Jonas Griffith neglected the whole 2023 campaign due to an ACL tear, but he will get hold of an opportunity to continue his Broncos tenure subsequent season. The veteran linebacker signed a one-year extension on Wednesday, per an announcement from his agency.
Griffith was once as soon as once more an exceptional rights free agent this year. Rather than tendering him later in the offseason, Denver has elected to ink him to a new deal prior to the begin of free agency. As 9News’ Mike Klis notes, Griffith will earn $985K in 2024, the league minimal for gamers with two years’ ride but nonetheless a mild uptick from his one-year profits in each of the previous two seasons. A super position could wait for him if he manages to stay healthy.
The Broncos have one starting LB spot accounted for with Alex Singleton. Fellow first-teamer Josey Jewell is a pending free agent, however. The equal is also genuine of backups Justin Strnad and Ben Niemann, which means a quantity of departures may want to take place at the function in the close to future.
2023 third-rounder Drew Sanders, meanwhile, performed at his first-class as an outside linebacker in his rookie year. Griffith has journey on distinctive teams, but he should also push for a return to the workload he had in 2022.
That season, the former UDFA logged a 55% snap share on protection whilst beginning eight of his 9 games. His marketing campaign was reduce short due to a foot injury, though, something which compounded his absence for the duration of the 2023 season. Griffith had drawn rave reviews when on the field, main to high expectations in the build-up to this previous year.
The 27-year-old (who used to be obtained with the aid of change in 2021) has made all 22 of his appearances with the Broncos. In that time, the former 49er and Colt has totaled ninety two tackles, one interception and one fumble recovery.
He could be well-positioned to compete for defensive playing time depending on how the team proceeds this offseason with Jewell in particular. In any case, Wednesday’s move will pave the way for at least a solid special teams position supplied Griffith manages to get better in full from his most current season-ending injury.
