In seven days, when the league's legal tampering window opens, Denver Broncos cornerback Bradley Roby will shop his wares for the first time.

And he's seeking all the money.

Mike Klis of 9News reports Roby is looking to be paid "at least" $10 million per year on his free-agent deal, making him a goner as far as the Broncos are concerned. The club, according to Klis, has interest in re-upping with the former first-round pick "at a reduced average annual rate," contingent on his market not responding to financial wants.

Speaking at last week's NFL Scouting Combine, Broncos coach Vic Fangio and general manager John Elway both implied that Roby is free to walk as they upgrade the fledgling secondary.

“We’re going to see how the free-agent market treats him and we’re going to stay in contact with him," Fangio said. "We still have an interest in him, and we’ll see where the process takes us.”

“We think there’s some cornerbacks in the draft," Elway said. "We think it’s a rather deep class, and so, that’s an option. But there’s also an option in free agency, too. Obviously, we know with Chris [Harris Jr.] coming back that we’ve got a solid No. 1. We’ve just got to find some depth there and find a [No.] 2.”

Roby, 26, has appeared in 79 of 80 career games since Denver made him the No. 31 overall choice in 2014. He was considered among the game's best No. 3 corners but earned full-time starting status last season following the trade of Aqib Talib.

He was frustratingly inconsistent in 2018, finishing with 50 tackles, 12 pass deflections and an interception while grading out as Pro Football Focus' No. 97 CB among 112 qualifiers. There were times when he showed immense promise, then times when he couldn't even locate the football in coverage.

Switching from inside to outside corner is akin to a defensive end moving to outside linebacker — two different positions with new responsibilities — and Roby struggled with it.

An excellent third. A decent two. Not a one.

"The biggest thing for me coaching the first two years is just being a consistent football player," former defensive coordinator Joe Woods said in December. "At times he plays up and down, but the last couple weeks we’ve moved him inside, he’s played some nickel and I thought he played the last couple weeks pretty well.”

The Broncos will aggressively pursue help in the back end through free agency and next month's draft. A snapshot of the current unit shows massive disrepair: Harris is returning from a fibula fracture, Isaac Yiadom will miss offseason work due to shoulder surgery, and Brendan Langley reportedly was converted to wide receiver.

Roby, meanwhile, stands to meet his goal when the signing period kicks off. It's an extremely weak class in free agency and able-bodied cover men tend to get overpaid (see: Johnson, Trumaine). His defection from the Mile High City wasn't, and isn't, an overnight process.

He saw this coming.

“I am just taking it one day at a time," Roby said on Dec. 30. "These things will just get figured out as time goes on so I'm just thinking about right now and all the plays in the game, so we will see.”