If Mike Shanahan stays quiet, he'll get $7 million this season

Mike Shanahan is about to find out that silence is golden. The former Denver Broncos coach will earn $7 million next season provided he keeps his mouth shut about the team that fired him in December.When owner Pat Bowlen fired his long-time coach after the end of last season, Shanahan still had two years and $14 million left on his contract. As long as he doesn't badmouth the Broncos (and doesn't take another coaching gig), Shanahan will continue to be the highest paid coach in the NFL. Woody Paige describes the interesting clause in a piece on Shanahan that appeared in Sunday's Denver Post: Mike talked publicly Saturday for the first time with anyone in the media since his tearful goodbye on New Year's Eve.Did he talk about his replacement, Josh McDaniels? Did he talk about the trade of Jay Cutler? Did he talk about Brandon Marshall? Did he talk about owner Pat Bowlen?No.Shanahan has a clause in his contract that prevents him from saying practically anything about t...