It's a good thing Larry Johnson sent out those tweets questioning Todd Haley's coaching credentials. They've given context and meaning to the signs posted outside the Chiefs locker room suggesting, among other things, that "losers assemble in small groups and complain about the coaches and other players.''

Haley, asked about the signs for the first time on Thursday, said it was a coincidence the signs were placed shortly after Johnson was suspended because of his now-infamous tweets. The signs, Haley said, have been planned for some time.

"I have a coach assigned to signage and posters and he’s just been slow," Haley said. "I won’t say who it is.

"Just words I think are important. They might have been signs I’ve had in other places or thoughts we came up with as a staff. You might see more of them. You won’t see some. You might see others. Just little reminders to the players to kind of keep them thinking in the direction we think they ought to be thinking.

"We as football coaches like to put up quotes. That’s fun for us."