Nik Bonitto is worth every penny of the extension he received from the Denver Broncos

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The Denver Broncos have handed out several contract extensions this season, keeping guys like Courtland Sutton and Zach Allen in Denver and, more recently, handing new deals to kicker Wil Lutz, center Luke Wattenberg and defensive lineman Malcolm Roach.

But the best move the team has made this season was to make sure that edge rusher Nik Bonitto didn't hit free agency by giving him a four-year deal worth up to $120 million. That's expensive, but it would have cost the team even more to wait and another team may have been willing to pay more than Denver.

Bonitto has been excellent over the last two years. Not only has he become the first Broncos player since Von Miller to post double-digit sacks in two straight years, but the play he made on Sunday night to seal a win over the Washington Commanders was nothing short of fabulous.

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