{"id":7108,"date":"2025-04-28T13:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/7108\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:52:14","slug":"broncos-wr-courtland-sutton-positive-on-contract-extension-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/7108\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos WR Courtland Sutton positive on contract extension talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

JOHNSTOWN \u2014\u00a0The offseason is sweet and the candy is sour for Courtland Sutton.<\/p>\n

The Broncos wide receiver was all smiles here Saturday as he kicked off a campaign for his newly released candy, Sutton Sours. Later this month, he\u2019ll get back to what until last summer had been a normal part of his offseason routine: taking part in Denver\u2019s voluntary offseason workout program and organized team activities.<\/p>\n

That even though Sutton and the Broncos have not yet come to terms on a contract extension.<\/p>\n

Still, Sutton told The Denver Post on Saturday here that he believes his representation and the club are \u201cmoving in the right direction\u201d regarding a long-term deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy team has had a really good conversation with the guys up there in the front office, and I think it\u2019s working in the right direction,\u201d Sutton said. \u201cUltimately, you just want to know you\u2019re working in the right direction. I think they see and have seen what I\u2019ve brought to the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m open and optimistic about the fact that I\u2019ll be able to be here for the rest of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a substantial tone shift and change in approach from a year ago, when Sutton skipped all of the Broncos\u2019 voluntary offseason work. When he reported to a mandatory minicamp in June \u2014 the only portion of the offseason he could have been fined for missing \u2014\u00a0he called contract talks between himself and the only organization he\u2019s ever played for a \u201cstalemate.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Eventually, Sutton agreed to add up to $1.7 million in earnable incentives to his contract and cashed in $1.5 million of it by putting together the best football of his career \u2014 and certainly the best season he\u2019s had since tearing his ACL in 2020.<\/p>\n

Sutton caught 81 passes for 1,081 yards and eight touchdowns while becoming the go-to option for rookie quarterback Bo Nix and being voted a captain by his teammates for a fourth straight year.<\/p>\n

In the process, he made a convincing case for a contract extension. Sutton is entering the final season of a four-year, $60.1 million extension he signed in November 2021. He is due a $13.5 million base salary for 2025 and has no guaranteed money left on his contract, though that will change if the sides can agree on an extension in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Sutton said Nix\u2019s ascendance, Denver\u2019s return to the playoffs and his confidence in how the organization thinks of him all add up to an excitement level to attend the voluntary portion of the offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the biggest things is the season we had last year was amazing, and leaning into that and wanting to build on that and not wanting to take any steps back from that, I think the offseason is a big part of that,\u201d Sutton said. \u201cAnd then obviously us having a quarterback. Man, going into the offseason knowing, \u201cthis is going to be our quarterback of the future \u2014 being able to build on that and having that consistency and that foundation already set going into the offseason is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In acknowledging that Sutton is planning to attend the voluntary portion of team workouts two weeks ago at the NFL owners meetings in South Florida, head coach Sean Payton said there is \u201cno timeline\u201d for an extension.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited that he\u2019ll be there whenever we get going and we\u2019ll go from there,\u201d Payton said.
But I know there isn\u2019t any timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n

General manager George Paton narrowed it down slightly, saying he thought any contract extensions the Broncos work on will happen after the NFL Draft, which runs April 24-26. The Broncos have several players who are due or close to due for extensions, including Sutton, defensive lineman Zach Allen, outside linebacker Nik Bonitto and potentially others, like defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve seen how we\u2019ve done our business,\u201d Paton said at the owners meetings. \u201cTypically, let\u2019s get through the draft. We\u2019ll be open to conversations after the draft and into the summer and sometimes into the season as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Denver finalized massive extensions for right guard Quinn Meinerz in mid-July and for cornerback Pat Surtain II the week of the Broncos\u2019 season opener.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the only pursed lips for Sutton might come if he tried his own candy. He was relaxed and smiling wide as a long line of Broncos fans filtered through a sporting goods store to buy his newest concoction and score an autograph in the process. At least a couple hundred people \u2014 and a few furry friends \u2014 got photos and autographs from Sutton, who spent weeks on different candy options from Colorado Candy Company before settling on a sour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love candy,\u201d Sutton said. \u201cIt\u2019s something that, it\u2019s one of my Achilles heels for sure. \u2026 They probably sent a good amount, we went back and forth for a couple weeks \u2014 it might have been more like a month \u2014 trying to figure out what we liked. We narrowed it down to some flavors and we got it right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love sours. I\u2019m thinking about it right now and it\u2019s making my cheeks tingle.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the only sour taste in Sutton\u2019s world these days.<\/p>\n

The Broncos are back to being a playoff-caliber team, they have a quarterback, and Sutton feels good about his place in the organization.<\/p>\n

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