Key re-signings: S P.J. Locke, K Wil Lutz, FB Michael Burton
Key departures: S Justin Simmons, QB Russell Wilson, WR Jerry Jeudy, C Lloyd Cushenberry, LB Josey Jewell
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The Denver Broncos are starting over. They decided they would rather eat $85 million as a dead cap hit than have quarterback Russell Wilson play a single snap on the five-year, $245 million extension they signed him to before he took a snap for the franchise. That decision has a ripple effect over everything else the Broncos do. Denver cut four-time Second-Team All-Pro safety Justin Simmons to save $14.5 million in cap space despite him being an All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 2023. It will jumpstart the team's rebuild, but kicking a team captain and baller like Simmons, who is still producing, to the curb is a tough look.
That Russell Wilson trade is truly the gift that keeps on giving...:-)