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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was back at work Monday after a sideline collision sent him to a local hospital Sunday?during the Broncos 27-19 victory over the San Diego Chargers?.He was sitting in the back of the meeting just now -- got a big smile on his face, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said. Hes sore, but hes back at it. Im trying to get him to go home and rest a little bit. ... Hes good, hes himself.For his part, Phillips sported his usual wit about the situation. The 69-year-old took to Twitter to say:Phillips was knocked to the ground during Broncos cornerback Bradley Robys interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter Sunday. Phillips was strapped to a backboard after the play as a precaution and taken by ambulance to a local hospital.Phillips was responsive and alert after the play and was discharged from the hospital early Sunday evening. There had been reports that Phillips suffered a leg injury, including a possible fracture, but Kubiak said Sunday night those reports were incorrect.Roby intercepted a tipped pass with just over nine minutes remaining in the second quarter of Sundays game against the Chargers. As he ran up the Broncos sideline during the return, Chargers running back Melvin Gordon was blocked into Phillips, who was standing several feet back from the sideline.Just got the heck knocked out of him. ... (Gordon) kind of caught Wade up high, Kubiak said Monday, and (it) looked like the back of his head hit the ground pretty hard. Just a scary situation. ... Just feel very fortunate that hes OK.When Gordon knocked Phillips over, the back of his head struck the ground. Players quickly waved Denvers training staff over to help Phillips.Linebackers coach Reggie Herring took over playcalling duties for the remainder of Sundays game. The Broncos had four sacks and intercepted Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers three times.Kubiak said Monday that Phillips will likely remain on the sideline to call plays in Sundays game against the Oakland Raiders. Kubiak added that sideline collisions like the one between Gordon and Phillips most often occur on turnovers or punt returns. Collin McHugh Astros Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. Joe Morgan Astros Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. https://www.cheapastros.com/2963o-larry-dierker-jersey-astros.html . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Carlos Beltran Astros Jersey . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. Jose Altuve Astros Jersey .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. METAIRIE, La. --?New Orleans Saints veterans Drew Brees and Zach Strief expressed concerns Monday that the growing mistrust in the NFL league office has spilled over from the players to the fans and is hurting the leagues popularity.We feel like [the decline in TV ratings] is a direct result, said Brees, who has been an outspoken critic of the way NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has handled controversial issues such as the Bountygate investigation of the Saints, the Deflategate investigation of the Patriots, and the Ray Rice and Josh Brown domestic violence investigations.I know the players dont have any faith in the way that things are conducted within the front office in the NFL -- certainly when it comes to any type of investigation, when it comes to any type of commissioner discipline, Brees said. Its really kind of a joke at this point, unfortunately. And it shouldnt be like that.Brees and Strief spoke to ESPN after the Saints players had their annual in-season meeting with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith. They agreed that the NFLs declining TV ratings could be a result of probably a buildup over the last few years.Its hard to separate em. It all works together, said Strief, who is in his final year as the Saints player representative. The NFL front office has seemed to have found a way to make everything somewhat contentious. It feels like theres this constant assault on the players, like were two entities. Its like they dont think they need us to do this.?And I think over time, as its constantly in the media and its constantly a public issue, I think the fans start to feel a similar way. Its just a constant contentious issue. When you take Brady and say it affected Tom Brady and it affected the New England Patriots, well the fans feel like theyre a part of that. It does affect them and it does affect their team and it does affect how you feel about the league, and it does turn you off.?At thee end of the day, the relationship between the front office and the people who are not in the front office has probably never been worse.ddddddddddddThe Saints comments echoed those of Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who last week blamed Goodell and the NFL for making the NFL no fun anymore, including imposing strict rules against player celebrations.Brees mentioned the crackdown on player celebrations as another factor that may have turned fans off in recent years.Brees, who was an outspoken critic of Colin Kaepernicks decision to protest during the national anthem, also acknowledged that such protests could be a turn-off to fans.I think its just been a culmination of a lot of things over the last three years that unfortunately might have just turned people off or caused them to be less engaged, said Brees, a former player rep and a former member of the NFLPAs executive committee, who said his hope when he first joined the NFLPA was that there would be a partnership between the players and the league office to move the game forward.And unfortunately weve never felt that feeling reciprocated from their end, Brees said. In fact its very much been a, Were gonna do things behind closed doors. And you just kind of believe what we tell you. And unfortunately thats jumped up and bit us, and I named all those cases ... where you certainly cant trust anything thats coming out of the league office at this point.Listen, we as players want the best for this league. This league has so many great things to offer ... and for a long time the fans were really enjoying it. And now it seems like thats taken a hit. And it really feels like its been the culmination of the last few years and the way the business of football is being run in the front office. Thats the concerning part at this point for us. ' ' '