Rapoport: Pat Surtain II signs 4-yr/$96M contract extension

Published: Sep 04, 2024 Duration: 00:02:09 Category: Sports

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Lawrence, who was the number one pick in that 2021 draft, got his extension already. Jaylen Waddle, who was another high pick in that draft, got one. And today the Broncos added Patrick Surtain, the second to the list. They paid their star cornerback on a four year extension worth $96 million, $77.5 million guaranteed. And if you're wondering, in context, how much money is that? It is a lot. The top of that cornerback market had really been stagnant for the past couple of years, since the Packers paid Jaire Alexander, he was still the highest paid corner until today. Now remember, the Broncos have Patrick Surtain under contract now for the next six years. But what matters here is the new Years because you're doing this contract early. It is in a reset on that cornerback market and Patrick Surtain getting paid handsomely. Oh man. A massive, massive payday for Patrick Surtain. You know the kind of jump that we rarely see reminds me of when Jalen Ramsey got that five year, $100 million deal. I believe it was 2020. I mean that was a more than $3 million jump. This is just as significant for Patrick Surtain. The numbers you saw it I mean truly massive four years $96,000,077.5 million guaranteed. In the next nine months, he will make $39.5 million, almost a comical amount. And look, you can make the argument that the wide receiver salaries have for fair not outpaced the salaries of the corners and the safeties who actually cover them. Well, maybe now this corner market is getting a little bit of a jump, a little bit of a comeback, and maybe these salaries are going to start inching closer. I know that is the goal, especially of the people who play those positions, the people who represent the people who play, those positions. But if you're the Denver Broncos, you believe you have a franchise quarterback in Bo Nix and man, you have a defensive lynchpin locked up in Patrick Surtain. There are a lot of questions. A few years ago for Broncos GM George Payton about taking Patrick Surtain over the quarterback, Justin Fields, who went a couple of picks later when the bears traded up. Hindsight 2020 on everything here, but the Broncos got one of the best young players in the entire

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