Just about a year ago at this time, the Denver Broncos were preparing for a defensive end rotation between Derek Wolfe, rookie Adam Gotsis, Vance Walker, and free agent pickup Jared Crick. On paper, it seemed like the team had done enough to replace Malik Jackson by way of a committee approach, but that didn’t turn out to be the case.
The original intent with Crick was to play him similar to the way the Broncos did with Walker and Jackson the year prior. Jackson was obviously playing at an incredibly high level, so that was never the expectation for Crick, but as a tandem player with Vance Walker, the Broncos had hoped it would work out for them just fine.