Broncos head coach Sean Payton gave a positive update on quarterback Bo Nix’s right ankle during a press conference from the team’s rookie minicamp on Saturday.
Nix had a second procedure on the ankle he broke in January’s playoff win in late April that Payton said “was not a surprise” to the player or team. He said the team feels “real good” about where Nix is and expressed confidence that Nix will get some work in before the team’s offseason program comes to an end.
“There’s a good chance we see him in this offseason program in June,” Payton said. “We’re going to be the ones kind of holding back, if you will.”
If Nix is not able to make it on the field next month, Payton said he will be “clearly full speed” in time for training camp this summer.
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Broncos General Manager George Paton has been on the job for five seasons. He has agreed to stick around for five more.
The Broncos have announced that Paton has signed a contract that runs through 2030.
“We are pleased to announce a new five-year contract for George Paton that reflects our confidence in his leadership, vision and the overall direction of our team,” CEO Greg Penner said in a team-issued release. “As our General Manager, George has demonstrated a strong commitment toward building a winning roster while forming a collaborative and supportive partnership with Sean Payton.
Paton passed on other opportunities through 14 years in Minnesota. His arrival predated the purchase of the Broncos by the Walton-Penner group — and the hiring of Payton.
It has worked very well, overcoming the ill-advised trade for Russell Wilson, and the even more ill-advised market-level contract Wilson received before playing a single game in Denver.
The Broncos, under Paton and Payton, have built an elite team. They’ve been to the playoffs two straight years, and they earned the top seed in the AFC in 2025.
The Broncos have agreed to terms with two more members of their 2026 draft class.
According to multiple reports, fifth-round tight end Justin Joly and seventh-round safety Miles Scott have agreed to their rookie deals. Two other seventh-round picks — tight end Dallen Bentley and linebacker Red Murdock — have also come to terms with the team.
That leaves three more picks for the Broncos to get under contract. The team will hold its rookie minicamp this weekend.
Joly led N.C. State with 49 catches last season and had 92 catches in two seasons at the school. He spent two years at Connecticut before transferring in 2024.
Scott was a three-year starter at Illinois. He had 64 tackles, four tackles for loss, a sack, three interceptions and four fumble recoveries last year.
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.
Earlier this week, free-agent quarterback Russell Wilson had a visit with the Jets. He’s also looking at another potential path.
Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reports that Wilson is in “deep discussions” to embark on a television career. Per Marchand, CBS is considered to be the favorite.
Wilson has made bye-week appearances with CBS, and its Sunday studio show currently has an opening after the departure of Matt Ryan for a high-level job with the Falcons.
Marchand also reports that CBS has shown interest in Hall of Fame linebacker Luke Kuechly.
With Wilson firmly in the backup-at-best phase of his football career, it makes sense to explore available options in TV. Very few quarterbacks who were once the highest-paid player in the league choose to continue as understudies when their opportunities as starters have dried up. (Joe Flacco is the rare exception.)
Wilson, who seems to be interested in remaining in the New York area, could work for CBS from its Manhattan studio. It makes too much sense to not happen, if CBS ultimately decides to make him an offer — and if he accepts it.
Wilson, a third-round pick in 2012, won a Super Bowl and went to another during a decade with the Seahawks. He then spent two seasons with the Broncos, one with the Steelers, and one with the Giants. He started three games in 2025 before being benched for rookie Jaxson Dart.
With the Jets, Wilson would be the backup to Geno Smith, Wilson’s former backup in Seattle.
Broncos safety Devon Key officially signed his exclusive rights free agent tender on Thursday.
Key will make $1.075 million on the one-year deal.
The Broncos’ other three exclusive rights free agents — running back Tyler Badie, defensive lineman Jordan Jackson and outside linebacker Dondrea Tillman — previously signed their tenders.
Key joined the Broncos in 2022, and he has become a core special teams player. In 2025, Key was a first-team All-Pro for his special teams play.
In 17 games last season, Key played 73 defensive snaps and 388 on special teams. That was 82 percent of the team’s special teams play, and he made 28 tackles.
Key’s brother, Dane Key, is joining the Broncos as an undrafted free agent.
