The Broncos made yet another roster move today, announcing that they have been awarded wide receiver C.J. Jones off of waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs.

Jones entered the league in 2003 as an undrafted free agent with the Cleveland Browns where he spent time on both their active roster and practice squad. Since his brief stint with the Broncos, Jones has also spent time with the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, and most notably the New England Patriots.

This move is intriguing to me for a couple of reasons. 

Jones was signed by Kansas City earlier this offseason thanks to his connection with Chiefs’ executive Scott Pioli, who is also formerly of New England.

When the Broncos were awarded his rights, he became reunited with Josh McDaniels, who was his offensive coordinator in his time with the Patriots. 

Jones has yet to record any significant statistics at the NFL level, but he has an impressive college pedigree going for him.

The kick return extraordinaire was a junior college transfer for the Iowa Hawkeyes and proceeded to become one of the team’s elite playmakers.

In two seasons as a starting wide receiver and return specialist, Jones caught 72 passes for 902 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also returned the opening kickoff of the 2003 Rose Bowl against Carson Palmer and the USC Trojans for a touchdown.

Jones is the cousin of fellow NFL wide receiver Anquan Boldin, but he does not figure to be as secure on the Broncos’ roster as his relative is with the Arizona Cardinals.

The Broncos have great depth at wide receiver, and currently have 12 on their roster overall.

The recent signings of Jones and Brandon Lloyd do raise at least a slight bit of curiosity as to whether or not the team has received intriguing offers for disgruntled receiver Brandon Marshall.

I have previously speculated that there is a 99.9 percent chance that Marshall does not get traded, and I stand by that statement unless a team comes in with an offer the Broncos cannot refuse. 

Jones will at the very least provide some intrigue at the receiver position, but his signing almost guarantees that the Broncos are not going to let Marshall control the situation.  By bringing in Lloyd and Jones, Denver has basically said, “You don’t wanna show up?  We will bring in other guys who want to compete, and let you pay us for every day you miss camp.”

Smart move by Josh McDaniels and the Broncos’ front office.

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