The Broncos, Chiefs and Raiders are all dealing with different kinds of camp snapshots, and each one says something useful about where those teams are right now.
In Denver, Davis Webb is stepping into his first season as the Broncos’ offensive coordinator and playcaller, and he’s leaning hard on the coaching tree that shaped him. Webb said he has been around a long list of offensive minds, including Rams assistant HC Kliff Kingsbury, Titans OC Brian Daboll, former Giants HC Ben McAdoo, Chargers passing game coordinator Adam Gase and Lions passing game coordinator Mike Kafka.
“I’ve been blessed my whole life to be around a lot of good coaches,” Webb said, via BroncosWire. “ Kliff Kingsbury, Brian Daboll, Ben McAdoo was hot for a while, especially early in my [playing] career. I’ve been with Adam Gase, I’ve been with Mike Kafka and then the best one I’ve been with is upstairs, gold jacket, Hall of Fame head coach, play caller, culture builder.”
Webb also pointed to Sean Payton as a major influence on his development.
“So for the last three years, sitting next to him in every single staff meeting, every single offensive game plan meeting has rubbed off in a lot of ways. He was great that day [that I called plays], and it’s been a really good start thus far.”
In Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes has looked remarkably normal for a player who is less than eight months removed from surgery on a torn ACL. Outside of the large brace on his leg, there have been few visible signs that anything is off. He has been taking his usual reps, working through all the drills and still flashing the movement that defines him.
“He looks like Pat Mahomes,” Chiefs DT Chris Jones said via ESPN’s Dan Graziano. “It doesn’t look like anything’s changed.
He’s jumping around, being Pat. We’ve just got to get it going.”
Andy Reid echoed that assessment, while making it clear the Chiefs are still watching the medical side closely.
“He’s really doing everything that he normally does, and doing it well,” Reid added. “We’re just keeping an eye on him and letting the doctors guide us from there.
As long as he’s safe, that’s what we’re looking at. So right now, for what we’re doing, he’s safe to roll.”
Graziano also reported that the Chiefs are giving UDFA OT Kahlil Benson a real shot to overtake veteran OT Jaylon Moore for the starting right tackle job.
Out in Las Vegas, Raiders first-round QB Fernando Mendoza hit his roughest stretch of camp over the weekend. He threw his first interception and looked out of sync overall, but Klint Kubiak said the bigger picture still matters more than one uneven practice.
Kubiak said the Raiders want Mendoza moving in the right direction, and he did rebound later in the session.
“There’s gonna be ups and downs,” Kubiak said via the Athletic’s Sam Warren. “What player can get the rest of the other 10 players playing at their best, that’s what we’re looking for.
There will never be a perfect game or a perfect practice. But I think he’s doing a good job.
I don’t expect him to be perfect right now.”
That approach fits the way Las Vegas has handled Mendoza so far, with veteran QB Kirk Cousins leading the way while the rookie is eased in.
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