Justin Strnad wants to sign a multi-year contract and be a regular starting linebacker.

It remains to be seen if that might be possible with the Broncos.

Strnad, who has played the past six seasons with Denver, is in line to be an unrestricted free agent in March. He started eight games in each of the past two seasons with the Broncos, but that was mainly because of injuries to other inside linebackers.

“Absolutely, I believe so,’’ Strnad, 29, told The Denver Gazette about his desire to get a multi-year deal and be a starter. “I hope it works out that way, so we’ll see where it goes.”

After being a fifth-round draft pick by the Broncos in 2020 and completing his four-year rookie contract, Strnad has signed one-year deals in each the past two seasons. He made a base salary of $2.62 million in 2025.

After being only on special teams, Strnad played his first snap from scrimmage since 2021 in Week 4 against the New York Jets in 2024 after Alex Singleton was lost for the season with a torn ACL. He was Denver’s No. 2 inside linebacker for the final 14 games that season after the since-departed Cody Barton, although he technically started eight times due to the Broncos the other six times opening up in a nickel defense.

For 2025, the Broncos brought in Dre Greenlaw to be a starting linebacker alongside Singleton. Greenlaw missed eight games due to injury and one for an NFL suspension and Singleton sat out one following surgery for testicular cancer. That resulted in Strnad ending up with his eight starts.

So does Strnad want to re-sign with the Broncos?

“Yeah, I have been here my whole career,’’ he said. “I would love to be here, but I know how the business works, and it’s a business on both sides, so we’ll see how it all plays out.’’

Greenlaw is under contract for next season while Singleton is an impending free agent. Would a return by Singleton make it difficult in Strnad’s quest to be a regular starter?

“Yeah, I think so, but we’ll see how everything shakes out and kind of go from there,’’ Strnad said. “It’s early in the process.”

For 2025, Pro Football Focus ranked Strnad as the NFL’s No. 25 linebacker out of 88, with Greenlaw at No. 16 and Singleton at No. 26. Strnad firmly believes he has shown he can be a quality starting NFL linebacker.

“I was able to show a lot more (in 2025) and I think I obviously raised the bar,’’ Strnad said. “I think I showed people I can do everything that an NFL linebacker needs to do in today’s game whether it’s stopping the run, covering people, covering tight ends, covering backs, blitzing. I think I showed people that I can do it all this year.”

Strnad had 58 tackles in the regular season, including 4.5 sacks. He had a pivotal late-game interception against the New York Giants on Oct. 19, helping the Broncos come back to win 33-32 after they had faced fourth-quarter deficits of 19-0 and 26-8.

Singleton compared Strnad to when he joined the Broncos in 2022 after having started 19 games for Philadelphia in 2020 and 2021.

“I think it’s funny,’’ Singleton said. “He’s kind of in the same exact boat I was when I left Philly. I was here (in Denver) my first year and reporters asked me the same questions, if I think I was a starter, and I was like, ‘Well, I started 20 games.’

“(Strnad) is that guy. He deserves everything he can. Anyone that watches tape (can see) he is as good as the top paid guys in the NFL. I hope we’re both back here (because) between the three of us (with Greenlaw being under contract), it’d be really fun to run it back and be able to do everything we can.”

However, if Singleton, 32, re-signs with the Broncos, that seemingly would lessen the chances of Strnad returning.