The Broncos will retain another member of their linebacking group ahead of the new league year. Alex Singleton has agreed to a two-year, $15.5MM pact, NFL insider Jordan Schultz reports.
Singleton’s contract includes $11MM guaranteed, per KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson. That figure includes a $3.75MM guarantee for 2027, giving Singleton a bit of security by forcing the Broncos to eat some dead money if a release occurs after 2026.
This represents a per-year raise for Singleton, who played out a three-year deal worth $18MM. After going 14-3, the Broncos are retaining much of their roster. Following the in-season extensions for Wil Lutz, Luke Wattenberg and Malcolm Roach, Denver has agreed to re-sign Singleton, Justin Strnad, J.K. Dobbins, Adam Trautman and Nate Adkins.
As Singleton’s fourth Broncos season wound down, the former CFL import received a testicular cancer diagnosis. That only ended up costing him one game, as the veteran underwent surgery and recovered during Denver’s bye week. Singleton also returned from an ACL tear, an injury that cost him most of 2024 and opened the door for Strnad to begin raising his stock.
Initially signed to a low-cost deal following the Eagles’ decision to non-tender him as an RFA, Singleton teamed with Josey Jewell in Denver. The Broncos let Jewell walk in 2024, having re-signed Singleton in 2023. The former Eagles starter played out that deal and has been a prolific tackler in Denver, helping Sean Payton craft a Broncos resurgence.
A former UDFA out of Montana State, Singleton has started 47 Broncos games. After 177- and 163-tackle seasons in 2022 and ’23, he came back with 135 in 16 games last season. Not an upper-crust option in coverage, Singleton has still been a key factor on back-to-back Vance Joseph top-three defenses. He came through with a key forced fumble in the divisional round, stalling some Bills momentum during a back-and-forth Broncos win.
This signing will change the Broncos’ LB setup, though perhaps not by too much. Denver cut Dre Greenlaw shortly after this deal surfaced. Greenlaw played in only eight games last season, battling multiple injuries after missing almost all of 2024 with the Achilles tear he suffered in Super Bowl LVIII. While the Broncos could add a younger option to develop behind Singleton and Strnad, the longtime team will entrust LB duties to holdovers familiar with DC Vance Joseph‘s system.
Adam La Rose contributed to this post.
Interesting, I thought he would be gone after the Strnad deal. Good player, but we’ll see if his age catches up to him this year. Either way, Strnad will definitely see more snaps, given the money’s earned. Singleton may rotate back into a complementary role.
Joseph has kept much of his unit together. We’ll see if they replicate their success from last year, and who may be added in the draft to fill in the gaps.