Updated Feb. 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
The Denver Broncos<\/a> have started making restricted free agent decisions \u2014 and more are on the way.<\/p>\n News broke on Friday that the Broncos<\/a> will place a second-round tender<\/a> on cornerback Ja\u2019Quan McMillian. He will now earn $5.811 million in 2026, and a second-round price tag could prevent other teams from attempting to make an offer Denver can’t match.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Denver has opted not to place<\/a> a tender on running back Jaleel McLaughlin, allowing him to hit free agency instead. The cheapest tender would have been $3.547 million (more than J.K. Dobbins earned last season), so it’s no surprise that the Broncos did not want to bring McLaughlin back at that price.<\/p>\n Denver also has four other restricted free agents: offensive lineman Alex Palczewski, tight\/end fullback Nate Adkins, tight end Lucas Krull and defensive lineman Matt Henningsen. Of those players, Palczewski seems like the strongest candidate for a tender, but none of them are guaranteed.<\/p>\n Broncos’ other restricted free agentsOL Alex PalczewskiTE\/FB Nate AdkinsTE Lucas KrullDL Matt HenningsenNeed a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Even if these players do not receive a tender and hit free agency, the Broncos could still attempt to bring them back for less than $3.54 million. Palczewski should be a priority, and Adkins also has a strong chance to return in 2026.<\/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 Feb. 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. MT The Denver Broncos have started making restricted free agent decisions \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,97228,95882,95886,95893,100192,99137,98537,101300,95895,95897,96071,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-781825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagalex-palczewski","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagjaquan-mcmillian","22":"tag-tagjaleel-mclaughlin","23":"tag-taglucas-krull","24":"tag-tagmatt-henningsen","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-negative","27":"tag-tagsmg-timely","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagtwitter","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116147469994408432","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781825","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=781825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}