Demaryius Thomas Contract: Broncos Playing Hardball?

The Denver Broncos and Demaryius Thomas are literally running out of time to agree on a new contract, if indeed that’s the end game for both parties.

Thomas wants to be the highest paid receiver in the league, and the Broncos want to pay DT somewhere in between Calvin Johnson and Mike Wallace. There’s probably no way the Broncos are going to allocate $16 million of their annual cap toward one wide receiver, not when guys like Emmanuel Sanders are being paid $4 million per season.

That said, the Broncos have maintained they want to re-sign Demaryius, and DT has always said he’d like to stay in Denver. Everyone has always said the right things, but when it comes down to brass tax, nothing speaks louder than a bigger number on a check, and the Broncos are probably not willing to go that high.

We’ve already looked in-depth at the negotiations, the pros and cons to re-signing DT at the huge number he wants, as well as the implications it could have for the rest of the roster, which is once again full of talented players hitting the open market in 2016. I decided last night to take to Twitter and give everyone the real indicator of how negotiations are going with DT and the Broncos…

Everything was really light-hearted in the beginning. The Broncos reportedly threw an offer on the table to Thomas two days prior to the deadline to try and get negotiations re-kindled.

Things started to get a little more serious as the Broncos became a bit more desperate when Demaryius’ camp threatened to kick that offer to the curb and walk away…

Meanwhile, the fans were in the background like…

Wanting Calvin Johnson-type money, Demaryius Thomas came at the Broncos like

So, as cool as the other side of the pillow, Denver Broncos GM John Elway strategizes one last ‘drive’ to re-sign Thomas before the deadline on the 15th. He’s in Denver preparing his final offer like

When DT received the final offer, it gave him something to consider…

Hopefully this has given you the most accurate insight into negotiations you could have asked for at this point. We’ll eagerly await DT’s response.

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