The Denver Broncos made a statement last Saturday when they gave outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper a four-year, $60 million contract extension. With that deal, Denver declared that Cooper is the team’s top pass rusher going forward. That declaration was ...

I think it sends a really good message around the locker room, showing guys, if you do it the right way, you’ll get rewarded.” Had Cooper hit the open market this spring, he might have gone above those numbers and toward what Minnesota gave Jonathan Greenard (four years and up to $76 million) in free agency last spring,

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Despite their lopsided loss at Baltimore, all was not lost for the Denver Broncos over the weekend. They signed outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper to a four-year extension while in Maryland, the team announced Monday.