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Sports business insider: The top five highest-paid Broncos players are projected to earn more than $91 million combined during the upcoming NFL season.<\/p>\n
Short version: The Denver Gazette compiled public salary cap data (via spotrac.com<\/a>) to examine the five highest-paid Broncos players for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n 1. RT Mike McGlinchey: $23,775,000 cap hit<\/p>\n 2. WR Courtland Sutton: $20,200,000 cap hit<\/p>\n 3. DE Zach Allen: $19,795,000 cap hit<\/p>\n 4. G Ben Powers: $17,425,000 cap hit<\/p>\n 5. DE John Franklin-Myers: $10,000,000 cap hit<\/p>\n <\/p>\n +3 \n Your daily report on everything sports in Colorado – covering the Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and columns from Woody Paige and Paul Klee.\n <\/p>\n Success! Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.<\/p>\n Long version: The Broncos are heavily invested in their lines on offense and defense with four-of-five on the above list playing in the trenches.<\/p>\n On the offensive line, McGlinchey ranks among the team\u2019s most polished vocal leaders in addition to making 29 regular-season starts over his last two seasons in Denver. Powers has not missed a start in his two seasons with the Broncos. On the defensive line, Allen returns after a second-team All Pro selection in 2024. Franklin-Myers enters the final year of his contract following a career-best seven sacks a year ago.<\/p>\n Sutton is the only offensive skill player to crack the top five. He\u2019s also set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2026 if he does not sign an extension with the Broncos. Sutton is another team leader with significant production \u2014 379 catches for 5,340 yards and 32 touchdowns over seven NFL seasons.<\/p>\n
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