ENGLEWOOD – Broncos’ practices have gotten much louder over the past two weeks. 

Boisterous defensive tackle Malcolm Roach returned to practice Oct. 8 in London and played in last Sunday’s 13-11 win over the New York Jets in London after missing the first five games of the season with a calf strain. Then he was back at Broncos Park on Wednesday yelling all sorts of things. 

“I think everybody in the building and in the next three buildings can hear Roach,’’ defensive end John Franklin-Myers said after Thursday’s practice. “When he’s out there, he’s a chatterbox. He was just on the field with his talking, the swagger, we just missed that. But he’s back now.” 

Roach suffered a calf strain in practice Sept. 4 and was placed on injured reserve Sept. 6, the day before the opener against Tennessee. He sat out one more game than the minimum of four he had to miss. 

“It was cool,’’ Roach said of returning to face the Jets. “It was a good opportunity, especially being able to play in London. That was my first time playing there. It felt good being on the field with the guys. The energy was good. I did my job. I tried to do it at a high level.” 

Roach played 25 of the 57 defensive snaps as a reserve as the Broncos had nine sacks of Jets quarterback Justin Fields. Although Roach didn’t have a sack, he helped clog up the middle, which aided other defenders in getting to Fields. 

Roach said he ended up being out about as long as he had expected. 

“Something just happened,’’ he said of getting hurt. “But healing up pretty good and we’ll keep it going from there. … I pretty much knew the timetable I was going to be at and we rehabbed it really good and I’m feeling good.” 

Roach, who was Denver’s top reserve defensive lineman last season and is now back in that role, was happy to see several young linemen step up in his absence, and he gave them plenty of pointers while sidelined. While Jordan Jackson and rookie Sai’vion Jones got some work, Roach’s primary replacement was third-year man Eyioma Uwazurike, who looked good and has two sacks this season. 

Uwazurike was suspended for the 2023 season for violating the league’s gambling rules after it was determined he had bet on NFL games in 2022. He returned last season and played just 63 defensive snaps in four games. 

“Missing a whole year of football is always tough and kind of redshirting last year, he was practicing and not really playing as much,’’ Roach said. “He just came back (this season) in so much better shape, came back so much better mentally. He’s doing a great job, a phenomenal job for us.” 

As for the Broncos missing Roach’s boisterousness when he was out, he downplayed that. The six-year veteran said it’s most important being able on the field “to see things which you see and being able to tell (other players) how you see it and how you think they should play it.” 

Uwazurike agreed with that. But he also said Roach’s loud voice when he was out was indeed missing from Broncos practices and games. 

“You need that energy to get you going, and he definitely brings it,’’ Uwazurike said. “It’s definitely something that’s special about him.”