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The Denver Broncos & Russell Wilson Agree To A Five-Year, $245 Million Contract Extension

<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;russell-wilson-traded-to-denver-broncos-after-10-seasons-with-the-seattle-seahawks&sol;">Russell Wilson<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has yet to play his first regular season game as a Denver Bronco&comma; and already he has reached a contract extension with the organization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;espn&period;com&sol;nfl&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;34500536&sol;russell-wilson-denver-broncos-agree-5-year-extension-worth-245-million-including-165-million-guaranteed-sources-say" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">ESPN<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the Broncos and Russell have reached an agreement on a five-year&comma; &dollar;245 million contract extension&comma; which includes &dollar;165 million guaranteed&period; He will now be under contract with the team for the next seven years&comma; and &dollar;296 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;russell-wilson-traded-to-denver-broncos-after-10-seasons-with-the-seattle-seahawks&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; the Seattle Seahawks traded Russell to the Broncos back in March&period; ESPN reports that the Broncos traded five of their draft picks&comma; including two first-round picks and two second-round picks&comma; as well as three of their players in order to acquire Russell&period; For this season&comma; Russell is set to make &dollar;24 million&comma; and next season he is set to make &dollar;27 million&period; The contract extension will keep him in Denver up until 2028&comma; giving him an average yearly salary of &dollar;49 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Back in June&comma; Russell spoke about joining the Broncos after the trade and <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nfl&period;com&sol;news&sol;russell-wilson-on-joining-the-broncos-i-want-to-go-to-a-city-that-knows-how" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">said<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s been a blessing just to come here&comma; just to come to an amazing city like Denver&comma; to be a part of it with so many amazing teammates and great coaching staff&period; But also&comma; once the trade was going to happen&comma; I said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Hey&comma; listen&comma; I want to make sure that I go to a city that wants to win&period; I want to make sure that I go to a team that wants to win&period; And I want to go to a city that knows how to win&period;&&num;8217&semi; And all those three things were checked off the box here in Denver and so I think we&&num;8217&semi;ve got a chance&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Russell&&num;8217&semi;s wife Ciara shared how proud of him she is following the news of his contract extension and said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1565361687514951680" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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