught him off-guard.”

“It caught me off-guard because it was like, ‘Okay, I’ve put in the work and done all this’ and it makes it seem like they don’t respect you enough to know the work you’re putting in,” Lindsay said, via Ryan Koenigsberg of TheDNVR.com. “So I was really upset at the beginning, I’m not going to lie.” 

Lindsay later came around on the move when he realized that Gordon can lighten the load for him and allow him to focus on being as effective as possible. 

“If you have somebody that can complement me like I did my rookie year where I’m not just running up the middle trying to get first downs all day,” Lindsay said. “I was like, ‘Okay, this takes some pressure off me. Now I can do my job and use my speed do my stuff and stay healthier, too.’”

• Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer says the Broncos are a team worth watching to potentially sign LT Jason Peters, as they currently have a hole there. 

Chargers

• Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer says the Chargers are a team worth watching to potentially sign LT Jason Peters, as they currently have a hole there. 

Chiefs

The Chiefs set out this offseason with the goal of keeping as much of their Super Bowl-winning roster together as possible. For the most part, they succeeded. Now the focus for HC Andy Reid and the coaching staff is working to drive out any complacency that could cause the infamous Super Bowl hangover. 

“You have to focus in on trying to be better and trying to challenge yourself to be even greater than what you were that previous year. It’s a mindset and it starts now,” Reid said via the team website. “Even though we’re doing this thing virtually, it starts now. There’s no time to waste. We’re not going to just go, ‘OK, we have everybody coming back and we’ll just run the same plays.’ No, we’re going to keep growing. I don’t think we came near to what we could be last year.”