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Broncos place Menelik Watson on IR, sign OT Cyrus Kouandjio

The Broncos’ offensive line shuffle continues.

On Wednesday the team placed starting right tackle Menelik Watson on season-ending injured reserve and signed former Buffalo Bills tackle Cyrus Kouandjio. Watson, who had been dealing with a calf injury that sidelined him for the Broncos’ Week 7 loss at Los Angeles, injured his foot last Sunday in Denver’s loss at Philadelphia.

The Broncos signed Watson as a free agent in March to take over the starting job from Donald Stephenson, a 2016 free-agent acquisition who struggled in his first season with the Broncos with injury and performance.