Denver Broncos general manager George Paton has handled the salary cap well since joining the team at the beginning of 2021.
Among the best decisions Paton has made so far were signing wide receivers Courtland Sutton and Tim Patrick to contract extensions during the 2021 season. The deals signed by Sutton and Patrick now look like bargains compared to what other receivers were paid this offseason.
Brad Spielberger of ProFootballFocus.com agrees with that assessment as he recently included Sutton’s deal on his list of the 32 best contracts in the NFL. Spielberger has Sutton’s four-year, $60 million deal ranked as the fourth-best contract in the league.
“Paton got right to work inking his club’s most important contributors to long-term deals in 2021, none more aptly timed than wide receiver Sutton’s four-year, $60 million extension in November 2021,” Spielberger wrote on PFF’s website. “Twelve wide receivers have signed multi-year extensions for more than $15 million per year since, and several more could do so before Week 1 of the 2022 season kicks off.”
Also on Spielberger’s list is running back Melvin Gordon’s one-year, $2.5 million deal, ranked No. 32. That’s a great value for a player who has totaled 2,275 yards from scrimmage and scored 20 touchdowns over the last two seasons.
Paton’s smart contract work has left the Broncos with about $11 million in remaining salary cap space going into the summer.
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