Report: 49ers FA Mike McGlinchey Agrees To 5-Year, $87.5M Broncos Contract

The Denver Broncos are making Russell Wilson's protection a priority this offseason.

The team reportedly signed former San Francisco 49ers' right tackle Mike McGlinchey to a five-year, $87.5 million deal on Monday with $50 million in guaranteed money, per the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

The Broncos also signed former Baltimore Ravens guard Ben Powers to a four-year contract worth $52 million, with $28.5 million guaranteed, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

McGlinchey, 28, spent the first five seasons of his career in San Francisco, making 69 starts for the team, including every game in the 2022 season. A torn quadriceps cost him 12 games in 2021.

Per Fowler, the veteran right tackle "posted the second-best pass block win rate of his career (89.6 percent) and a career-best 81.3 percent run block win rate, which ranked fifth overall among all tackles. He is a strong edge blocker who wins with angles and his ability to get off the ball, and he has the lower-body flexibility to match speed off the edge."

The 26-year-old Powers, meanwhile, spent the past two seasons as the starting left guard for the Ravens who played every snap in 2022. According to ESPN, his "run-block win rate of 78.8 percent was second-best among guards who played at least 200 snaps."

The Broncos desperately needed to upgrade the offensive line this offseason after Wilson took 55 sacks last season, the most in the NFL. That, in turn, led to arguably the worst season of the veteran quarterback's career, as he threw for just 3,524 yards, 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions while completing 60.5 percent of his passes.

It was an extremely disappointing campaign after the Broncos broke the proverbial bank to both trade for him and sign him to an extension. The hope is that a new head coach in Sean Payton and a bolstered offensive line will see Wilson return to the form that saw him become a nine-time Pro Bowler and one-time champion in Seattle.