AFC West Notes: Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders

Broncos

Mike Klis of 9 News has a breakdown of veteran RB Theo Riddick‘s one-year contract with the Broncos. 

• Riddick signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract that includes $1 million fully guaranteed.
• He received a signing bonus of $250,000 to go along with a base salary of  $2 million ($750,000 fully guaranteed), and $250,000 in active roster bonuses.
• According to Klis, Broncos FB Andy Janovich is out 6-8 weeks with a strained pec injury. 

Chiefs

Chiefs HC Andy Reid mentioned in an interview with Sirius XM NFL Radio that they will employ a running back-by-committee approach in 2019. 

“I did a little bit of that back when I was in Philadelphia,” Reid said. “Kind of a running back by committee deal and we had some success with it. We’ll do that here. … They all have their strengths and we’ll try to exploit their strengths there.”

• Chiefs waived TE David Wells with an injury designation.

Raiders

• According to Albert Breer, it’s “hard to overstate how high the Raiders are on TE Darren Waller, who they see as a freakish athlete for the position and good fit for the role vacated by the departed Jared Cook.“
• Breer mentions that the Raiders’ first-round picks — Clelin Ferrell, Josh Jacobs and Johnathan Abram — have “come as advertised” with TE Foster Moreau and WR Hunter Renfrow also standing out this summer.
• Per Breer, Raiders QB Derek Carr is “way ahead of where he was last year” and people see the relationship between him and HC Jon Gruden growing.
• Raiders signed TE Brandon Barnes. (NFLTR)
• Raiders waived CB Isaiah Langley.