Because no agreement was made on the deal, the team has withdrawn the offer from the table leaving Miller to play on his exclusive $14.129 million franchise tag for the 2016 season.
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Demaryius Thomas, a former standout wide receiver from Georgia Tech who recently won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos, thanked President Barack Obama on Monday for pardoning his mother.
The Denver Broncos visited the White House on Monday and began their mandatory minicamp Tuesday.
It’s unclear why the Broncos wouldn’t be willing to sign Miller to a six-year, $114.5 million contract today if they were willing to sign him to a six-year, $114.5 million contract yesterday.
Super Bowl MVP Von Miller was another notable absence Tuesday.
The deal includes $39.8 million in guaranteed money, but no deal is in sight, Schefter reported.
Following Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib’s release from the hospital on Monday after being shot in his right leg, the National Football League and Investigators are still looking into on what really happened on the fateful Sunday morning.
Denver Broncos All-Pro outside linebacker Von Miller rejected the teams’ newest long-term offer. Justin Houston’s extension a year ago with the Kansas City Chiefs included 52 percent guaranteed cash, whereas this current offer would amount to 35 percent, as pointed out by Benjamin Albright of CBS Sports.
There is no doubt that the Broncos’ goal is to make Miller stay, and the latter also wants the same. In that report, the Broncos were said to be unwilling to go above the $19.062 million that Ndamukong Suh is making.
The Broncos believe they have been more than fair with Miller because their offer significantly exceeded the first, second and third-year franchise tag amounts.
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NOTES: OLB DeMarcus Ware, sidelined all offseason by recurrent back problems that limited him to 11 games last season, won’t practice until training camp in late July, Kubiak said.
