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. But seven months later, the 21-year-old Estime has little time to think about the past. He’s currently fighting for his Broncos life to stay visible in Denver.

“No comment on that,” Estime responded Saturday night when asked if the

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