The Denver Broncos and Pro Bowl wide receiver Courtland Sutton reached an amicable resolution in 2024.
That was only after Sutton skipped the voluntary portion of the team’s offseason program.
However, the Broncos’ decision then, converting his four-year, $60 million contract into a two-year, $27.5 million pact, set the stage to revisit Sutton’s contract this offseason. And according to the Denver Post’s Luca Evans, the baseline may be $20 million annually.
“Sutton’s value is the easiest to project,” Evans wrote on May 23. “The receiver market, though, has exploded in recent years.
“Sutton sits in a fluid space, on the fringes of presenting a resume as a WR1.”
Sutton, who turns 30 in October, posted the second-most receiving yards (1,081) and touchdowns (8) of his career on a personal-best 81 receptions in 2024. He also played a full slate of regular-season games for the fourth time in his eight seasons.
“I’ll put it this way,” an anonymous NFL source told Evans, speaking on receiver contracts in general. “$20 million-$25 million is the new $10 million-$15 million.”
That is encouraging for the Broncos star, Sutton, whose max single-season salary is $13.5 million.
Courtland Sutton’s Previous Asking Price in Focus
Whether the Broncos and Sutton can find common ground remains unclear. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported on “SportsCenter” in May 2024 that Sutton was seeking something in the range of “$15-$16 million” on a new deal. Sutton has a $13.5 million base salary for 2025.
Despite that, Sutton is not planning on following a similar blueprint in 2025 as he did last offseason, when he stayed away from the early portion of the offseason program.
“My team has had a really good conversation with the guys up there in the front office, and I think it’s working in the right direction,” Sutton told the Denver Post’s Parker Gabriel in comments published on April 12. “I’m open and optimistic about the fact that I’ll be able to be here for the rest of my career.”
