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Denver Broncos: Who made the best case for the roster vs. Cardinals?

By Sayre Bedinger

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 29: Linebacker Malik Reed #59 of the Denver Broncos celebrates a sack against the Arizona Cardinals during the first quarter of a preseason game at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on August 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 29: Linebacker Malik Reed #59 of the Denver Broncos celebrates a sack against the Arizona Cardinals during the first quarter of a preseason game at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on August 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – AUGUST 29: Cornerback Trey Johnson #39 of the Denver Broncos recovers a fumble by tight end Ricky Seals-Jones #86 of the Arizona Cardinals as linebacker Josh Watson #54 of the Denver Broncos makes a tackle during the first quarter of a preseason game at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on August 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – AUGUST 29: Cornerback Trey Johnson #39 of the Denver Broncos recovers a fumble by tight end Ricky Seals-Jones #86 of the Arizona Cardinals as linebacker Josh Watson #54 of the Denver Broncos makes a tackle during the first quarter of a preseason game at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on August 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /

Linebacker

Malik Reed (outside linebacker)

The Broncos’ impressive history of signing undrafted free agents who make the initial 53-man roster will continue on with Reed, whose preseason play was absolutely stellar and impressively consistent.

He had another pair of sacks in this game and head coach Vic Fangio declared after the game that the stud rookie out of Nevada made the team.

Reed has been outstanding, and hopefully he’ll get to show some of what he can do against the Raiders on Monday Night Football.

Josh Watson (inside linebacker)

Josh Watson has been impressing pretty much all offseason, and capped off his preseason work with a strong performance against the Cardinals in which he racked up four tackles and one tackle for loss.

He also had an impressive play in coverage, where he was actually in pretty good position against a tight end but was beat by a great throw from Brett Hundley. He dove to try to tackle the tight end he was covering, missed, immediately got up, sprinted downfield, caught up to him, and forced a fumble on the play, which was recovered by the Broncos.

With all of the injuries at inside linebacker for the Broncos, it wouldn’t surprise me if Watson — who had 13 total tackles in preseason play — made the team.

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