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The Denver Broncos re-signed defensive tackle D.J. Jones this offseason, although there was much speculation that he had played his last down in the Mile High City. The veteran trenchman even garnered a raise from the Broncos, earning $13 million annually on his new three-year deal, up by $3 million. Jones was a bigger domino to fall than perhaps many Broncos fans realized. After all, every one of the team's three big outside free-agent signings had a history playing with Jones. Tight end Evan Engram played with Jones at Ole Miss. Safety Talanoa Hufanga and linebacker Dre Greenlaw played with Jones with the San Francisco 49ers. However, if you ask Jones, it was the Broncos' 2024 body of work that did the talking in the team's free-agent recruiting talks, more so than his ties to Engram, Hufanga, and Greenlaw. “I don’t think I had to do too much. I think what we did last year spoke volumes," Jones said following Thursday...

The Denver Broncos re-signed defensive tackle D.J. Jones this offseason, although there was much speculation that he had played his last down in the Mile High City. The veteran trenchman even garnered a raise from the Broncos, earning $13 million annually on his new three-year deal, up by $3 million. Jones was a bigger domino to fall than perhaps many Broncos fans realized. After all, every one of the team's three big outside free-agent signings had a history playing with Jones. Tight end Evan Engram played with Jones at Ole Miss. Safety Talanoa Hufanga and linebacker Dre Greenlaw played with Jones with the San Francisco 49ers. However, if you ask Jones, it was the Broncos' 2024 body of work that did the talking in the team's free-agent recruiting talks, more so than his ties to Engram, Hufanga, and Greenlaw. “I don’t think I had to do too much. I think what we did last year spoke volumes," Jones said following Thursday...