Atwater: Lindsay is ‘shifty’ while Gordon could ‘run you over’

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty ImagesIn another grab-bag-of-questions interview with Steve Atwater on Broncos Country Tonight, the Hall-of-Famer indirectly gave the best reason for the Broncos having Melvin Gordon and Phillip Lindsay on the same team.

Sure, we’ve hear the rationales before, but they almost always highlight how they’re both fast, they’re both good at making tacklers miss, Lindsay is good at finding creases while Gordon is great on short-yardage pickups.

But when Ryan Edwards asked Atwater which running back he thought would be harder to bring down, Atwater described why both will be tough on d-backs all season.

Addressing Lindsay’s talents first, Atwater pointed out that too…