AFC West Notes: Von Miller, Broncos, Raiders

Von Miller

Broncos OLB Von Miller said at the Pro Bowl this week that heโ€™s hoping to be โ€œa Bronco for life.โ€

โ€œItโ€™s like being in a relationship or being married and saying, โ€˜Do you ever see yourself with somebody else?โ€™โ€ Miller said, via the Denver Post. โ€œIโ€™m fully committed with the Denver Broncos and the marriage I have with them.

โ€œI want to be a Bronco for life. Forever.โ€

Broncos

Broncos CB Chris Harris Jr. believes the team will focus on building a younger roster after missing the playoffs for three straight seasons.

โ€œWhen you donโ€™t go to the playoffs here, theyโ€™re not going to sit around and just stay the same,โ€ said Harris, via Jeff Legwold of ESPN. โ€œWe havenโ€™t been to the playoffs in three years, I think they might think they gave this group a chance. Theyโ€™re going to go young, thatโ€™s what I think. Theyโ€™re going to go young. โ€ฆ Iโ€™ve said it before, everybody who won the Super Bowl is on a non-guaranteed contract, weโ€™ll probably have two or three vets on this team and thatโ€™s it.โ€

  • Broncos DT Domata Peko mentioned that heโ€™d like to be back in Denver: โ€œYou never know. Of course I want to be back, I love it here, love these guys, you donโ€™t know what theyโ€™re going to decide. But I feel good, like I can play.โ€
  • The same goes for LB Brandon Marshall: โ€œYou know thereโ€™s going to be a lot of change because we didnโ€™t make the playoffs the last three years. Yeah, we won a Super Bowl, but it just hasnโ€™t been right the last couple years. For me I say itโ€™s up the in the air, you donโ€™t know what the new coaches want, what theyโ€™re going to do upstairs. I would love to finish my career here, but itโ€™s up the air. Not just for me, but probably a lot of guys here.โ€

Raiders

New Raiders GM Mike Mayock explained that heโ€™s trying to build communication between the teamโ€™s coaching staff and scouting departments to make them closer together. 

โ€œThe best thing that we have going for us right now is that the head coach and general manager are truly on the same page as far as what weโ€™re looking for from football players,โ€ Mayock said, via NBC Bay Area. โ€œThe point I want to make, which I think is really important, is that weโ€™re a completely open and transparent building right now, as far as the coaches and the scouts.โ€

Mayock wouldnโ€™t get into any specifics about the prior regime, but stressed the importance of having a cohesive organization.

โ€œI donโ€™t know what was going on before, and I am not going to comment about anything else โ€” all I am going to tell you is that the common denominator of dysfunctional football buildings is when the coaches and the scouts donโ€™t have a true relationship that goes both ways.

โ€œAnd my goal walking into the building Day 1 was to use my relationship with the coaching staff โ€” and there is a bunch of them โ€” to make that,โ€ Mayock said. โ€œI told Coach Gruden and the entire staff that weโ€™re going to give you everything we have.โ€

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