| Broncos Won't Restructure CB Champ Bailey's Contract In 2010? | | |
Even though NFL salaries have soared since the Broncos negotiated the deal for star cornerback Champ Bailey after his trade from Washington in exchange for running back Clinton Portis before the 2004 season, Bailey will collect $13 million in salary ($9.5 million) and bonuses ($3.5 million) this season to remain by far the Broncos' highest-paid player. After that trade, Bailey received a new, seven-year, $63 million deal from the Broncos while Portis got an eight-year, $50.5 million extension from the Redskins. The Broncos, though, are not likely to restructure Bailey's deal anytime soon for two reasons: No NFL players outside of unrestricted free agents are getting new deals because of the ever-real possibility of a 2011 lockout, the Broncos did recently allocate $20.3 million of their 2010 budget to sign unrestricted free agents Justin Bannan, Jamal Williams, Jarvis Green, Nathan Jones, Brandon Lloyd, Russ Hochstein and two, if the Broncos rework Bailey's existing contract, what message would that send to Elvis Dumervil, Kyle Orton and Chris Kuper, who have been asked to accept one-year, relatively low-salaried contracts as restricted free agents?
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