{"id":711149,"date":"2026-06-02T21:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711149\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:11:10","slug":"patrick-surtain-ii-broncos-reportedly-agree-to-adjusted-contract-after-nfl-record-96m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711149\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Surtain II, Broncos Reportedly Agree to Adjusted Contract After NFL-Record $96M Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Denver Broncos are reportedly giving Patrick Surtain II a raise on the contract that made him the NFL’s highest-paid<\/a> defensive back when it was first signed in 2024.<\/p>\n

Surtain is receiving a $5 million raise for 2026, as well as an additional $5 million incentive for a Pro Bowl or All-Pro selection next season, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Surtain was heading into the first year of his four-year, $96 million contract. He was previously set to play under a $16.8 million cap hit next season, per Over the Cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Surtain is receiving his $5 million raise as part of his base salary, per Luca Evans of the Denver Post.<\/p>\n

The $5 million performance bonus for a Pro Bowl or All-Pro nod would be added to his 2027 salary, per Evans.<\/p>\n

The ceiling for the cornerback market<\/a> was recently raised to $31 million in average annual salary thanks to the extension<\/a> the Los Angeles Rams and Trent McDuffie agreed to in March.<\/p>\n

The Houston Texans’ Derek Stingley Jr. and Indianapolis Colts’ Sauce Gardner had already reset the market with extensions worth around $30 million per year the season prior.<\/p>\n

Surtain’s $96 million deal previously ranked sixth among all cornerbacks with an average annual value of $24 million per year, per Over the Cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Surtain earned a fourth straight Pro Bowl nod in 2025 as he racked up 47 tackles (one for loss) to go alongside 12 passes defensed and an interception in 14 regular-season games.<\/p>\n

He added eight tackles and a pass defensed in two playoff games before the Broncos were eliminated from the AFC title game.<\/p>\n

Should Surtain continue playing such a key role on Denver’s defense during his age-26 season, he could be set for another raise to keep pace with the top of the cornerback market before the end of his current contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Broncos are reportedly giving Patrick Surtain II a raise on the contract that made him the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-711149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}