The Broncos are giving veteran quarterback Nathan Peterman a tryout at their rookie minicamp this weekend, Mike Klis of 9News reports.
Peterman, 32, was not in the NFL last season.
He was last with the Saints, Raiders and Falcons in 2024 but has not played a game since 2023 with the Bears.
The Bills made Peterman a fifth-round pick in 2017, and he spent a year and a half in Buffalo. He played games with the Raiders in 2020 and 2021.
Peterman has played 15 games with five starts in his career, completing 53.1 percent of his passes for 712 yards with four touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
Kurt Warner went from going undrafted to playing quarterback in the NFL and his son is trying to follow the same path.
Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that E.J. Warner has accepted an invitation to participate in the Broncos’ rookie minicamp as a tryout player this weekend. Warner was at the Chiefs’ minicamp last weekend for the same purpose.
Warner started 10 games at Fresno State last season and went 192-of-277 for 2,030 yards, 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He was Rice’s starter for the 2024 season and spent two seasons as the starter at Temple to kick off his college time.
Warner’s father famously worked in a grocery store and played in the Arena League and NFL Europe before getting his chance to start for the Rams in 1999. He won the MVP and the Super Bowl that season, which makes for a tough act to repeat so his son will likely just be focused on earning a spot on a roster or practice squad to start his own career.
The Broncos made the final two picks of the 2026 NFL Draft and they have both of those selections under contract.
Per multiple reports on Wednesday, seventh-round tight end Dallen Bentley has agreed to his four-year rookie deal. Bentley was selected with the 256th overall pick and the final pick, linebacker Red Murdock, agreed to terms on Tuesday.
Bentley had three catches in his first two seasons at Utah, but jumped up to 48 catches for 620 yards and six touchdowns during the 2025 campaign. He joins Evan Engram, Adam Trautman, Nate Adkins, Lucas Krull, Caleb Lohner, and fifth-rounder Justin Joly at tight end in Denver.
Joly is one of four other Broncos picks who still need to agree to their first NFL contracts.
The Broncos have agreed to terms with linebacker Red Murdock, Benjamin Allbright of KOA Colorado reports.
Murdock is the first of seven Broncos draft picks to agree to terms after being the final pick in the 2026 draft. Mr. Irrelevant will receive a four-year, $4.5 million deal with a signing bonus of $122,600.
Murdock earned second-team All-America honors at the University at Buffalo in 2025. He set an FBS record with 17 career forced fumbles and totaled 298 tackles in his final two collegiate seasons.
The Broncos will have their rookie minicamp this weekend.
They did not have first- or second-round picks, but selected defensive tackle Tyler Onyedim in the third round, running back Jonah Coleman and offensive lineman Kage Casey in the fourth round, tight end Justin Joly in the fifth round, safety Miles Scott, tight end Dallen Bentley and Murdock in the seventh round.
The 2025 Broncos won the No. 1 seed in the AFC and came within a whisker (and a Bo Nix broken ankle with a twist of a freak snowstorm) of the Super Bowl. They have high hopes for 2026.
As a result, the Broncos have a record-high renewal rate for season tickets.
Via Parker Gabriel of the Denver Post, the Broncos had a 99.5-percent renewal rate, the highest in franchise history.
The franchise saw nearly a full renewal of season tickets despite an average price increase of nine percent.
The Broncos will host eight regular-season games in 2026. The opponents are the Chiefs, Chargers, Raiders, Bills, Dolphins, Rams, Seahawks, and Jaguars.
