Denver Broncos converted Jaylen Waddle’s option bonus into a signing bonus
Your end-of-day recap for 3/24/2026 of everything worth reading, watching, and talking about in Broncos Country.
Dec 21, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) reacts during the second quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Some significant happenings today with the Denver Broncos conducting a simple restructure on Jaylen Waddle’s contract to keep his 2026 salary cap number reasonable. Broncos daily recap The big news today was salary cap related.
So it turns out that salary cap hit was coming Denver’s way after all and they implemented a simple restructure to clear up the cap hit by converting it into a signing bonus. Here are the relevant tweets on the move from today. A simple restructure on Jaylen Waddle’s contract converting $15.
42 salary in 2026 to signing bonus. There is $1. 215m salary for total 2026 payout of $17.
241M, which was what he had from Miami deal. — MikeKlis9NEWS (@mikeklis9news) March 24, 2026 RE Jaylen Waddle's contract: #Broncos ' salary-to-signing bonus conversion was always the plan after trade. Cap # was at $17.