Broncos have informed Darian Stewart that he is going to be released

Another Super Bowl champion defender is going to be leaving the Denver Broncos this year with the team informing Darian Stewart that he is to be released.

Per Troy Renck of Denver 7, Stewart said, ”I am in a good place. Elway called me, and let me know they were going to release me. I have nothing but respect. I loved my time in Denver. But it was time for a change.”

The move will free up a few million in cap space as he was due $4.97 million this year. He’ll be a free agent upon his release.

It was certainly a good run. Stewart, 30, joined the team during the 2015 offseason and was the catalyst that completed the puzzle of one of the all-time greatest defenses in NFL history. A defense that…