{"id":762029,"date":"2026-02-19T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762029\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:20:20","slug":"afc-notes-klint-kubiak-von-miller-broncos-chiefs-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762029\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Notes: Klint Kubiak, Von Miller, Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Former Broncos OLB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MillVo00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-17_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Von Miller<\/a> is set to be a free agent this offseason, and a reunion with the team that drafted him has felt inevitable since he was traded to the Rams. Denver OLB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BoniNi00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-17_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nik Bonitto<\/a> had high praise for Miller and would love to see him return, as Bonitto has modeled his game after him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was always a guy I watched and kinda wanted to model my game after,\u201d Bonitto said, via the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/closedsundaypod\/status\/2014056690581143700\" rel=\"nofollow\">Closed on Sundays podcast<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019d love to have him come back and retire a Bronco; just play with him, to learn from him. He\u2019s one of the greatest of all-time, so any way that he can help me out\u2026 that\u2019ll be probably a great thing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7046664\/2026\/02\/16\/2026-nfl-teams-potential-salary-cap-cousins-hill-mixon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Newell<\/a> notes that the Chiefs can save $20 million in cap space by cutting LT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TaylJa02.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-17_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jawaan Taylor<\/a> and can replace him with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MoorJa04.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-17_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaylon Moore<\/a>.<br \/>\nNewell also thinks the team should part ways with DE Mike Danna this offseason to save $8.9 million on next year\u2019s balance sheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to SI\u2019s Albert Breer, Raiders HC Klint Kubiak set himself apart by wanting to genuinely be part of the organization, rather than viewing it as just another job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told them he wanted to be a part of turning a storied franchise around, and that he loved the idea of taking the first pick and making that selection a turning point for the team,\u201d Breer <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/FEReu#selection-985.175-989.26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cBut interestingly enough, there was a juxtaposition to it that really\u00a0drew in the Raiders brass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders named former Titans run-game coordinator\u00a0Travis Smith their DL coach. (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2023558550350598160\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam Schefter<\/a>)<br \/>\nRaiders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CappAl00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-17_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Cappa<\/a> is scheduled to make $6 million next year, but the Raiders can save $5 million and incur just $1 million in dead cap by cutting him. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7046664\/2026\/02\/16\/2026-nfl-teams-potential-salary-cap-cousins-hill-mixon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nguyen<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &amp; Rumors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be sure to follow <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfltrade_rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfltraderumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                    \t                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Former Broncos OLB Von Miller is set to be a free agent this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7037,7,11587,3503,8357,14887,1625,27435,7958],"class_list":{"0":"post-762029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-alex-cappa","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jawaan-taylor","11":"tag-jaylon-moore","12":"tag-klint-kubiak","13":"tag-mike-danna","14":"tag-nik-bonitto","15":"tag-travis-smith","16":"tag-von-miller"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116096560395881535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}