Defensive Tackle · Denver Broncos

Malcolm Roach

No. 97 · 7th season

Someone left, and now Malcolm Roach has more room to work

Opportunity in the NFL usually doesn't knock twice. Sometimes it just opens a door because someone else walked out.

Malcolm Roach lines up on the interior of the defensive line — the least glamorous address in football, where the work is grinding and the credit often goes elsewhere. He has been doing that work for the Denver Broncos, but largely in the background.

With John Franklin-Myers now gone from the roster, Roach is expected to step into a bigger role on a defense that is already considered one of the best in the league. The opportunity has been handed to him; what he does with it is still being written.

A bigger role on an elite defense is real currency. It means more snaps, more visibility, and the chance to prove that the background was never where he belonged.

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