4. Brandon McManus
Contract Status: RFA in 2017
Everybody loves kickers!
Brandon McManus is one of the best kickers in the NFL. His 85.7 percent conversion rate may just be middle of the pack, but he’s clutch, and he can hit from almost anywhere, going 5-7 on field goal attempts 50-plus yards out.
Unfortunately for him, he’s currently the 49th highest-paid kicker in the NFL, making $465 thousand a year on average. That means that there are upwards of 18 non-starting kickers, guys who may not even be in the league, making more than the Super Bowl champion.
This offseason, McManus will become a restricted free agent, which means the Broncos will have every opportunity to bring him back at a reasonable price if they do so desire, but there’s no question that he’s going to be making significantly more in 2017.
Even if the Broncos only see him as a top-15 kicker in the NFL, that’s going to cost them $2.5 million at the low end.
