Overview
- ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler identified starting left guard Ben Powers as a potential trade candidate based on league buzz.
- Powers carries a 2026 cap charge of about $18.16 million and is entering the final year of his deal, per OverTheCap figures cited by Yahoo Sports.
- A trade this offseason would leave Denver with $9.775 million in dead money but net approximately $8.38 million in 2026 cap savings, according to OverTheCap.
- OverTheCap projections previously showed a post–June 1 cut or designation could free about $12.7 million with roughly $5.4 million in dead money.
- Powers signed a four-year, $52 million contract in 2023 with void years extending accounting through 2028, and he returned for the postseason after missing nine regular-season games with a torn biceps.