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It is becoming ever more likely that Pro Bowl cornerback Chris Harris Jr. has played his final game for the Denver Broncos.
Harris made his desire for a new contract clear early this offseason, but less than 48 hours before the NFL Draft Harris formally requested a trade if a new deal cannot be struck, as reported by ESPN and 9News in Denver.
Harris, who is in his ninth year after making the Broncos roster as an undrafted free agent, is in the final year of his current contract, a five-year, $42.5 million deal he signed in 2015.
Harris has not attended the team's offseason program — which is voluntary — including the team's first minicamp last week.
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Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway was asked earlier Tuesday, at the team's pre-draft media gathering, about the potential for a new deal for Harris or a trade of the four-time Pro Bowl selection.
“I haven't even thought about that, so no,” Elway said. “We have not gotten there. Like I said, we'll talk about Chris' contract when the draft's over and see what they're looking for.”
What Harris is looking for is about $15 million per year on his new deal, a number 9News reported the team is unwilling to meet.
Precipitating Harris’ unofficial holdout, the Broncos signed free-agent Kareem Jackson to a three-year deal worth $11 million per year in March before the team addressed his deal. Jackson is 31, one year older than Harris. And Jackson has yet to be named to a Pro Bowl while Harris has been to four.
