Former Nevada player Malik Reed says he has made the Denver Broncos roster.
“Coming in as an undrafted free agent, you don’t have a spot, so you have to go out there and fight for everything that you want,” Reed said. “So it is amazing to hear that [I made the team].”
Reed had a pair of sacks and Denver capped a strong summer by the second-string defense in the Broncos' 20-7 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night in front of a sparse crowd.
Reed finished the preseason with a team-best four sacks.
He dumped Brett Hundley for an 8-yard loss and Drew Anderson for 9 as the Broncos built a 10-0 halftime lead on the strength of Kevin Hogan's 6-yard TD toss to Fred Brown.
“Coming in as an undrafted free agent, you don’t have a spot, so you have to go out there and fight for everything that you want."
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 30, 2019
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Meanwhile, Broncos new quarterback Joe Flacco played in just two games, totaling 30 snaps and four drives as he prepares to begin his second chapter in Denver following 11 seasons in Baltimore. Flacco sat out the Broncos' last two exhibitions, meaning he'll have a nearly three-week break before playing again when Denver opens the season at Oakland on Sept. 9.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
