ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos continued a measured approach through the first day of the early negotiating period in free agency as they agreed to terms Monday night on a three-year, $30 million deal with defensive tackle D.J. Jones, sources told ESPN.
Multiple sources confirmed the terms of the deal, as free agency officially opens Thursday with the start of the new league year. Jones, who played nose tackle for the San Francisco 49ers, fills a specific, early-down need in the Broncos defense.
After Broncos general manager George Paton put together the blockbuster trade to acquire quarterback Russell Wilson last week, Paton then took a far more low-key entrance into the first day of the open negotiating period.