{"id":786890,"date":"2026-03-02T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786890\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:17:12","slug":"john-franklin-myers-broncos-exit-is-inevitable-after-latest-free-agency-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786890\/","title":{"rendered":"John Franklin-Myers Broncos’ exit is inevitable after latest free agency news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Denver Broncos largely set themselves up nicely for free agency this offseason<\/a>. With money to spend, the ability to create more, and some players taken care of, Denver doesn’t have to strain itself to make the moves they want. A huge disadvantage of free agency, though, is that some teams honestly get a bit carried away on the open market.<\/p>\n

We’ll commonly see players getting a bit more than expected, and it ends up being an overpay when it’s all said and done. During the bye week<\/a>, the Broncos were able to extend all of Luke Wattenberg, Malcolm Roach, and Wil Lutz, keeping them from hitting the open market.<\/p>\n

However, other key free agents like J.K. Dobbins, Alex Singleton, Justin Strnad, and John Franklin-Myers are still players who are slated to hit the open market right now, and some recent reporting on Franklin-Myers and what his market could be would make his exit from the Broncos inevitable.<\/p>\n

John Franklin-Myers could cash-in during free agency, but likely not with the Denver Broncos<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler<\/a> is one of the most connected people in the NFL world, and some of his recent reporting on Franklin-Myers really does indicate just how unlikely it is that he returns to the Broncos.<\/p>\n

“Packers left tackle Rasheed Walker and Broncos defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers could get a lot of interest. Both have been attached to the $20 million threshold in conversations. They are productive players hitting the market at the right time, without a ton of competition at their respective positions. Whatever the number ends up being, it will be strong. Franklin-Myers’ floor is already pretty high.”<\/p>\n

Yeah, so if Franklin-Myers gets anything close to $20 million per season, the Broncos aren’t going to re-sign him, and his exit in free agency has felt likely this entire time. JFM came over in a trade with the New York Jets back in 2024 and had signed a two-year deal worth $15 million, which came out to a modest $7.5 million per season.<\/p>\n

Franklin-Myers had two incredibly strong years with the Broncos and had actually previously<\/a> cashed in before the Broncos. His first notable payday was a four-year deal worth $55 million, signed with the Jets. That ended up being worth just under $14 million per season.<\/p>\n

In two years with Denver, JFM racked up 14.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, and 33 quarterback hits in 33 games, starting 31. Franklin-Myers is set to play in his age-30 season in 2026, and it’s pretty clear that he’s going to price his way out of Denver.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have already paid all of DJ Jones, Zach Allen, Nik Bonitto, and Jonathon Cooper along the defensive line, and it’s largely been quite obvious that Franklin-Myers would be the odd man out here. But at the end of the day, he does absolutely deserve a massive payday from another team.<\/p>\n

Denver simply wouldn’t be making a smart financial decision to offer him a deal close to $20 million per season. With the team having other obvious needs like at running back, tight end<\/a>, wide receiver, and inside linebacker, using the cap space there makes a lot more sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Broncos largely set themselves up nicely for free agency this offseason. With money to spend, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[232,231,258,2426,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-786890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-broncos","9":"tag-denver","10":"tag-denver-broncos","11":"tag-denverbroncos","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116160249560947387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786890","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=786890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}