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DENVER (AP) — Drew Lock doesn’t begrudge Joe Flacco for saying that winning games — not mentoring the rookie quarterback — is his top priority.“I think if any quarterback’s main goal isn’t focused on winning games http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/ben-banogu-jersey , first off, it’s not the quarterback you want on your team,” Lock told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday.On Monday, Flacco, who was acquired from Baltimore in January, said he’s too busy learning a new offense to concern himself with grooming his supposed successor, a stance that drew praise from general manager John Elway and coach Vic Fangio but criticism from the likes of Kurt Warner and other media members who viewed it as selfish.“I feel like if it would have been like the exact opposite answer, people would have scrutinized him for not wanting to win football games first,” Lock said. “It’s such a double standard there with what people are making out of what he said.”Lock said his budding relationship with Flacco has been great.“Me and Joe talk out on the field, talk over things in the QB room. I mean, it’s hard even to think about how couldn’t I learn from the guy when we’re in the same QB room every day and on the same field every day and I get to watch his reps, I get to hear the play calls he’s running in my head through the helmet. I think it was just mainly him stating that, yeah, I do have a young quarterback underneath me right now but don’t forget that I’m here to win football games.“And he thinks that he can do that and so do I.”Lock said he’ll pepper his position coach and offensive coordinator with questions and “when I’ve asked Joe a question Parris Campbell Jersey , it’s not like he turns a cold shoulder and doesn’t talk to me. He answers and we talk about things. So, I’m appreciative of what he’s done.”Lock said the brouhaha over Flacco’s statement shows him firsthand what a quarterback town he’s landed in, where both Peyton Manning and Elway cast long shadows.“I knew heading into Denver, they’re going to put a lot of pressure on the ‘Q’ and if you’re winning ballgames, you’re The Man, and if you’re losing, like any other program, there’s something wrong and we need to figure something out,” Lock said from Los Angeles, where he was signing a batch of Panini NFL trading cards at the NFLPA Rookie Premier. “But I think you can definitely leave a lifelong legacy in the city of Denver if you’re a winning ‘Q’ there. So, I think that’s probably one of the cooler things about it.”Lock, who was selected in the second round of the NFL draft last month, said that when he and fellow Broncos rookie Noah Fant arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, they were in a fender bender when the shuttle taking them from the airplane to the terminal struck a cart carrying luggage.He said nobody was injured.“Yeah Will Harris Jersey , I’ve been hit way harder than that,” Lock said. “So, it wasn’t that big of a deal.”Lock starred at Missouri, where he operated almost exclusively out of the shotgun. Elway said he must learn to line up under center to succeed in the NFL.This is the second straight season that Flacco’s had to deal with questions about a rookie quarterback.In Baltimore last year, the Ravens selected Lamar Jackson late in the first round and Flacco lost his starting job to the unorthodox rookie after getting hurt in November. OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A county prosecutor declined to charge Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill with a crime Wednesday in a domestic incident that involved his fiance and their 3-year-old child.Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe acknowledged that “we believe a crime has occurred, however, the evidence in this case does not conclusively establish who committed this crime.”Police were called to the Kansas City-area home of Hill and Crystal Espinal twice last month, and investigators determined their child had been injured the second time. Howe said the child was placed in protective care and that there will be “a continued involvement by state officials.”“I can’t talk about the child, its placement or what is going on in that matter. What I can say is the child is safe,” Howe said. “We want to hold people accountable that hurt children, but there are other mechanisms for us to protect that child other than filing criminal charges.”The Chiefs issued a comment late Wednesday acknowledging the district attorney’s decision but declining further comment, citing the ongoing investigation by the Department for Children and Families.Hill is a two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with a history of domestic issues, including a case in which he was accused of punching Espinal while at Oklahoma State. Hill was kicked off the football team there and landed at a small school in Alabama http://www.detroitlionsteamonline.com/austin-bryant-jersey , where he became a fifth-round pick of the Chiefs.Hill has blossomed into one of the league’s elite playmakers, and had largely stayed out of trouble until this past month, when authorities were called to his home twice in a nine-day span.“As a prosecutor, as a father of four, yes, it frustrates me when someone hurts a child and you can’t do anything about it,” said Howe, adding that the investigation took several additional weeks as he waited for police to conduct follow-up work. “One of the elements of a crime is you have to prove who that person is who committed the act.”Howe said that it was ultimately impossible to determine who injured the child.The decision comes at an important juncture for the Chiefs, who are busy preparing for the start of the NFL draft on Thursday night. They released running back Kareem Hunt shortly after a video surfaced showing him pushing and kicking a woman in a hotel hallway, and that precedent made it likely the Chiefs would have made a similar decision had charges against Hill been filed.The Chiefs or the NFL could still punish Hill, and the receiver’s long-term future in Kansas City remains in question. Hill is entering the final year of his rookie contract and appeared poised to land a massive contract, but the Chiefs could be reluctant to give him that deal now.The Chiefs’ first draft pick is not expected until the second round Friday night.The Chiefs traded their first-round pick to Seattle on Tuesday for pass rusher Frank Clark, who was kicked off his team at Michigan after his own domestic violence situation.