Broncos lose starting center Lloyd Cushenberry III in free agency
Mar 11, 2024, 11:28 AM | Updated: 4:45 pm
The Denver Broncos will need a new starting center in 2024, after Lloyd Cushenberry III departed on Monday.
Multiple reports say Cushenberry is headed to the Tennessee Titans, leaving a little more than a hour after “legal tampering” began in NFL free agency.
The Titans are expected to sign free-agent center Lloyd Cushenberry, source says.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) March 11, 2024
The Broncos drafted Cushenberry in the third-round out of LSU in 2020. He was Joe Burrow’s center when the Tigers won the national championship and immediately became a starter in Denver.
Overall, Cushenberry appeared in 57 games with the Broncos, all starts. He played in all 17 contests in 2023, being the anchor on an offensive line that saw remarkable consistency with him, Garett Bolles, Quinn Meinerz, Ben Powers and Mike McGlinchey.
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Now, head coach Sean Payton and GM George Paton will likely look to replace Cushenberry internally, either with Luke Wattenberg, a 2022 fifth-round pick out of Washington or Alex Forsyth, a 2023 seventh-round selection out of Oregon.
Lloyd Cushenberry III joins Russell Wilson, Justin Simmons and Jerry Jeudy as household names and starters that have now left town over the last week.
(Update 4:45 p.m.) –
Cushenberry reportedly got big money from the Titans, a deal that makes him the third highest paid center in the NFL. Here are the details.
Exclusive details on the Lloyd Cushenberry deal with the Tennessee Titans:
– $50M over 4 years ($12.5M APY, 3rd among C)
– $26M fully guaranteed at signing, $30M total
– $30M cash flow over two years – most ever for a center— Brad Spielberger, Esq. (@PFF_Brad) March 11, 2024
