The Denver Broncos are unexpectedly excited for the 2024 season for a new reason. Rookie quarterback Bo Nix has provided a spark for this offense that not many saw coming.
This coming after an eventful off-season in which the Broncos officially moved on from Russell Wilson and traded away Jerry Jeudy.
While Denver has been at the center of some massive news stories this off-season, there is one move head coach Sean Payton said was never going to happen.
Denver Broncos Head Coach Denies The Team Ever Considered One Move
According to Dianna Russini of The Athletic, the Broncos declined one of three offers from the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers. According to Payton, the Broncos never actually considered moving on from WR Courtland Sutton:
“It’s a little bit of a stretch relative to the specifics,’’ Payton said in a phone call with Broncos media, per 9News’ Mike Klis on September 2. “I read the same thing you read and I would say we didn’t get nearly as far down the road as she may have reported. It’s insignificant. For me to comment on every call that comes into George or myself would be ludicrous.”
“I’m going to say probably in the last two, three months there’s been multiple teams calling about Courtland,’’ Payton said during the call, per Klis. “He’s a good football player.”
According to journalist Josh Buckhalter, this is what the trade would have looked like:
The Broncos would have sent Sutton to the 49ers in exchange for draft capital. The Steelers received Brandon Aiyuk from the 49ers, per Russini. Instead, the 49ers signed Aiyuk to a four-year, $120 million extension. Payton also addressed the interest in Sutton.
Sutton maintained throughout that he did not want to be anywhere else.
“This is where I want to be,” Sutton said told the hosts of the “DNVR Broncos” podcast in June. “This is home, this is where I want to go hoist the Lombardi trophy, this is the place where I want to be able to retire, this is the place where I want to, hopefully, be able to put enough out once my career is done that I can you know hopefully be able to have a bid at the Bronco Ring of Honor.
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