Jonathon Cooper extended

[Mingo]

Just ordered my second Cooper jersey today. Ordered old orange last year with the extension decided to order new orange.

He's a big zero!

 

[Draft Crazy]

He's a big zero!

Wish jerseys cost the same amount of money as the players jersey number.

 

[Mingo]

Wish jerseys cost the same amount of money as the players jersey number.

If Cooper is a Bronco for life - he is ROF material.

 

[58crash]

Bolles has it figured . spend on him . he deserves a chance at winning with this team as well as Justin does Bring him back IMO as well . we need some vets .

 

[Draft Crazy]

Bolles has it figured . spend on him . he deserves a chance at winning with this team as well as Justin does Bring him back IMO as well . we need some vets .

I would love to sign Bolles to a 2-3 year deal. Good LT's don't grow on trees. Sure, we have to put up with his penalties but not all of those are bad. Last thing I want with Nix's development is an issue at LT. If i aint broke don't fix it but we also can' sign him to another long term deal. I think both sides would benefit from a smaller length contract with the right money. Bolles has been through the bad times here why leave when things start to get better? He deserves to win in Denver and he has now consistently played well the past few years.

 

[cdumler7]

I really wish he would start out seasons a little better. Seems like after about 4 weeks of the season he starts playing like a top-7 LT in the league. He just takes a bit to get his legs back under him for a new season.

I do agree I think the further we get into this season and seeing how this OL has played at a top-2 level pass blocking (Detroit has an argument to be better) why destroy one of the best parts of the team? And keeping Nix in a place where he can develop with a great OL allowing him to see the field and get through reads is huge. I worry about guys like Maye who could start to develop bad habits behind that OL they have in NE.

 

[Mingo]

Obviously, if Bolles is reasonable - the Broncos will re-sign him. Three years max - no guaranteed money after year 2.

 

[cdumler7]

Obviously, if Bolles is reasonable - the Broncos will re-sign him. Three years max - no guaranteed money after year 2.

The big question though is what is considered reasonable? The 5th highest paid LT is making $22 million. My guess is negotiations start at that number for him as he could get that easily on the open market and probably more. I wouldn't be shocked if he got $25 million per year from another team.

 

[Mingo]

The big question though is what is considered reasonable? The 5th highest paid LT is making $22 million. My guess is negotiations start at that number for him as he could get that easily on the open market and probably more. I wouldn't be shocked if he got $25 million per year from another team.

You have to pay the market rate - while you hope you can get a hometown discount, or you expose your young QB to greater possibilities of injury. The Bronco's though have a secret weapon in that they have ownership with full moneybags. The use of bonus money can make these deals sweet. So, you pay him $25 million bonus and two years at $15 million each - and then a bunch of meaningless years behind that to lessen the salary cap impact. So Bolles get $20 million a year in the first two years guaranteed and maybe another $5 million guaranteed to year three - with the salary still pegged at $15 million.

 

[cdumler7]

You have to pay the market rate - while you hope you can get a hometown discount, or you expose your young QB to greater possibilities of injury. The Bronco's though have a secret weapon in that they have ownership with full moneybags. The use of bonus money can make these deals sweet. So, you pay him $25 million bonus and two years at $15 million each - and then a bunch of meaningless years behind that to lessen the salary cap impact. So Bolles get $20 million a year in the first two years guaranteed and maybe another $5 million guaranteed to year three - with the salary still pegged at $15 million.

They can definitely do a lot of that. I do worry about them getting too many contracts on the books with those void years added to contracts leading to some dead money issues down the road. I just don't want to turn into the Saints where we are $80 million over the salary cap and having to work magic every offseason to get our cap situation under control.

Aggressive but smart about it should be where the Broncos live. You've got a lot of years with Bo Nix possibly at the helm so don't need to completely sell out now like the Saints tried to at the end of Brees' career.

 

[Mingo]

They can definitely do a lot of that. I do worry about them getting too many contracts on the books with those void years added to contracts leading to some dead money issues down the road. I just don't want to turn into the Saints where we are $80 million over the salary cap and having to work magic every offseason to get our cap situation under control.

Aggressive but smart about it should be where the Broncos live. You've got a lot of years with Bo Nix possibly at the helm so don't need to completely sell out now like the Saints tried to at the end of Brees' c

There are all kinds of ways to manipulate the cap with bonus money if you have cash.

 

[Draft Crazy]

There are all kinds of ways to manipulate the cap with bonus money if you have cash.

BADDA BING!!!!! You got it.