The Broncos signed pass rusher Jonathon Cooper to a four-year, $60 million contract extension with $33 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday.

Moments trading away one starting EDGE rusher, the Denver Broncos have extended another. Per 9NEWS' Mike Klis, the Broncos on Monday re-signed outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper to a four-year contract worth up to $60 million.

I think it sends a really good message around the locker room, showing guys, if you do it the right way, you’ll get rewarded.” Had Cooper hit the open market this spring, he might have gone above those numbers and toward what Minnesota gave Jonathan Greenard (four years and up to $76 million) in free agency last spring,