ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Outside linebacker Nik Bonitto posted a video of himself driving to work while jamming to Rod Wave's “Richer,” featuring Polo G., and singing along to the apropos lyrics: “I'm richer than I've ever been. I'm richer than I've ever been."

Bonitto became the third player to receive a big extension with the Denver Broncos this summer, signing a four-year deal that's worth up to $120 million with $70 million guaranteed.

Becoming the highest-paid defender in franchise history, topping the $114 million, six-year deal Von Miller signed in 2016, opened a flood of emotions for Bonitto, a 2022 second-round pick out of Oklahoma.

“A lot of tears,” Bonitto said when asked what it was like to learn his agent Tory Dandy and Broncos general manager George Paton had hammered out a deal

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