Welker is now the receivers coach for the San Francisco 49ers, who face the Kansas City Chiefs on Super Bowl Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

Chants of “Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” broke a moment of a silence that kicked off a more subdued Super Bowl media night. The NFL opened the most hyped week in professional sports with mixed emotions Monday night, one day after retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others died in a helicopter crash in California. The Kansas City Chiefs took...