AFC Notes: Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Josh McDaniels

Broncos

  • Mike Klis reports that Broncos ILB Jonas Griffith aggravated his foot injury and will miss an โ€œextended period.โ€ According to Klis, Griffith will likely miss the rest of the season. 
  • Denver placed Griffith on injured reserve. 
  • Broncos OT Tom Compton said his back surgery was to repair a herniated disc. He could play this week. (Mike Klis)

Chiefs

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce said heโ€™s astonished by how they acquired WR Kadarius Toney from the Giants and is โ€œextremely happyโ€ to have Toney in their offense. 

โ€œI donโ€™t know how he got out of that building,โ€ Kelce said, via the New Heights podcast. โ€œI just donโ€™t get it. I donโ€™t get it one bit. I donโ€™t understand it. I donโ€™t even want to understand it. I donโ€™t even want to know what happened over there. I am just extremely happy that [Chiefs General Manager] Brett Veach found a way yet again to get an unbelievably talented player in this building.โ€

  • Chiefs HC Andy Reid expects DE Frank Clark to be available for Week 11 after returning from suspension earlier this week. (Nate Taylor)
  • Regarding the Chiefs placing WR Mecole Hardman (abdomen) on injured reserve, Reid said the receiverโ€™s injury is not considered season-ending. (Herbie Teope)

Raiders

Raiders HC Josh McDaniels said that he appreciates the support heโ€™s received from owner Mark Davis and points out that they have a โ€œlonger-term viewโ€ of how to build the team. 

โ€œI appreciate Markโ€™s support โ€” Iโ€™ve always appreciated it,โ€ McDaniels said, via NFL.com. โ€œIโ€™ve said that a number of times. Weโ€™re all here because of him and we all want to do right by him. I think that we knew when we came here that this is a longer-term view of, how do we get this thing to repeat? And that hasnโ€™t happened here in a little while.โ€

McDaniels admits that the season has not gone as they hoped and they are trying to figure out how to sustain success. 

โ€œAgain, the immediate results that weโ€™ve gotten so far, they arenโ€™t what everybodyโ€™s hoping for or wanting. But I think weโ€™re also trying to keep an eye on a lot of things that would go into, how do you sustain it once you get it? Itโ€™s not easy to get, but once you get it, how do you sustain it? And thatโ€™s not easy either,โ€ said McDaniels. 

McDaniels added that they arenโ€™t trying to replicate all aspects from his time in New England but they must also show patience in their project. 

โ€œWeโ€™re going to try to do it the best way for us, here. Weโ€™re not trying to copy everything that Dave and I have been a part of,โ€ McDaniels said. โ€œWeโ€™re trying to do some of it, but also taking a lot of input from other people and figure out what works best for us. We want to win every time we step on the field. Thatโ€™s what weโ€™re trying to do. But I do have some understanding of the type of patience we may need in order to ultimately get to where weโ€™re trying to go.โ€

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