SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The last time the world should’ve seen Audric Estime, they didn’t see him.
He’s a hard man to miss. The biggest running back on Denver’s roster, after all. The Broncos spent a fifth-round pick on him in 2024 for this 227-pound frame. And yet in the most prominent game of his rookie year — a week after he picked up 12 carries against the Chiefs — head coach Sean Payton scratched him for the Broncos’ wild-card game at Buffalo.
It was a blow to his backfield standing. It was an unceremonious end to a rookie year that waxed and then waned.