Broncos Worked Out DEs Nate Orchard & Sam Acho

According to Aaron Wilson, the Broncos worked out defensive ends Nate Orchard and Sam Acho on Tuesday along with Jeremiah Attaochu, who was later signed to a contract.

Orchard, 26, is a former second-round pick of the Browns back in 2015. He was in the final year of his four-year, $4.466 million contract when the Browns elected to cut him loose coming out of the preseason last year.

Orchard had a brief stint with the Bills before signing on with the Chiefs. Unfortunately, Kansas City waived him a month later and he eventually signed on with the Seahawks in April.

After he was released by Seattle, Orchard signed on with the Dolphins in May. However, Miami released cut him loose coming out of the preseason.

Since becoming a free agent, Orchard worked out for the Lions but he left Detroit without a contract.

In 2018, Orchard appeared in four games for the Bills and Chiefs and recorded four tackles, no sacks and a pass defense.

We have him featured in our Top 50 Available Free Agents list.

Acho, 30, is a former fourth-round pick of the Cardinals back in 2011. He spent four years in Arizona before he signed on with the Bears as an unrestricted free agent back April of 2015.

Acho played two seasons on one-year contracts with the Bears before agreeing to a to a two-year contract last offseason. Unfortunately, Chicago cut him loose this past March.

He signed a contract with the Bills back in August but was among their final roster cuts coming out of the preseason.

In 2018, Acho appeared in four games for the Bears and recorded one tackle and no sacks.