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John Mobley was the best player to wear No. 51 for the Broncos

A first-team All-Pro and two-time Super Bowl champion, LB John Mobley was the best player to ever wear No. 51 for the Broncos.

John Mobley was the best player to ever wear jersey No. 51 for the Denver Broncos.

After playing college football at Kutztown, Mobley joined the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He went on to spend his entire eight-year career in Denver before retiring due to a spine injury.

Mobley played in 105 games with the Broncos, earning 102 starts. In those contests, he totaled 621 tackles, 22 pass breakups, 10.5 sacks, seven fumble recoveries, five interceptions and five forced fumbles.

Honorable mentions for No. 51 include three other linebackers: Keith Burns (who won two Super Bowls as a special teams player), Bob Swenson (a first-team All-Pro in 1981) and Todd Davis (who won Super Bowl 50 in 2015).

After making the PFWA All-Rookie Team in 1996, Mobley was named a first-team All-Pro in 1997 and helped Denver win the franchise’s first Super Bowl. The Broncos won the Super Bowl again in 1998, and Mobley started all seven of Denver’s postseason games during those two title runs.

Shout out to John Mobley, the best Broncos player to wear No. 51.

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Chargers make changes to coaching staff

The Chargers are trying to shore up the special teams department.

The Chargers are making some changes to the coaching staff.

Coach Anthony Lynn is reassigning special teams coach George Stewart as an offensive analyst and promoting assistant special teams coach Keith Burns to fill the void.

Lynn will also aide in the department.

Los Angeles made the change after ranking dead last in special teams DVOA, according to Football Outsiders. The team has allowed the most punt return yards in the league this season — and they’ve had three blocked punts.

Stewart has served as the special teams and assistant coach since 2017.

Burns spent six years as an assistant special teams coach in Denver from 2007-2012. After that, he was Washington’s coordinator in 2013, and has been the assistant for the Chargers since 2018.