Broncos get a bargain: Lynch remains for fifth year

According to the Denver Post, we narrowly dodged a bullet and Lynch agreed to take a significant pay cut to play one more year and not have to move his family.

“I slept right through my phone ringing,” Lynch said. “Had I answered the phone, I would have told him, ‘Thanks for the four years here, but I’m going to free agency.’ ”

“And then I woke up thinking, “What am I doing?” I’ve got four kids who are happy here. I’ve found a home here and I didn’t want to be one of those guys going from team to team. I felt I had earned what I had coming to me but sometimes you have to step back and look at the big picture. And the big picture to me was: I had to find a way to make this work.”

I’m very glad we have Lynch, but I hope he doesn’t end up playing a little less well than he could this season because he resents getting low-balled. I don’t think he will; he’s one of the most stand-up guys in the game, but you can never quite tell what a guy’s subconscious mind will do.