Zach Allen agrees to four-year, $102 million contract extension with Broncos, sources say

Zach Allen spent the past year-plus cementing himself as a central force on Denver s talented defense Now he ll be paid like one of the championship s best The Broncos defensive tackle came to an agreement with the gang on a four-year million contract extension according to multiple league sources The deal comes with million in guarantees and Allen is now under contract with the club through The -year-old broke out in logging sacks and leading all defensive tackles in the NFL with pressures according to Next Gen Stats His run of premier play in Denver dates back further than that though to the middle of the season when Allen really hit his stride Related Articles How hard work happenstance helped Broncos WR Troy Franklin position himself for Year leap Broncos training camp document S Talanoa Hufanga logs sick interception of Bo Nix Broncos -man roster projection Where does Sean Payton s group stand after two weeks of camp Renck Broncos should pay Zach Allen Derek Wolfe says And he s right Broncos camp account Dre Greenlaw exits with injury but Sean Payton says he s fine The Broncos originally signed the third-round pick out of Boston College to a three-year deal as a free agent before the season He spent the first four years of his career in Arizona where he played for now-Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph Allen played the best football of his career last fall and dominated in big games He had a hand for example in five different sacks of Cincinnati star Joe Burrow in a critical late-December matchup He logged four or more pressures in of the games he played in and played a whopping of defensive snaps All of those marks made Allen an easy call as an extension candidate this year as he prepared to enter the final year of his contract Allen jumps to No among interior defensive linemen in terms of average annual value at million per season That puts him near the top of the list of other interior defensive linemen in the NFL to top million per season in average annual contract value There are only three others who make north of million per season including Milton Williams who got million per year from New England back in March as a free agent Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis