{"id":257774,"date":"2025-08-03T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/257774\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:34:10","slug":"former-arizona-cardinals-draft-pick-zach-allen-lands-4-year-102-million-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/257774\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Arizona Cardinals draft pick Zach Allen lands 4-year, $102 million extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arizona Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> player just got paid. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Denver Broncos<\/a> defensive tackle Zach Allen <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/08\/02\/broncos-sign-zach-allen-contract-extension\/83750594007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:agreed to a four-year extension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">agreed to a four-year extension<\/a> worth $102 million, keeping him under contract through 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Allen was drafted in the third round in 2019 by the Cardinals and played four seasons for them. In 2023, he signed a three-year contract worth $45.75 million.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He had a career year in 2024, making the All-Pro second team. He had 8.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss and 40 quarterback hits, all career-highs.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the biggest playmakers for the Broncos&#8217; seventh-ranked defense in terms of yards, allowing the third-fewest points in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Now he will continue to anchor the interior of that defense, playing for former Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>Get more <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cards<\/a> Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-rise-up-see-red-podcast\/id670822447?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/cardswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/cardinals\/2025\/08\/02\/former-cardinals-dl-zach-allen-lands-4-year-extension-with-broncos\/85496056007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former Cardinals DL Zach Allen lands 4-year extension with Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former Cardinals DL Zach Allen lands 4-year extension with Broncos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Arizona Cardinals player just got paid. Denver Broncos defensive tackle Zach Allen agreed to a four-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,2793,258,7,6,1626],"class_list":{"0":"post-257774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-defensive-tackle","13":"tag-denver-broncos","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-zach-allen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}