Team news: Denver Broncos

Broncos WR K.J. Hamler will not play Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, according to Broncos head coach Vic Fangio.

Tough end to Hamler's rookie season, but the rookie showed promising flashes despite injuries and inconsistent QB play.

Vic Fangio said that Jerry Jeudy has “proven he has good hands” over the course of the season and that Sunday’s game can spur him to do more on the mental side to avoid dropping passes in the future.

“Yes, I do think he’s got the right make-up,” Fangio said, via Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post. “When I [said] it’s a ‘defining moment,’ sometimes a guy drops a pass here and there, but he had a few of them and I think he’ll learn a lot from that and that the focus needs to be on catching the ball before anything else happens, regardless of whether you’re in traffic or not. I think he’ll come out a better receiver for this.”

Jeudy called his five drops in Sunday’s loss to the Chargers “unacceptable” and Fangio said that the game “could be a defining moment” in the first-round pick’s career. But as you can see above, he altered his comments a bit and he and the team still stands behind him. As the story added, with only one game left this season, it likely won't be enough time to get a real feel for Jeudy going into next season.

The Broncos are placing RB Phillip Lindsay on injured reserve with hip and knee injuries.

Needless to say, this will end Lindsay’s season with the Broncos not making the playoffs. Lindsay will finish with just 502 rushing yards in 11 games as Melvin Gordon starting taking over the lead role as the season wore and injuries riddled Lindsay all season. Lindsay is set to become a restricted free agent after the season.

Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay will not play Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, according to Field Yates of ESPN.

Melvin Gordon will get the heavy workload, with Royce Freeman filling in for Lindsay.