The NFL’s free-agency bonanza is here.
Welcome to The Denver Post’s free agency tracker, where Post beat reporters Parker Gabriel and Luca Evans will be constantly updating any Broncos-relevant news, signings, and general intel. Denver already moved quickly on the Sunday before free agency to re-up with several pieces of their 2025 roster — tight ends Adam Trautman and Nate Adkins, linebacker Justin Strnad, and quarterback Sam Ehlinger — but the Broncos still have a slew of needs to address. Skill talent, linebacker, and safety will be positions to watch for Denver in the coming days.
Here’s the beat-by-beat guide to all the Broncos’ action. The legal-tampering period begins Monday morning, and free agents can officially sign with new teams at 2 p.m. MT on Wednesday.
Tuesday
3:57 p.m.: The Post’s staff is officially bored.
Denver did lose safety P.J. Locke to a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys, a nice fresh start for Locke that always seemed inevitable. The Broncos will likely be in the market for a depth safety who can also contribute on special teams; expect them to be in the mix for former Steelers All-Pro special-teamer Miles Killebrew. Other than that, it’s been another quiet day on the free-agency wires for the Broncos.
12:32 p.m.: Another Broncos target is off the board. Free-agent WR Romeo Doubs is signing with the Patriots, as multiple reports indicated — for the whopping price . That’s well more than Denver would’ve liked for a receiver who finished with good-but-not-great numbers in 2025: 55 catches for 724 yards and six touchdowns.
Sources told The Post that the Broncos reached out on Doubs this week, but didn’t put an actual offer in front of him, continuing a clear trend in free agency of monitoring a few top names but not actually getting involved in an inflated market.
10:56 a.m.: The J.K. Dobbins re-signing clearly capped Denver from chasing another free-agent running back. The sense on the open market in Day 2, from talking to multiple NFL sources, is that any veteran running backs likely won’t look to the Broncos and Denver wouldn’t spend on any unless it was a bargain-bin deal. The Broncos still need another back in the room, especially if Jaleel McLaughlin is headed elsewhere; it’s highly likely that’ll be in the draft in April, though.
10:35 a.m.: Still crickets. No overnight deals for the Broncos, who head into the second day of the legal tampering period still not having signed a free agent. Expect them to be involved in the second wave of dealings, though, to add a couple contributors. There’s still a heap of quality players left available — as covered here in The Post’s look at the remaining market — from receiver Romeo Doubs to linebacker Kaden Elliss. The Broncos could still get a key receiver or linebacker at a reasonable price.
That being said, however, it’s possible Denver is shifting its attention to adding reinforcements via April’s draft and rolling over cap space come 2027. The Broncos rolled over just $634,400 in leftover cap room from 2025 to 2026, the second-lowest figure in the NFL. The front office does need to build a cushion in the coming years with an eventual monster extension for quarterback Bo Nix; perhaps that informs their decision-making this cycle.
Monday
4:05 p.m.: In the span of two minutes, the Las Vegas Raiders just changed their entire season outlook. Las Vegas signed former Eagles inside linebacker Nakobe Dean — and Packers linebacker Quay Walker, two of the top free-agent ILBs on the market. The irony? The Raiders might, overall, now have a better ILB room on paper than Denver.
Every single AFC West team has reloaded on the opening day of free agency. The Chiefs nabbed Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III. The Chargers got a sneaky-good tight end in Charlie Kolar. The Raiders swooped on two star linebackers. Denver, meanwhile, has stood pat.
3:56 p.m.: The Dre Greenlaw tenure in Denver lasted all of one promising but ultimately disappointing season. The Broncos are releasing Greenlaw, a source confirmed to The Post. It’s a major decision, after Greenlaw was the jewel of their 2025 free-agent class, coming to Denver on a three-year deal in March of last year.
The Broncos’ front office gave themselves a sneaky out upon the signing, though, really only guaranteeing one year for $11.5 million. And they’ll now pull the escape hatch, after Greenlaw played just 10 total games in an injury-plagued 2025 season. He was still a physical run defender for Denver, finishing with 43 regular-season tackles.
Cutting Greenlaw saves the Broncos roughly $6 million in cap room, according to Over The Cap. Denver could easily look for another ILB in free agency, or turn their attention to April’s draft with Alex Singleton and Justin Strnad re-signed.
3:26 p.m: And Denver opts for another retention. The Broncos are re-signing ILB Alex Singleton, their defensive captain, on a two-year deal worth a total of $15.5 million, a source confirmed to The Post.
It won’t be a popular re-signing for apountry, but Singleton is a valued piece of Vance Joseph’s defense and a heartbeat in Denver’s locker room. He has his struggles in coverage at times, but had an excellent season against the run in 2025 and finished with a team-leading 135 tackles. Now the question: does Denver make any other moves at ILB? If they’re looking for a fresh face in the room, they could save $6 million in cap space by cutting Dre Greenlaw.
1:30 p.m. The Broncos are on the board. They agreed to bring RB J.K. Dobbins back on a two-year deal, sources told The Post.
1:15 p.m.: JFM got paid.
Former Broncos defensive tackle John Franklin-Myers landed in Tennessee and cashed in big time. He got three years and $63 million, a source told The Post.
The Titans always felt like a logical landing spot for Franklin-Myers because of head coach Robert Saleh, who was with Franklin-Myers in New York previously. — Parker Gabriel
12:20 p.m.: Denver had some interest in WR Jalen Nailor, a source said, but he ended up getting three years and $35 million from the Raiders, who are on a massive spending binge.
Nailor fit the bill of what the Broncos like in free agency: Young and fairly productive, but also a chance to make a major jump in a new role. Plus, the Denver front office still has plenty of familiarity with Minnesota, where GM George Paton and several others used to work. — Parker Gabriel
12:02 p.m.: Well, every single top running-back option that the Broncos have been connected with in free agency is now off the board. First, Kenneth Walker went to the Chiefs. Then Tyler Allgeier — who Denver was never going to be in on — reportedly agreed to terms with the Cardinals. Now, Travis Etienne, the biggest fish left in the pond, has reportedly agreed to a deal with the New Orleans Saints. It’s a huge signing for Sean Payton’s old ballclub, and likely means veteran New Orleans back Alvin Kamara is on the trading block.
Payton, of course, loves Kamara, who starred for him for five straight Pro Bowl seasons with the Saints from 2017-2021. Could Denver try to make a move for him? It wouldn’t be especially cost-effective, since Kamara has a $10.4 million cap hit in 2026. The 31-year-old RB is past his prime, too, averaging just 3.6 yards per carry in 2025. He’s still a dynamic receiving threat, though, and any of Payton’s guys who are on the market bear watching. — Luca Evans
11:15 a.m.: Alex Singleton hit the market after conversations with the Broncos over recent weeks and so far veteran inside linebackers are faring pretty well. First, 37-year-old Demario Davis got $22 million over two years ($15 million guaranteed) from the New York Jets, then 31-year-old Alex Anzelone got $17 million over two years from Tampa, according to reports.
So that’s $11 million and $8.5 million per year for a couple of guys well north of 30. Where will Singleton end up? — Gabriel
10:48 a.m.: As the top free-agent RB in Walker is already off the board, another big name is set to head elsewhere: former Falcons back Tyler Allgeier is “not going to be a Bronco,” an NFL source told The Post on Monday morning.
Allgeier would’ve been an interesting option to pair with RJ Harvey, a 25-year-old fifth-round pick in 2022 who ran for 514 yards and eight touchdowns in 2025. He finished fifth in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2022 after rushing for 1,035 yards. Denver, though, clearly has eyes elsewhere — with its two obvious best options at running back currently free agent Travis Etienne and their own free agent J.K. Dobbins. — Luca Evans
10:30 a.m.: Looks like TE Cade Otton is headed back to Tampa Bay, according to several reports. An all-around TE who would have fit what Denver needs more of from its group. — Parker Gabriel
10:23 a.m.: The Broncos are going to get very familiar with RB Kenneth Walker, but not in their own locker room. NFL Network reported he’s headed to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Walker was expected to be near the top of the free-agent RB market, so his contract details will be interesting. Denver didn’t seem like a clean fit for Walker, though he had a terrific playoff run and was the Super Bowl MVP, in part because he’s not a particularly strong pass-protector. — Parker Gabriel
10:10 a.m.: The Broncos made a key move Sunday night to loosen the purse strings for themselves, converting All-Pro right guard Quinn Meinerz’s 2026 base salary to a signing bonus and freeing up roughly $12 million in cap room. After Denver’s run of tenders for exclusive-rights free agents, re-signing of guard Alex Palczewski and the Meinerz restructure, they’re sitting at roughly $33 million in cap space entering free agency, by The Post’s calculations — but that’s not factoring in Sunday’s re-signings.
Strnad, Trautman, Adkins and Ehlinger’s 2026 cap numbers aren’t yet known, but a very rough estimation would bundle them at around $10 million in total cap hit. It’s safe to assume in total, then, that Denver has roughly $20-25 million in free cap room as the tampering period opens Monday.
The Broncos can still create plenty further room for themselves. More potential restructurings: Mike McGlinchey (would save $10.5 million, according to Over The Cap), D.J. Jones ($8.4 million), Talanoa Hufanga ($7.8 million) and Jonathon Cooper ($7.7 million). — Luca Evans
9:55 a.m.: Free agency has arrived.
The Broncos figure to be active in pursuing new additions, but the first order of business for the offseason has been addressing their own crop of free agents.
Denver entered the offseason with 21 free agents of all kinds — unrestricted, restricted and exclusive rights — and has now retained 10 after a flurry of Sunday activity in which the club signed four players.
The Broncos have signed tight ends Adam Trautman (three years) and Nate Adkins (one year), offensive lineman Alex Palczewski (two years), quarterback Sam Ehlinger (one year) and inside linebacker Justin Strnad (three years).
They’ve tendered restricted free agent cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian and exclusive rights free agents in OLB Dondrea Tillman, S Devon Key, DL Jordan Jackson and RB Tyler Badie.
The 11 players who are set to become unrestricted free agents at 10 a.m. are as follows:
* DLs John Franklin-Myers and Matt Henningsen
* RBs J.K. Dobbins and Jaleel McLaughlin
* ILB Alex Singleton
* S P.J. Locke
* FBs Mike Burton and Adam Prentice
* WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey
* C Sam Mustpher
* TE Lucas Krull
— Parker Gabriel
