{"id":341240,"date":"2025-09-04T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/341240\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:54:10","slug":"broncos-nik-bonitto-agree-to-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/341240\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos, Nik Bonitto Agree To Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work on a\u00a0Nik Bonitto<\/a>\u00a0extension has taken place throughout the offseason. A deal has now been struck between the Broncos and the ascending pass rusher.<\/p>\n

Bonitto agreed to a four-year extension on Thursday, as first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz<\/a>. The pact has a maximum value of $120MM and contains $70MM guaranteed. Once the deal is signed, Bonitto will be on the books through 2029. An announcement from his agency notes this pact has a base value of $106MM (h\/t Tom Pelissero of NFL Network<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As a result, this latest high-profile piece of Broncos business carries an average annual value of $26.5MM. That figure ranks 10th amongst edge rushers, an indication of the major surge that position\u2019s market has witnessed over the offseason. If Bonitto maxes out the value of this pact, he will become the seventh pass rusher to reach $30MM in annual compensation.<\/p>\n

In May, it became known talks on a long-term pact were taking place<\/a> in this case. Since then, Bonitto has increasingly emerged as a priority for Denver, a team which also worked out new deals for receiver\u00a0Courtland Sutton<\/a>\u00a0and defensive lineman\u00a0Zach Allen<\/a>\u00a0in 2025. The latter\u2019s pact is worth $102MM in base value. As a result, Bonitto now holds the title as the Broncos\u2019 highest-paid player for the coming season and the top earner for defenders in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Starting only five games during his first two Denver seasons, Bonitto showed plenty of potential with eight sacks in 2023. The 25-year-old took another step forward last season, handling a first-team workload and totaling 13.5 sacks. That production resulted in a second-team All-Pro nod along with a Pro Bowl invitation and upped the value of this long-discussed extension. Denver dealt away Baron Browning<\/a> at the 2024 trade deadline shortly after working out a new deal with Jonathon Cooper<\/a>.\u00a0Those transactions confirmed a Cooper-Bonitto pairing was seen as the foundation of the team\u2019s pass rush for years to come.<\/p>\n

Bonitto recently expressed optimism<\/a> about an extension being worked out, with the qualifier that an agreement did not necessarily need to be in place before the start of the regular season. Instead, the Broncos have operated on a similar timeline to the\u00a0Patrick Surtain<\/a> negotiations from last summer and finalized a pact days before Week 1. Another member of the team\u2019s core is thus in the fold for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

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