Broncos

Broncos QB Bo Nix said that he has the same approach after the win against the Cardinals and wants to continue to improve.

“I’ll never play a game where I’ll tell you I played good or didn’t have a need to change,” Nix said, via the team’s website. “For me, it all goes back to, ‘What can I watch? What can I take from? How can I be different? How can I change?’ I always feel like there’s something I can improve upon. We played better, but realistically you can look at things and every game you can pull things that didn’t go your way.  Sometimes you can overlook the important things that you need to fix. These wins that you’re winning may turn into losses because you didn’t fix them over time. For me, it’s all about getting better. That’s just — in my opinion — the right way to be a professional. You never want to be the same. You never want to stay the same because to maximize my opportunity and my talents, I don’t have a choice but to get better. I can’t stay the same.”

Broncos WR Courtland Sutton said he was encouraged by the offense taking more deep shots and the offense looked like what it was capable of being.

“There were more flashes of what we expect, I would say, in this past game,” Sutton said. “It wasn’t perfect, and we did leave some meat on the bone out there. There were still some opportunities that we could’ve hit and had the game go in a different way. … When you do score 30 and then you do go watch the film and you see those opportunities out there, you’re like, ‘Man, when this thing fully clicks, it’s going to be a lot of fun going out there playing offense.‘”

Nix added that he’s excited about the strong start, but acknowledged that offensive improvement starts with him.

“I would say there’s still a lot out there,” Nix said. “I do think there’s a lot of room for growth, a lot of room for improvement. That’s why it’s exciting. We’re sitting here at 5-2, we’ve played a really tough schedule and we’re talking about all the ways we can improve. We’re close, but I don’t feel like we’re really dominating or scratching the surface of what we can be. We are doing what we’re supposed to do to win games, which is first and foremost the most important thing. I do think we’re leaving some things out there with penalties, third downs and some other things. It starts with me. We’re going to correct it. We’re going to get the job done. At the end of the day, we’re not satisfied. I think that’s the most important thing, and you can tell by the way we practice — and how we’re working and how we’re preparing — [that] we’re not satisfied. I don’t feel like anybody on the team is, from the coaches on down. That’s where you want to be at this point in the season.”

Chargers

Chargers OC Mike McDaniel has taken a lot of heat for the offense’s struggles amidst Los Angeles being winless through six games. Chargers QB Justin Herbert said McDaniel doesn’t deserve the blame and it’s on the players to execute. 

“It’s not his fault, it’s our fault as an offense,” Herbert said, via ProFootballTalk. “We have to do our job. It’s not Mike’s fault. The guys are open, plays are being made. It’s on us to run, to block, to catch, to throw. It’s on us as an offense.”

Herbert said that McDaniel has been a great coach and leader to him. 

“Mike has been very helpful. He’s such a great coach and such a great leader, to have the experience and expertise has, it’s been very helpful,” Herbert said.

Herbert reiterated that McDaniel’s offense is getting receivers open, but they need to execute at a higher level. 

“Mike has done an incredible job of getting people open and it’s on us to execute and make plays,” Herbert said. “As an offense we have to come together, execute our stuff, and understand that it’s on us to fix it.”

Chiefs

Chiefs ST coordinator Dave Toub reiterated that K Harrison Butker will remain the starter after they signed K Justin Tucker to the practice squad.

“Butker is our kicker,” Toub said, via PFT. “We’re trying to improve, we’re trying to get Butker right. That’s what this whole thing is about. He went 10-for-10 yesterday with Tucker standing right there,” Toub added. “And he went 10-for-10. On a windy day, it was 28-mile-an-hour gusts yesterday, and he went 10-for-10. And I thought right before out to practice, I was going, ‘This poor bastard,’ I mean, it’s 28-mile-an-hour gusts and he’s got to go out there and try to — and he did it. He went 10-for-10, so that’s a good thing. So we’re going to keep working it.”