Wasn't Laurinaitis pretty awful this year, though? His career has always reminded me a bit of Hawk's. Not that bad, necessarily, but never truly living up to his potential.
You'd have to think that, with all the young guys the Broncos will have to resign right now or pretty soon, they won't give out two big contracts at the ILB position. I'm guessing Brandon Marshall gets the big contract in that case. I'd rather have a look at Danny Trevathan who's a free agent, as well.
There's a ton of guys who I'd rather have who might come at a comparable price and are better or guys who don't have the name recognition and might come cheaper. Rolando McClain, Craig Robertson and Zach Brown come to mind. None of them are truly great or first class starters, but I'd prefer them over Laurinaitis at this point.