Broncos cap a proactive 2025 offseason with a monster contract extension that should have everyone involved celebrating
One of the key pieces to Denver’s elite defense just got a brand new contract on the eve of the season.
The Denver Broncos‘ aggressive offseason has scored one last master stroke before the beginning of the regular season. The AFC West’s first contest of the 2025 season comes on Friday night with the Chargers and Chiefs playing head to head, whereas Denver hosts the Tennessee Titans and 2025 first-overall pick Cam Ward. With high expectations and momentum rolling for the Broncos, one of the men charged with wrangling Ward to the ground on Sunday should be playing with a little extra juice.
Denver has agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension with pass rusher Nik Bonitto valued at up to $120 million per NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
Broncos agree to terms on a four-year, $120 million extension for Nik Bonitto
Bonitto was scheduled to play in 2025 on the final year of his rookie contract after the Broncos drafted him 64th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. As a lean, explosive pass rusher out of Oklahoma, Bonitto’s development as a player has been gradual. His snap share and sack production has risen in each of his first three seasons leading up to this massive payday that offers life-changing, generational wealth.
The Broncos should be applauded for prioritizing the identity of last year’s turnaround roster. Zach Allen and now Bonitto score monster contracts and should be expected to serve as the cornerstone pieces of Vance Joseph’s defense for years to come. At just 25 years of age, there’s plenty of good football left in the tank for Bonitto.
Given the growth rate of salaries at the position and the constant churn of new rushers into the league, the Broncos should consider this price point a win for their organization as well. Bonitto pulls incrementally in front of Trey Hendrickson with the $30 million annual average as the max value of the deal, but the key phrasing in the early reports on Bonitto’s contract extension are ‘worth up to’. In all likelihood, the base value of this contract will be incrementally lower and could park him on the fringes of top-10 paid EDGEs in football. Soon before long, that price point will be considered a bargain for a player like Bonitto.
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