Tag: Rich Hurtado

After 11 years of negotiating player contracts, Rich Hurtado will try to help Broncos re-sign Justin Simmons

Rich Hurtado, the Broncos’ new vice president of football administration, will try to help the team re-sign safety Justin Simmons.

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The Broncos have hired Rich Hurtado as their new vice president of football administration, president of football operations/general manager John Elway announced Wednesday. Hurtado will be responsible for managing the team’s salary cap and negotiating and structuring player contracts.

Before joining Denver’s staff, Hurtado worked for 11 years as an agent/executive for Creative Artists Agency. While at CAA, Hurtado worked with Todd France, managing 70 NFL clients. He helped negotiate over $1 billion worth of free agent deals and more than $1 billion in contract extensions.

As an agent, Hurtado helped negotiate contracts for former Broncos including cornerback Aqib Talib (2014), wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (2015) and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (2016). He will now be tasked with trying to re-sign safety Justin Simmons this offseason.

Simmons is represented by France, who Hurtado worked with at CAA. That could lead to an interesting showdown this offseason between the two former co-workers.

Before becoming an agent, Hurtado spent four years with the Eagles working with the team’s football administration department. He is replacing former salary cap guru/contract negotiator Mike Sullivan, who was not re-signed by Denver when his contract expired earlier this year.

Simmons wants a long-term deal but he is open to a one-year franchise tag if that’s what it takes to remain with the Broncos for the 2020 season.

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Broncos closing in on deal with Rich Hurtado as V.P. of Football Administration

The Broncos plan to hire Rich Hurtado to serve as their new salary cap expert and contract negotiator.

The Denver Broncos plan to hire former CAA agent Rich Hurtado to be their Vice President of Football Administration, according to a report from KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. Hurtado will serve as the team’s new salary cap expert and contract negotiator.

Hurtado spent 11 years working with player agent Todd France and two and a half years working with the Philadelphia Eagles, helping with the team’s salary cap and football administration. It’s perhaps notable that France — Hurtado’s former colleague — represents safety Justin Simmons.

Simmons is set to become an unrestricted free agent in March and Denver hopes to give him a multi-year contract extension. Having Hurtado and France at the negotiating table together might help the Broncos’ chances of agreeing to a new deal with Simmons.

Hurtado is replacing Denver’s former salary cap expert/negotiator Mike Sullivan, who was not re-signed when his contract expired earlier this offseason. Sullivan is yet to land with a new NFL team.

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