Updated Jan. 26, 2026, 10:12 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a0were proactive in locking up players with expiring contracts in 2025.<\/p>\n During the regular season, the team signed kicker\u00a0Wil Lutz<\/a>, center\u00a0Luke Wattenberg<\/a>\u00a0and defensive lineman\u00a0Malcolm Roach<\/a>\u00a0to multi-year contract extensions. Over the last two years, the Broncos<\/a> have given new deals to 11 key players<\/a>.<\/p>\n The team’s most notable remaining pending unrestricted free agents in 2026 are defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers, running back J.K. Dobbins, tight end Adam Trautman and linebackers Justin Strnad and Alex Singleton.<\/p>\n Denver currently has 12 players<\/a> scheduled to become unrestricted free agents<\/a>, plus six restricted free agents<\/a> and four exclusive rights free agents<\/a> in March. Here’s a look at the team’s full list of 22 pending free agents ahead of the spring (key players in bold).<\/p>\n Broncos 2026 free agentsQB Sam Ehlinger (UFA)RB J.K. Dobbins (UFA)RB Jaleel McLaughlin (RFA)RB Tyler Badie (ERFA)FB Adam Prentice (UFA)FB Michael Burton (UFA)TE\/FB Nate Adkins (RFA)TE Adam Trautman (UFA)TE Lucas Krull (RFA)WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey (UFA)OL Alex Palczewski (RFA)C Sam Mustipher (UFA)DL John Franklin-Myers (UFA)DL Jordan Jackson (ERFA)DL Matt Henningsen (RFA)OLB Dondrea Tillman (ERFA)LB Justin Strnad (UFA)LB Alex Singleton (UFA)CB Ja’Quan McMillian (RFA)DB Devon Key (ERFA)DB P.J. Locke (UFA)DB Delarrin Turner-Yell (UFA)Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n The NFL’s 2026 free agency negotiating window will open on March 9, followed by the opening of the new league year and official start of free agency on March 11. Any in-house pending free agents who do not get extensions before March 9 will be eligible to negotiate with other clubs.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Jan. 26, 2026, 10:12 a.m. MT The\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0were proactive in locking up players with expiring contracts in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,97097,98655,97228,98539,95882,102748,95886,95893,100192,99137,98541,98538,98652,98537,97242,97239,100066,95896,95888,95895,95906,100237,95883,95894,102747,98660,95881],"class_list":["post-706971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-broncos","tag-accessfree","tag-broncos","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denverbroncos","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","tag-sstsnbroncos","tag-tagadam-prentice","tag-tagadam-trautman","tag-tagalex-palczewski","tag-tagalex-singleton","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdelarrin-turner-yell","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagjaquan-mcmillian","tag-tagjaleel-mclaughlin","tag-tagjohn-franklin-myers","tag-tagjustin-strnad","tag-tagliljordan-humphrey","tag-taglucas-krull","tag-tagluke-wattenberg","tag-tagmalcolm-roach","tag-tagmichael-burton","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsam-ehlinger","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-tagtyler-badie","tag-tagwil-lutz","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706971","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=706971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}