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Published on 06/25/2009 at Thu Jun 25 14:45.
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Patriots receiver C.J. Jones surveys the field as he runs back a kickoff during practice at Gillette Stadium. (Boston Herald/Matt Stone)

Patriots receiver C.J. Jones surveys the field as he runs back a kickoff during practice at Gillette Stadium. (Boston Herald/Matt Stone)

C.J. Jones, wide receiver most recently of the Kansas City Chiefs, was awarded to the Denver Broncos Wednesday off waivers. The third-year player out of Iowa and the Canadian Football League rejoins Broncos Head Coach Josh McDaniels after he worked with McD on the New England Patriots practice squad in 2007.

Jones (5-11, 195) was released by the Patriots in 2008 and spent the rest of the season out of football. The Chiefs signed him in March 2009 and released him on June 19.

A special-teamer in the CFL, Jones returned nine kickoffs for 236 yards (26.2 avg.) and six punts 55 yards (9.2 avg.) in 2005 for the Montreal Alouettes. As a senior at Iowa, Jones set an Orange Bowl record when he returned the opening kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown against USC.

Jones must be resilient; he’s been bouncing in and out of the NFL since 2003 and has yet to tally a regular season reception. He definitely has ‘camp body’ written all over him, but for the time being, welcome to the Broncos! Press release after the jump.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos were awarded wide receiver C.J. Jones off waivers from Kansas City, it was announced Wednesday.

Jones (5-foot-11, 195 pounds) is a third-year wide receiver who has spent time on the active roster with Cleveland (2003) and New England (2008) as well as parts of two seasons on the practice squad with the Browns (2003-04) and Patriots (2007). Jones, who entered the NFL with Cleveland as a college free agent in 2003, was declared inactive for 11 games as a rookie and spent five weeks on the Browns’ practice squad. After spending the 2004 season on the Browns’ practice squad, Jones was allocated to NFL Europa, where he caught 10 passes for 118 yards and a touchdown for Cologne. He was released following Cleveland’s training camp in 2005 before being allocated by Seattle to NFL Europa where he made seven catches for 82 yards with Berlin.

Jones spent the 2006 season out of football after competing in Seattle’s training camp. He spent the entire 2007 season on New England’s practice squad. In 2008, Jones was declared inactive for the first regular-season game for the Patriots before being released and spending the rest of the season out of football. Kansas City signed Jones on March 5, 2009, as an unrestricted free agent but waived him on June 19.

Jones spent the 2005 season playing with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League where he returned nine kickoffs for 236 yards (26.2 avg.) and six punts 55 yards (9.2 avg.).

In college at the University of Iowa, Jones was a two-year starter, totaling 72 catches for 902 yards (12.5 avg.) and 10 touchdowns in 24 games. As a senior, Jones set an Orange Bowl record when he returned the opening kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown against the University of Southern California.

Prior to playing for the Hawkeyes, Jones was a standout at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kan. He amassed 74 catches for 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns while adding eight scores on punt returns.

Jones was named one of the top 50 players in the state of Florida as a junior and senior at Santaluces High School in Santaluces, Fla. Clinton Jones was born on Sept. 20, 1980.

  • jcampb72

    You are right, I don’t read your posts all the way. Your attitude stinks which translates to me reading half of your negative posts. You can’t say your a realist either because its all hypothetical. Until they hit the field no one will know, not even you lerry.

  • http://ttmt.com T-Money

    Jcampb72~

    Dude you’re never going to win. I hate to say it but your words are falling on def ears. Every has an opinion and everybody is allowed to express their opinion. Kerry just sees things more pessimistically then you do. There are 400 other people that are willing to talk to you about what you think. You don’t have to argue with him. On that point… I don’t think Vick would be a good move. I don’t believe that he would fit the system and secondly he’s not very accurate. I don’t think Orton is as bad as he is made out to be. I can’t wait to see what happens come training camp.

  • jcampb72

    I know, I like arguing with him though. Gives me something to do till training camp.

  • Audi

    LOL you all bash Kerry for negativity but you guys are way to optimistic. 2000 total yards for a rookie RB? Pat White a decent QB? Vick would take us to the playoffs? Sounds like a few people are drinking a bit much.

  • jcampb72

    Theres nothing wrong in believing. The excitement may be blinding but I think Moreno is going to open some eyes in denver and the rest of the NFL. ALL READY #27!

  • Katch22

    I like the coment about how Houston would have been way higher in scoring % with a healthy Schaub. Sounds like speculation to me. That’s like saying if Hillis (Who I like) was heathy he would have won the rushing title. Speculation is great isn’t it. Orton and Moreno are going to surprize a lot of people this year, of course that’s just SPECULATION on my part!

    jcampb72- You got some great points and I agree with the stop bashing everything and everybody until we see what they can do on the field first. Even if things go south I’m still not going to bash my team because they are my team!

  • roshon2411

    If the Broncos had any faith in Orton, they’d extended his contract by now. Simms will be starting by week 7 bye, if not sooner. Both these guys are hold overs till next year. McDaniels by now, knows he made a mistake and will get the big name QB he wants by either FA or the draft.

  • kerry

    jcamp:

    dude Elway had NOBODY in the 80’s to throw to and still went to 3 SB’s. the ONLY reason they went to those SB’s was because Elway could win games by making everybody else better. Marino went to the SB in 84 with nothing and holds nearly every passing record with having anyone significant. and Brady won 3 SB’s with receivers like Troy Brown and Deion Branch. guys who arent considered excellent receivers. these guys all have something in common, their talent makes everyone around them better. as opposed to Orton who NEEDS guys to MAKE him look good. damn if a grandmother with one arm in a wheelchair was the QB for the Broncos you would think she was great. simply wearing the uniform doesnt translate to being good.

  • http://BroncoTalk.net Mr.East

    Kerry,

    The same could have been said about Drew Brees a few years back. Now he makes guys like Lance Moore look like studs.

  • http://BroncoTalk.net Mr.East

    Morale of the story…

    Don’t judge until it’s time.

  • kerry

    East.

    id follow that mantra of not judging until its time, if Orton was a rookie. he isnt, he has shown he isnt good, and all the excuses of what he didnt have and what wasnt there doesnt make up for the fact that he isnt talented. otherwise he would be able to make those around him better. like good QB’s usually do.

  • kerry

    and great point about Drew Brees. Brees did good in San Diego with talent like Gates, LT and Vincent Jackson. but did better with less in New Orleans. thats the measure of a truely great QB. a guy who can do more with less.

  • kerry

    wow. James Hasty just predicted that the Broncos will have the number one pick in the draft next year. and not because the Bears will do terrible. well the jokes on Hasty because our pick belongs to Seattle. haha.

  • http://ttmt.com T-Money

    Whatever. I’ve got a one finger solute to anybody that is going to try to convince me that we’ll go 0-16 or 3-13. That’s the biggest load to crap. You want to tell me that despite a so-so below average QB that the other 10 players that take the field are that bad too? Here’s a fun fact. Detroit has about zero o-line, zero running game, and a mystery at QB. San fran has a running back and a rookie WR that’s about it. top five pick? un-likely. top 10? likely. top 15? probably. No. 1? Put down the crack pipe Hasty.

  • http://www.sharpwebsites.com Kelli Piperata

    :D nice

  • kerry

    T-money:

    yeah thats what i thought. Hasty couldnt possibly have a single clue what he was talking about. i dont understand how he could possibly still have a job after saying something like that about the Broncos.

  • broncobobmeridian

    James Hasty is a crack head. The Broncos will have a better running game next year, so Orton wont have to pass every down. The running backs that we have now with our O-line is going give alot of teams trouble. Our Defense will be much better than last year. The coaching last year was a joke! Remember, thats what got Shanny Fired! Im not saying the Defense will be great, but they will be better.

  • kerry

    ill bet if James Hasty came out and said the Broncos are gonna go 13-3 and win the SB then he would be hailed as some genius though right?

  • broncobobmeridian

    James Hasty is just like 90% of the other so called experts. Talks alot of smack with out doing any home work. He’s as bad as Adam Shine of afternoon biltz.

  • http://ttmt.com T-Money

    No. If he said we would be 13-3 I would think he was a jackass. If you’re going to evaluate a team the do legitamently. Good reasons and supporting arguments that justify a claim, is the only way to prove anything. Otherwise you can blow it out your ass.

  • http://ttmt.com T-Money

    legitimately*

  • Katch22

    Boy Kerry I bet if Hasty said the Bears were going to go undefeated and win the super bowl you would bye a Cutler jersey to go along with all your Chargers gear….

  • jcampb72

    haha…but I think its Raider gear.

  • Katch22

    Hell, KC for all we know.

  • jcampb72

    Nicknames for Knowshon….

    Knowshon “tha magician” Moreno
    or
    Knowshon “tha Don” Moreno
    or………..

  • robtink242

    kerry sounds like a guy who was cut by this team and now he take his fustration out bt BLOGGING

  • robtink242

    by*

  • Tom9798

    This was the thred . . . Broncos Claim WR C.J. Jones off Waivers . . . yawn . . . is this what it will be like until the pre-season?

  • http://broncotalk.net (dee)

    Kerry hates the decisons that the Broncos have made, because they aren’t the ones HE would make. If the Broncos did everything that Kerry wanted there would not be any problems and we’d have multiple superbowls already …. so the decison is clear Pat Bowlen …fire McD/Dr. X and hire KERRY as COACH/GM/PRESIDENT… under his vast football expertise and wisdow we will get to the promised land.

    Why can’t all of you see the brilliance of Kerry ?! Why isnt the NFL banging down your door Kerry?

    Going back to the topic on hand … depth in any position is a good thing, it wont cost them much to test this guy out in training camp and see what he does, its a strech that he makes the team ..maybe if he was 6’4″ it would be a different story.

  • broncobobmeridian

    Just a thought………..Could Kerry really be Jay Cutler? It all makes sense.

  • kerry

    Dee:

    its not about them making moves i would have made. its about making them making moves that actually benefit and make the team better. walking in and dismantling one of the top offenses in the NFL is not a smart move. ignoring the D-line is not a smart move. dumping the best young QB in the NFL for a noodle armed bum is not a smart move. and if you or anyone else thinks these are smart moves then you should go and kill yourself right now. its got nothing to do with what i would have done, its got to do with what is smart VS not smart. tell me one other coach that took over a team and dumped his franchise QB. Spagnuolo didnt dump Bulger, Mangini didnt dump Anderson or Quinn. no smart coach walks in and destroys the best part of the football team and THEN ignores the biggest weakness. but apparently you and most on here think thats a genius move. kinda like if i take over a business, i dont fire my best employee just because.

  • Estes2SD

    Bad comparison Kerry,
    Cutler was not the best employee by any means. He was a cancer that needed to be terminated.

  • broncobobmeridian

    Estes2SD-
    I agree, Cutler has all the tools to be great, but, his attitude and leadership is terrible. He hasnt proven that he can win a must win game.

  • roshon2411

    Kerry maybe overbearing, annoying, and unclear on some of his points but he is right, in that this is a bad football team. You can bash on Culter all you like, but you are only doing it because he wears a different uniform. If Cutler was in the 2009 draft he would of been the first pick. Bash on his leadership, but his teammates voted him Captain in only his second season. How can you expect him to show loyalty to the team after they tried to trade him? Pat Bowlen should have done the same thing he’s hopefully doing to Marshall. Let him sit if he’s not going to play, he was under contract.
    The offense lost its Pro-Bowl QB, who had made great strides in only 3 years. Possibly might lose their Pro Bowl WR too. We had the offense to make a Super Bowl run. They may have been only 16th in the league in scoring but the Steelers were 20th, their offense looked alright in the Super Bowl. The defense is the main reason this team won’t win more than 6 games. They may have picked up Brian Dawkins but they also addressed their DL w/rookie FA’s. Cutler wasn’t the cancer. The cancer is a D they gave up 28 pts per game. Say what you will about not making a decision on this team until the season starts but I haven’t seen one expert talk about this team going to the playoffs. When was the last time a Denver team wasn’t projected/or talked about making the the playoffs? You can keep your optimism but chances are kerry will be saying I told you so by the end of the year.

  • kerry

    Estes2sd:

    well i never claimed Cutler to be a model Employee. he was also in the wrong during his whole trade escapade. he could have handled it differently. ive admitted all this. but at the same time he has WAY TOO much talent to simply trade away especially when you dont get an equal QB in return. Ayers and Orton is what we got for Cutler. they are not going to replace a damn good QB who was on the verge of becoming elite. we could have kept Cutler and still drafted Ayers. or kept Cutler and drafted Moreno. dumping him was not neccasary regardless of his attitude. he was young and had been pampered by Shanahan. if McDaniels is such a genius as most claim him to be then he could have coached Cutler to be a better leader and make better football decisions on the field. it was a stupid move that crippled the team, not helped it. he was not a cancer at all. TO is a cancer, Chad Johnson is a Cancer. Cutler never threw his teammates under the bus. yes his leadership skills needed work. but what 25 year old QB doesnt need leadership work? McDaniels and Bowlen gave up on trying to further Cutler into being a great to Elite QB because he dared not return a phone call. every little camp that was going on was not mandatory and Cutler didnt have to be there. he even stated publicly that he would be at everything mandatory. but instead of try to work it out, Bowlen and McDaniels had to brandish their authority and got rid of him before even trying to work things out. making a phone call or a text message doesnt qualify as trying to work things our for the betterment of the team. Cutler wasnt required to be at anything that wasnt mandatory and NOT ONE player is required to pick up his phone when the coach or owner calls.

    Broncobob:

    Cutler is solely the reason this team won 8 games this year. we had no defense and no running game. without Cutler this team wins maybe 4 games total. Cutler pulled out wins with shit talent on the defense and nobody (until Hillis) at the RB position. if you really think we would have won 8 games with Patrick Ramsey then you are crazy. Cutler proved he can pull out wins without help from the defense or the running game. the defense is solely to blame for the seasons failures. they could stop NOBODY. Cutler had to throw 80% of the time just to keep this team in the game. so of course he was gonna throw INT’s. i mean i seriously cannot believ people on this site or any other site think we are better with Kyle Orton! a freaking backup who didnt even play in 06 and only played 3 games in 07. theres a reason why EVERYBODY in the NFL world outside of the blind followers thinks the Broncos are completely rebuilding and are in no way a contender.

  • http://broncotalk.net (dee)

    Kerry

    You do make some good points, and let me say this about Cutler. I’m not denying that he is talented , he makes dumb decisons on the football field but he is talented…. What I grew tired of his is attitude and his whining.

    Cutler is not a leader. A leader would be someone after seeing his coach fired and seeing that he was almost traded by a new coach steps up and says

    “THIS IS MY TEAM, WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TRADING ME”

    A leader sucks it up and proves the new coach wrong, proves when shit gets tough he doesn’t take his ball and go home because he isnt picked first.

    This team traded guys like Sharpe and Atwater…..they’ve released guys like Al Wilson and almost got rid of ELWAY! , The NFL is a business N.F.L (NOT FOR LONG) … No one is untouchable …NO ONE.
    So it didnt entirely surprise me that they “talked” about trading Cutler, what did surprise me was his reaction … instead of proving his worth, he went home.

    For both Cutler and Marshall seeing how quickly they asked for trades out of here, really tells me that they never really wanted to be here.

  • kerry

    Dee:

    like i said Cutler did handle it wrong. but at the same time McDaniels should have used his supposed “genius” and mentored the kid to become that leader that this team needs. but i really think this trade was more about “who the boss is” then about Cutler saying he wanted out. Bowlen and McDaniels had to brandish thier authority and it cost the team the best young QB in the league. yes i didnt like his whining either, BUT the guy has way too much talent to just give up on before even seeing how things go in camp. McDaniels should have waited until the mandatory camps were over to actually see if he and Cutler could co-exsist. if they couldnt then dealing him would have been just, but dealing him before actually working together was wrong. and it will cost this team for a while. i mean the set back is gonna be enormous.

    and i dont hink them asking for trades was a sign that they didnt wanna be here, but more a reactionary jolt to change. Cutler and Marshall were used to being babied by Shanahan. now a guy comes in who wont baby them and they have a kneejerk reaction. but McDaniels could have shown how much of a genius he really is by saying “hey come to the mandatory camps, lets work together and see how the coach/player relationship works, then we will go from there” and Cutler even said he was gonna be at everything mandatory. so him saying he will be there was a step in the right direction but apparently its an affront to Bowlens authority if you dont answer a phone call. it was a decision that was made too quick and made before seeing if it would actually work.

    it raises too many questions about McDaniels patience when it comes to players.

  • http://broncotalk.net (dee)

    Kerry

    I think it sets a line in the sand , its my way or the highway …. which is dangerous … but I believe a nice change from Shanny’s country club.

    Cutler was the exception and not the norm…. I dont think McD has lost the room and I do believe B Marshall will be back with the team, and also believe he will get arrested again.

  • OC Bronco

    You don’t need a laser arm in this system, you need good decision making. This is an area Cutler needs vast improvement and one where YES, Orton is an upgrade. We’ll see where he gets us this year. If we suck Offensively, it will fall squarely on McD and Orton’s shoulders.

    With that being said I think we would all feel more comfortable with Cutler under McDaniel’s tutelage but Cutler is a bitch and couldn’t handle “his coach” getting fired and the business behind football with the possibility of his trade. He is a whiney bitch. Period. Maybe he grows up. I no longer hope so.

    So good riddance. Let’s get past it and hope this coach has a clue. Everyone I know in and around the front office says the way McD and Xanders are running things is night and day better than the old regime. So there you have it. Positive vibes from inside (and no they don’t win you games but it shows McDaniel’s does have patience contrary to some opinions).

    This year we will likely stink. New systems, new players, and extremely difficult schedule. But I expect that we will play a lot harder and won’t be getting blown out. It will be fun to see the team fight and grow. Hopefully we show improvement by the end of the season and this gives us enough momentum going in to 2010 to have a decent season.

  • OC Bronco

    And 1 more thing – Field position and turnovers win ballgames. Those are 2 things Cutler had a huge impact on that affected our Defense so just because he had a few huge games and put up some numbers doesn’t mean he isn’t responsible for putting our Defense in bad positions to be scored on.

    The fact that Shanny didn’t see this shows me our team got better with a new coach and also shows me we can do just fine without Cutler.

  • kerry

    Oc Bronco:

    sorry man but Orton is not an upgrade when it comes to decision making. he turned the ball over 17 times last year while throwing it 200 times LESS then Cutler. Culter turned it over 20 times, but threw it 200 more times. if Orton had 100 more opportunities then he did, he would have turned it over more then Cutler did. Orton doesnt take better care of the football, he just happened to throw it less.

    and are you f**KING kidding me? you are gonna blame Cutler for the problems with the defense?? what the hell did you watch?? its the defenses job to stop the other teams offense! regardless of what field position they might have! the defense have up 28 points a game last year and thats somehow Cutlers fault??!! bullshit! Cutler had to throw the ball 45 times a game just to keep the Broncos in the game, because the defense couldnt stop anyone! that isnt Cutler fault. NOTHING about the defense is Cutlers fault.

    “responsible for putting our Defense in bad positions to be scored on” that is the stupidest line ive ever read on here. PFFFFFTTTTTTT. its the defenses job to stop the other regardless of field position. and when the defense doesnt hold up its end then the team fails. without Cutler this team wouldnt have come close to winning the division. Cutlers as much to blame for the bad defense as the janitor or the peanut guy. and all this “we will do just fine” well “just fine” doesnt make a team a contender. “just fine” isnt what SB teams are made of. McDaniels took apart a SB caliber offense. just fine isnt gonna make this team great. they are now a bad team with WAY MORE question marks then answers.

  • roshon2411

    OC Bronco,

    I’m with Kerry, blaming Cutler for the defensive problems is a little ridiculous. Last i checked, Cutler didn’t play on the front-7.

  • OC Bronco

    All good points Gentlemen, but tell me this…. Why are turnovers so important? Why is field position so important?

    I am not blaming Cutler for our shitty defense, just making the point that high turnovers and bad field position influence the defenses ability to stop their opponent. To that extent I’m sure you don’t disagree with me. Maybe you just don’t feel it had an impact on our Broncos.

    The same could also be said in reverse and you could blame Cutler’s need to put up so many points on his poor decision making. That would be just as fair. Bottom line, managing the game is the QB’s job.

    Additionally, Orton did not have the protection Cutler had. I have NEVER seen a QB consistently not even get touched like Cutler was last year. I will give Orton a chance with this line and in this system. Is he an upgrade? as Kerry said… PFFFFFFFFTTTTT but I still think he can manage a game in this primarily dink and dunk offense.

  • OC Bronco

    I doubt you guys will be coming back to this post but this post on MHR is just what I was talking about!!!!!!!

    http://www.milehighreport.com/2009/7/7/940321/interceptions-and-the-havoc-they

    Proves my point to the letter.