Le s than a year after trading for former Pro Bowl defensive lineman , the have parted ways with the veteran, Thursday, releasing Casey ahead of 2021 free agency. The longtime standout was limited to just three games in his debut Broncos season, and his release Erick Fedde Jersey -- which comes two weeks after the team -- saves Denver nearly $12 million in 2021 salary cap space.A third-round Stephen Strasburg Jersey draft pick of the Titans back in 2011, Casey was widely considered one of the NFL's top interior linemen at the height of his career, earning five straight Pro Bowl nods from 2015-2019. He logged at least five sacks in each of his seven final seasons in Tenne see, thrice recording at least seven and once hitting double digits. Traded to the Broncos in exchange for a seventh Tanner Roark Jersey -round pick last March, the 31-year-old landed on injured reserve with torn biceps after just three games in Denver, never returning to the field thanks to additional Austin Voth Jersey stints on IR and the COVID-19 reserve list. Casey, who is now free to sign with any team before the official start of free agency in March, could still be considered starting material around the NFL. But he was widely expected to depart the Broncos thanks to his big contract, a four-year, $60 million extension originally signed with the Titans in 2017. He would Ryan Zimmerman Jersey 've cost Denver $11.87 million in 2021 had he remained on the team, not to mention an additional $13.85 million in 2022. By releasing the defensive tackle, the Broncos will clear all of that money off their books.