ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The Denver Broncos have exercised star linebacker Von Miller's 2021 option. The move engages the final season of the six-year, $114.5 million contract Miller signed in 2016 in the aftermath of his Super Bowl 50 MVP performance.
It also guarantees him $7 million of his $17.5 million base salary. Tuesday was the deadline to exercise his option or Miller, who turns 32 this month, would have become an unrestricted free agent.
The Broncos tweeted without comment an image of Miller celebrating the team's Super Bowl triumph five years ago. Miller has recovered from a freak ankle injury that sidelined him all of last season, and he recently was cleared of off-the-field concerns when the local district attorney's office declined