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.
