{"id":1866,"date":"2026-01-16T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightresearcher.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/afc-notes-patrick-mahomes-broncos-chargers-oc-search-chiefs-staff-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:30:03","slug":"afc-notes-patrick-mahomes-broncos-chargers-oc-search-chiefs-staff-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightresearcher.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/afc-notes-patrick-mahomes-broncos-chargers-oc-search-chiefs-staff-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Notes: Patrick Mahomes, Broncos, Chargers OC Search, Chiefs Staff Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Broncos will face the Bills in the AFC Divisional Round, a rematch of last year&#8217;s Wild Card game, which Buffalo won 31-7. Denver CB <strong>Patrick Surtain II<\/strong> you feel they are a completely different team this year compared to last. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We went with a sour taste,&#8221;<\/em> Surtain said, via Aric DiLalla of the team&#8217;s website. <em>&#8220;That wasn&#8217;t the result we wanted, but there&#8217;s a lot we can learn and take away from that game. We know we&#8217;re a completely different team. Last year is in the past.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Broncos OLB<strong> Jonathan Cooper<\/strong> he&#8217;s considering offseason additions like LB <strong>Dre Greenlaw<\/strong> and S <strong>Talanoa Hufanga<\/strong> they change their defenses&#8221;<em>completely.<\/em>&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re not the same team we were last year, and with the additions we&#8217;ve made with Dre [Greenlaw] and &#8216;Huf&#8217; [<strong>Talanoa Hufanga<\/strong>]we are definitely upping our game and defense as a whole,\u201d<\/em> Cooper said. <\/p>\n<p>Broncos OT <strong>Mike McGlinchey<\/strong> mentions that they have high expectations after entering the postseason with a first-round bye and home field advantage. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re happy to be here, obviously, but we&#8217;re expecting a lot,&#8221;<\/em> McGlinchey said. <em>&#8220;We&#8217;re ready for the opportunity. Again, you want to beat the best, and that&#8217;s what the playoffs give you an opportunity to do, and the Bills are going to be great.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chargers HC <strong><strong>Jim Harbaugh<\/strong><\/strong>    talked about the decision to leave OC <strong>Greg Roman<\/strong> and OL coach <strong><strong>Mike Devlin<\/strong><\/strong>although not in great detail. According to ESPN&#8217;s Kris Rhim, he called it: <em>&#8220;A new beginning, a new path.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Harbaugh indicated that the Chargers will prioritize physicality over any specific plan with the following OC hires: <em>&#8220;We will look for the best one with a track record, who has already won.&#8221; <\/em>(rhyme) <\/li>\n<li>Chargers GM <strong>Joe Hortiz<\/strong> he said there are no discussions about taking WR <strong><strong>Quentin Johnston<\/strong><\/strong>Fifth year option. They stay until May. He added: <em>&#8220;I will say this: I love Q and the growth he&#8217;s made. The improvement he&#8217;s made from year one to year three has been great to see. I&#8217;m a big fan of Q.&#8221;<\/em> (rhyme)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chiefs QB <strong><strong>Patrick Mahomes<\/strong><\/strong>    spoke to reporters for the first time since tearing his ACL late last season. He has maintained that he aims to be ready to play in Week 1 with no restrictions, that he is already participating and needs doctors to maintain a strict schedule during the rehab program. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Rehab is going well so far, hitting all the check points the doctor wants you to do, gaining strength once <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">width, walking back<\/span>,\u201d<\/em> Mahomes said in an interview with the team. <em>&#8220;So that&#8217;s been going well, I&#8217;ve been doing everything here in Kansas City so far.&#8221; Julie [Frymyer, Chiefs assistant athletic trainer] He has been crushing it, pushing me. The doctor kind of gives you goals that you can achieve, and I just grow those, and they hold me back because I always want to go a little bit further. So, it was going well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I want to be ready for Week 1. The doctor said I can be, but I can&#8217;t predict what&#8217;s going to happen during the process. But that&#8217;s my goal. So, I&#8217;m going to try to prepare myself to be ready to play Week 1 and not be limited. You want to be out there healthy and give us the best chance to win. So, obviously, I hope I can do OTA camp, I hope I can do a lot of training, and I hope I can do camp of OTA. there, again, I&#8217;m happy with the long process, but I&#8217;m happy with it.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chiefs have fired the RB coach <strong><strong>Todd Pinkston<\/strong><\/strong>while the defending QC coach <strong>Louie Addazio<\/strong> took the job of OL coach at UNLV and assistant DL coach <strong>Alex Whittingham<\/strong> left a job in Michigan. 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