| 2025 Denver Broncos season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rob Walton |
| General manager | George Paton |
| Head coach | Sean Payton |
| Home field | Empower Field at Mile High |
The 2025 season will be the Denver Broncos' 56th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 66th overall. It is also their fifth under the leadership of general manager George Paton, their fourth under the ownership of the Walton-Penner family group and their third under head coach Sean Payton.
| Position | Player | 2025 team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | Quinn Bailey | TBD | |
| P | Riley Dixon | TBD | |
| DT | D. J. Jones | TBD | |
| T | Matt Peart | TBD | |
| CB | Tremon Smith | TBD | |
| QB | Jarrett Stidham | TBD | |
| LB | Justin Strnad | TBD | |
| RB | Javonte Williams | TBD | |
| QB | Zach Wilson | TBD |
| Position | Player | Tag | 2025 team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | Mitchell Fraboni | RFA | TBD | |
| DT | Jordan Jackson | ERFA | TBD | |
| S | Devon Key | ERFA | TBD | |
| TE | Lucas Krull | ERFA | TBD | |
| CB | Ja'Quan McMillian | ERFA | TBD | |
| Restricted Free Agent (RFA): Players with three accrued seasons whose contracts expired at the end of the previous season Exclusive-Rights Free Agent (ERFA): Players with two or fewer accrued seasons whose contracts expired at the end of the previous season | ||||
Source for this section: Spotrac. [1]
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD | ||||
| 2 | TBD | ||||
| 3 | TBD | ||||
| 4 | TBD | ||||
| 5 | TBD | Traded to Miami [A] | |||
| 6 | TBD | From Arizona [B] | |||
| TBD | One selection from Philadelphia [C] | ||||
| TBD | |||||
| 7 | TBD | Traded to Philadelphia [C] | |||
Notes
Draft trades
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The Broncos' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.
Listed below are the Broncos' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring. [5]
| Category | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Division opponents (AFC West) | Kansas City Chiefs Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers | |
| Conference opponents (AFC South) | Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans | Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts |
| Conference opponents (based on 2024 division placement) | Cincinnati Bengals | New York Jets |
| Interconference opponents (NFC East) | Dallas Cowboys New York Giants | Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders |
| Interconference opponent (based on 2024 division placement) | Green Bay Packers | — |
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