According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Denver Broncos have notified linebacker Brandon Marshall that they will not be exercising his contract option for 2019. The move will make Marshall a free agent in March.
The move will free up $5M in salary cap for the Broncos, but also a $4M dead money hit. Marshall, 29, came to the Broncos in 2013 from the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad and became a full-time starter in 2014. He was an integral part of that 2015 defensive unit that catapulted the franchise to their third Super Bowl title.