AFC West Notes: Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs, Raiders

Broncos

  • According to Mike Klis, QB Kevin Hogan took the second-team snaps while second-round QB Drew Lock took the third-team reps. 
  • Broncos HC Vic Fangio says he’s hopeful G Ronald Leary will be able to practice before summer break: “Hopefully Ron makes a full recovery from his injury, which I think he can and he will. Everything has been positive both from the medical people & from talking to him.” (Nicki Jhabvala)

Chargers

Chargers DE Joey Bosa said he’s feeling better after a foot injury limited him to seven games in 2018. 

โ€œAs expected, I deal with soreness here and there, but thereโ€™s been nothing limiting me โ€” no movement or anything,โ€ Bosa said via ESPN’s Eric Williams. โ€œIโ€™m as fast and strong as Iโ€™ve ever been in my life. Itโ€™s just about some little things like my hands and stuff, but as a defensive lineman, youโ€™re going to deal with that stuff.โ€

  • Chargers LB Denzel Perryman mentioned that he’ll work with the medical staff and see how his knee feels to make a final determination, but he expects to be ready to go for training camp. (Jeff Miller)

Chiefs

Raiders

The Raiders took a chance on LB Vontaze Burfict largely on the strong recommendation of DC Paul Guenther, who coached Burfict in Cincinnati.  

“To take a leap of faith on him was a no-brainer,” said Guenther via ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez. “He’s coming to resurrect his career. He’s coming into a defense he knows, but a new place, a fresh beginning. This is a guy that had a rough upbringing. We bonded. I saw a really good player in there somewhere. I had to get it out … there was a trust factor. ‘Do what I tell you to do and it will work out.’ Every week I just kept feeding him information.”

  • The Raiders announced official several hires and promotions on Tuesday.
  • Raiders G Denzelle Good worked as the first-team left guard during OTA’s, though that could change if Oakland signs another veteran. (Michael Gehlken)
  • Raiders HC Jon Gruden said he didn’t have a reason why WR Antonio Brown wasn’t at OTA’s: โ€œHopefully weโ€™ll see him in the next couple days. Heโ€™s been working extremely hard learning our offense & really excited to get him out here but in the meantime we have plenty of balls to throw & plenty of receivers to throw to.โ€ (James Palmer)
  • Gruden said OT Brandon Parker is working as the backup at both tackle spots and the Raiders will try to get him on the field: โ€œHe may play left guard. Who knows?โ€ (Scott Bair)
  • Raiders QB Derek Carr said the speculation Oakland would draft another quarterback got “annoying” after a while: “I didn’t help the situation by challenging people to fight…I’m honestly going to be here a long time..this is my team and it will be as long as I want it to be.”(Gutierrez)

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