Biggs: Sources say 4 teams placed waiver claims for O'Connell

It turns out Josh McDaniels was interested in reuniting with Kevin O’Connell.

Contrary to what was reported right here earlier today, the Denver Broncos did put in a waiver claim for O’Connell, who was awarded to the Detroit Lions.

According to league sources, four clubs placed claims for the third-round pick of the New England Patriots last season—Detroit, Cleveland, Denver and the New York Jets. So McDaniels was not blocked by just the Lions in his effort to add a quarterback familiar with his system to his stable of quarterbacks in Denver.

Eric Mangini and the Browns would have grabbed O’Connell before Denver could have in the waiver system. The Broncos are down to rookie Tom Brandstater and Ingle Martin at quarterback with Kyle Orton (finger) and Chris Simms (ankle) injured. If McDaniels badly wanted O'Connell, he probably could have swung yet another trade with New England.

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