I think it sends a really good message around the locker room, showing guys, if you do it the right way, you’ll get rewarded.” Had Cooper hit the open market this spring, he might have gone above those numbers and toward what Minnesota gave Jonathan Greenard (four years and up to $76 million) in free agency last spring,

The Broncos have signed linebacker Jonathan Cooper to a four-year $60 million contract extension that includes $33 million guaranteed.