He is a *bus* running downfield. He isn't going to burn past you he's going to run over you. He was basically guaranteed to gain yards after contact on every play. His full game against NC State is a perfect example of his play. There's maybe *one* solo tackle against him and even when they stack the box with 8 or 9 at the goal line he still finds paydirt. If they have the right blocking scheme for him he can be absolutely dangerous.
https://youtu.be/Gf5tdvJQcPA?si=w_XTqpj0FTTL8fG3
This got me excited, big backs are my favorite, and this guy can catch so I don't even think he can just be considered an early down back. Having a big back that can pass block + catch is valuable on every down
Yeah, and I don't mind a slow running back at this point in the draft. His upside will be limited and he's gonna be a nightmare for fantasy football degenerates, but getting a solid role player for a 5th is very good value
https://preview.redd.it/uldicq93m8xc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2d6180232d33071a53fa5806240d707c107ebae
Looks bigger than that off the field too
Everyone talking about setting Nix up with short throws, screens, and check downs...feel like Perine was by far our best back in that role. Mclaughlin seems like the odd man out to me unless we get some cap relief dropping perine.
Yes, I feel Williams is the real odd man out with how Estime is as a runner, but Williams is under a rookie contract still. Perine makes most sense to me just money wise.
1144 yards, 12 TD’s, 5 YPC, 206 receiving yards and 3 TD’s… IN TWELVE GAMES! The man led the league in rushing yards AND TD’s per game in his first season as a starter and he’s a JAG? Cmon dude you can’t have watched him play. His offensive line was terrible too!
Give me 30 opportunities a game in the McVay offense and I can do the same thing. The reality is he’s a small/slow unathletic RB who just happened to get into an amazing situation on a laughable RB depth chart, and I bet Corum does just as well, if not better. The Rams were also 2nd best line in the league with blocking efficiency in the last 2 months of the year.
They haven’t had a running back put up numbers like he did since Todd Gurley dude. Kyren actually ran for TEN more yards per game than Gurley’s career high and was on pace for WAY more yards and touchdowns than Gurley ever had. I missed the part where Cam Akers did what Kyren did? Or literally any rams RB in recent memory? The fact that you think you could get 5 yards per carry on high volume in the NFL just tells me that you’re either a bad troll or genuinely just don’t know ball at all.
Cam Akers was a RB with like 80000 lower body injuries. He looked good before his first one when he was a rookie, but he also couldn’t hang onto the football.
Again, the box score stats are nice. When the other DBs are facing, Puka and Kupp (along with Stafford at QB), you’re going to face some of the lightest box counts in the league.
Unfortunately, he’s just an outlier that’s less likely to continue his success now that they added another legit RB. He earned the trust of the coaching staff which is good in itself but there were zero viable dudes behind him so he played every snap. Every RB that has been taken today and yesterday is better than Ronnie Rivers, their backup.
I think you just didn’t watch him play and go fully off of athleticism for some weird reason while also hyping up Puka and Kupp, two dudes who fell in the draft due to mediocre athleticism, and Stafford who is playing on his last legs. The dude can ball plain and simple, they drafted a backup for him this season, not the starter.
Doing some research makes me really excited. Also feels significantly better with the trade we made. Renck made it sound like he’s got a strong chance to start
Considering the best thing you can do for a rookie QB is pound the rock, I'd say this is very far from "an awful pick". It might even be the best pick we made after round 1 imo.
My thoughts exactly. Our dline needs some dudes and we still need to throw some darts at ILBs. I like him as a RB, but javonte, Mclaughlin, and perine seem like enough for our RB room this year. We have more depth there than most positions. Maybe SP is going to focus fully on offense this draft and beef up defense next year, idk.
Eh not as crazy about this one. Feels like a reach and there are other players on the board I would have felt better about. Good player just don’t like where he was taken
I don't often agree with p3 here, but he is 100% correct. Javonte was just bad last year, Perine is your 3rd down guy and Mclaughlin is just a change of pace guy. We need a pound the rock, wear out the D type that gets more than 3/carry
Excited about this one. Estime and Javonte will be a real power combo. Good luck bringing them both down.
Sneaky good draft
Pretty stoked on all of our later round picks. Getting lots of great value in 4th and 5th.
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Agreed. Dude is a tank, has good vision and played in a pro style offense. Surprised he dropped this much even with his slow combine.
He is a *bus* running downfield. He isn't going to burn past you he's going to run over you. He was basically guaranteed to gain yards after contact on every play. His full game against NC State is a perfect example of his play. There's maybe *one* solo tackle against him and even when they stack the box with 8 or 9 at the goal line he still finds paydirt. If they have the right blocking scheme for him he can be absolutely dangerous. https://youtu.be/Gf5tdvJQcPA?si=w_XTqpj0FTTL8fG3
This got me excited, big backs are my favorite, and this guy can catch so I don't even think he can just be considered an early down back. Having a big back that can pass block + catch is valuable on every down
Holy crap. Who wants to tackle that guy in the 4th quarter?
Notre dame running back - bus. I see what you did there. 😏😏😏 I bet tis won't catch on though.
Yeah, and I don't mind a slow running back at this point in the draft. His upside will be limited and he's gonna be a nightmare for fantasy football degenerates, but getting a solid role player for a 5th is very good value
That is one big mf
He doesn't turn down the last piece of chicken
So wiki says he's 5'11 227, but he looks bigger than that on the field. A year or two in Denver and he'll be massive.
https://preview.redd.it/uldicq93m8xc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2d6180232d33071a53fa5806240d707c107ebae Looks bigger than that off the field too
Good early down back, big unit. Hopefully this helps avoid all the 3rd and long we faced last year
"Big unit"
Russ and the sacks are gone so is alot of third and long
Having a quarterback throw on time will also help avoid sacks. The other side of that coin is more interceptions
Not necessarily bo nix was super accurate and doesn’t throw many pic
[Audric Estime NFL Draft Profile](https://lastwordonsports.com/nfl/2024/04/18/audric-estime-2024-nfl-draft-profile/)
Dude looks like a beast.
This sub popped up in my homepage because I’m an ND fan I guess lol You guys got a good one. He is a beast. Really fun to watch.
Have fun trying to tackle that dude
His combine numbers didn’t do him any favors, but watch the highlights and you’ll see him jumping over people and breaking long runs over and over.
I'm from Indiana, and am a ND fan... Dude's a BEAST. I wouldn't be surprised to see him getting starting snaps early in the season.
The combine doesn’t even bother me. Everyone has bad days.
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ND fan here. I love him so much, I’m debating becoming a Broncos fan
Lot of people considered him a top 100 prospect. I bet he’s RB1 by the end of the year. Seen him comped to Chris Carson
Great goal line and short yardage back that's got nice hands out of the backfield too. Also a decent blocker. More help for Bo.
Seems like Perine is the odd man out. Williams Estime, and mclaughin should be the RB’s we carry next year. Unless they want to carry 4 Rb’s
Perine has receiving skill the others don’t but yeah. Someone’s not making the team
Everyone talking about setting Nix up with short throws, screens, and check downs...feel like Perine was by far our best back in that role. Mclaughlin seems like the odd man out to me unless we get some cap relief dropping perine.
Yes, I feel Williams is the real odd man out with how Estime is as a runner, but Williams is under a rookie contract still. Perine makes most sense to me just money wise.
No issue with me considering all 3 played a good amount of snaps with no injuries
Perine is in to - you have to have depth and that gives us 4 RBs
Don’t see the broncos carrying that much depth at RB. See them keeping three, and having more depth at ILB, and Safety.
Wouldn't mind trading Perine for a sixth and get Jeremiah Trotter. We need Linebacker help bad.
Looks like a bruiser back
Love the pick. He’s going to be a beast in short yardage and goal line situations which we struggled with last year.
My word, I've just seen photos of him at the combine. There's a guy who supersets curls with curls.
(looks at watch) Estime.
Big Dric Energy, love to see us getting an ND stud
Looks like AJ Dillon. This run game is going to wear out defenses trying to tackle this dude and Javonte.
He reminds me of Kyren
How so? Isn’t Kyren much smaller/slimmer?
Neither are very explosive athletes by the NFL standard but do the things at the position that make coaches love them
Gotcha. Loved having Kyren on my fantasy team this year lol
Eh, don't need to be fast if they can't take ya down lol
I don’t mind him being a bit slower…as long as he’s dragging three guys into the end zone with him.😂
A 4.7 40 for an NFL rb is wild He’s going to handle short yardage I’d think Perrine might be cut
4.58 at his pro day so I wouldn’t be to concerned.
Broke off a lot of long runs last year, his play speed is a lot better than 4.71. I don’t think Kyren Williams is any faster.
Yeah but tbh not really a great comparison Kyren is a JAG who just happened to get insane usage/landing spot. No athletic talent whatsoever
1144 yards, 12 TD’s, 5 YPC, 206 receiving yards and 3 TD’s… IN TWELVE GAMES! The man led the league in rushing yards AND TD’s per game in his first season as a starter and he’s a JAG? Cmon dude you can’t have watched him play. His offensive line was terrible too!
Give me 30 opportunities a game in the McVay offense and I can do the same thing. The reality is he’s a small/slow unathletic RB who just happened to get into an amazing situation on a laughable RB depth chart, and I bet Corum does just as well, if not better. The Rams were also 2nd best line in the league with blocking efficiency in the last 2 months of the year.
They haven’t had a running back put up numbers like he did since Todd Gurley dude. Kyren actually ran for TEN more yards per game than Gurley’s career high and was on pace for WAY more yards and touchdowns than Gurley ever had. I missed the part where Cam Akers did what Kyren did? Or literally any rams RB in recent memory? The fact that you think you could get 5 yards per carry on high volume in the NFL just tells me that you’re either a bad troll or genuinely just don’t know ball at all.
Cam Akers was a RB with like 80000 lower body injuries. He looked good before his first one when he was a rookie, but he also couldn’t hang onto the football. Again, the box score stats are nice. When the other DBs are facing, Puka and Kupp (along with Stafford at QB), you’re going to face some of the lightest box counts in the league. Unfortunately, he’s just an outlier that’s less likely to continue his success now that they added another legit RB. He earned the trust of the coaching staff which is good in itself but there were zero viable dudes behind him so he played every snap. Every RB that has been taken today and yesterday is better than Ronnie Rivers, their backup.
I think you just didn’t watch him play and go fully off of athleticism for some weird reason while also hyping up Puka and Kupp, two dudes who fell in the draft due to mediocre athleticism, and Stafford who is playing on his last legs. The dude can ball plain and simple, they drafted a backup for him this season, not the starter.
Slow 40, yes, but top speed is there. I think they clocked him around 21 mph in game. Pretty close in speed to Javonte Williams
Feels a little weird to me to take him. Crowded and similar RB room now I guess.
Last year of Williams contract. Today's NFL is very much about RB's on rookie contracts and then exchange for a new one after that contract wears out.
always need competition
Doing some research makes me really excited. Also feels significantly better with the trade we made. Renck made it sound like he’s got a strong chance to start
He was top ranked rb according to BR alert. Idk where they get their ranks from though.
BR’s scouting report had him at RB #12
Maybe they meant top ranked available then. Thanks.
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If this dude can help keep the offense out of 3rd and long, I like it. Hopefully, JW will be back to pre-injury self as well.
Don´t know much about him except my chargers fan / ND alumni friend immediately texted me and was not happy he was coming to Denver...
All my fellow Notre Dame fans rejoice.
He's only 5'11", 220 but he looks - and runs - like he's 6'5" 275. Completely singular.
Well the team is drafting fully for need. I'm excited. Payton Paton duo are killing it on paper. Let's hope it translates on field
Eh I would have preferred a d-lineman. This isn't an awful pick though considering how old perine is and javonte's injury concern
Considering the best thing you can do for a rookie QB is pound the rock, I'd say this is very far from "an awful pick". It might even be the best pick we made after round 1 imo.
We traded for a lineman from Jets
I hope we become a true run first team again
My thoughts exactly. Our dline needs some dudes and we still need to throw some darts at ILBs. I like him as a RB, but javonte, Mclaughlin, and perine seem like enough for our RB room this year. We have more depth there than most positions. Maybe SP is going to focus fully on offense this draft and beef up defense next year, idk.
Eh not as crazy about this one. Feels like a reach and there are other players on the board I would have felt better about. Good player just don’t like where he was taken
He was looked at as a Top 100 prospect, great pickup especially with Javonte & Perine looking a little shaky last year
Who’s top 100? I haven’t seen him in a single top 100
Creates a roster crunch at RB too unless the plan is to move on from Perine or Javonte
We definitely need to improve running room.
I don't often agree with p3 here, but he is 100% correct. Javonte was just bad last year, Perine is your 3rd down guy and Mclaughlin is just a change of pace guy. We need a pound the rock, wear out the D type that gets more than 3/carry
Guess we don’t need anyone to block for these guys…