How Broncos’ fiery Malcolm Roach helped rally troops in Giants win: ‘Roach always talking’

It was a sight they hadn t seen since training camp a sight all too familiar to J K Dobbins Marvin Mims Jr and anyone in Denver s locker room who s ever received an earful of Malcolm Roach s yapping Which is everyone in Denver s locker room On his fourth snap of Sunday s matchup with the Giants and his second match working back from a calf injury Roach burst off the line and met the dual shoulders of New York center Austin Schlottman and guard Greg Van Roten Without urgent stride Roach swam over Schlottman squeezed past Van Roten and stuffed Giants rookie running back Cam Skattebo Denver s reserve extraordinaire celebrated in typical Roach fashion a inadequate chest-pounds a strut towards the end zone a no-no-no wag of his finger The Broncos needed this They needed the run-stuffs Even more so they needed the spirit It s much like anything in life you don t realize how much you miss em until they gone defensive end John Franklin-Myers narrated The Denver Post And I mean Roach s such a good member for us in the run and the pass which he s kinda underrated in But that strength is just something that you just can t make up After a strained calf wiped out his first five weeks Roach has returned with a fury to his beloved Sixth Man of the Year role in Denver s defensive-line rotation The -year-old has nine tackles in snaps through two games an absurd rate for an interior defensive lineman His contributions in the trenches were needed against New York getting in on a third-quarter split sack of Jaxson Dart and notching another fourth-quarter stop on Skattebo His contributions with his voice were needed too in a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback As annoying as it is every time we re back on the sideline like Coach can t even talk when Roach talk Franklin-Myers cracked It s like one of those like Roach inevitably talking ' But without him who knows what the capacity and body language and everything for us is in a match like that In camp the -pound Roach went head-to-head with Dobbins and got into the majority entertaining fake beef of the preseason with the -pound Mims He was refreshingly honest about this defensive line s aim for a payday while making no fuss about the fact that he s entering a contract year himself After Sunday s win over the Giants Roach waxed poetic on the contributions of inside linebacker Justin Strnad who Roach dubbed Stranogie and talked up Dre Greenlaw In between there was a two-month gap of emptiness at practices It just ain t the same without Roach rookie DL Sai vion Jones explained The Post on Thursday He brings the capacity Not only to the D-line or the defense He brings it to the entire group Heads drooped and limbs felt sluggish on the sideline Jones recounted as the Broncos fell into a - deficit through three quarters against the Giants Roach s head stayed high He picked up on the mood Jones recalled And he wouldn t shut up about it You don t need to look at the scoreboard Jones recalled Roach saying We keep playing our match Be us I know for me I was feeling down Jones revealed And after I hear him talk it s like You know what Roach right man Related Articles How Bo Nix tweaked Broncos practice-week review to get offense on the same page Sean Payton says he in no way shape or form was trying to diss Russell Wilson in Sunday comments Broncos Mailbag Is Bo Nix playing too inconsistently through first seven games NFL upholds one-game suspension for Broncos ILB Dre Greenlaw How is Broncos QB Bo Nix heating up in fourth quarters so consistently Urgent down the tape For weeks behind the scenes Roach has been talking up a cycle of replacements in his rotation spot Jones Jordan Jackson and Eyioma Uwazurike to stay ready Behind the scenes on Sunday Roach talked up the entire roster Maybe it wasn t a huge part of the turnaround Jones reported But it was a good part There s meager guys that can certainly do that and do it at a high level and really get guys going Franklin-Myers reported He s one of those guys Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis