Good morning.

San Diego Chargers president of football operations John Spanos spoke with Judson Richards of Xtra 1360 Fox Sports radio in this audio link.

Spanos discussed the family’s decision to keep the Chargers in San Diego for one more season to try and get a stadium deal done.

“These decisions are very hard,” Spanos said. “There’s so many moving parts, and it’s been a really long journey and a really long process. But at the end of the day, we all sat down and talked, and we looked at it and said this is our home. This is where we want to be. And we have a unique opportunity to get something done.

“I think there are some positives that we didn’t have a year ago, such as $100 million that the league has decided they would kick in, which is a lot of money. And that’s going to help go toward the project. So at the end of the day, it was where we wanted to be. And like we’ve said all along for 13 or 14 years now, this is our home. Ideally, this is where our home’s going to be forever.”

In terms of on the field, Spanos said he expects running back Melvin Gordon to be better in his second season, particularly with the benefit of an offseason to work on his weaknesses with the team’s training and coaching staff. Spanos also did not rule out Antonio Gates coming back for another season.

“I’ll tell you this, he’s been in this league a long time, but as last year showed, he can still be a very productive player,” Spanos said. “And he’s a great guy and a hard worker. Those are guys we like to have. But we are still going to have more conversations with him.”

My take: Gates can still get it done, particularly in the red zone. If the price is reasonable, the Chargers should bring him back.

Our annual Super Bowl Confidential debuted on Wednesday. In our survey of 304 NFL players, reporters from NFL Nation covered the full spectrum: Which team will compete for the most Lombardi trophies in the next 10 years -- and which QB should have that hardware already? Players dished on which back they want with the ball on the 1-yard line and whether a title is worth a shorter career.

My take: Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was the top answer in the poll for quarterbacks who should have won a Super Bowl already at 31 percent.

NFL draft analyst Todd McShay puts out his second mock draft of the year. With the No. 3 overall selection, McShay has the Chargers selecting Ole Miss offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil.

McShay had the Chargers selecting another Ole Miss product, defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, in his first mock draft.

My take: With the struggles the Chargers had running the football and keeping players healthy up front last season, it’s hard to argue with taking the best offensive lineman on the board at No. 3.

Ricky Henne of Chargers.com talks with new defensive line coach Giff Smith. The Chargers added Smith, assistant offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo from the New England Patriots and tight ends coach John McNulty from the Tennessee Titans to fill out Mike McCoy’s coaching staff.

My take: Smith had success developing Kyle Williams while with the Buffalo Bills and Jurrell Casey with the Tennessee Titans, so we’ll see if he can do the same thing with Corey Liuget.