it\u2019s a dark spot<\/a>,\u201d Dobbins said Thursday, via Parker Gabriel of the Denver Post. \u201cThat\u2019s part of being in the NFL, though. I\u2019m going to find a way to play to the standard that I play at.\u201d<\/p>\nDobbins has only 161 rushing yards through four games, on 46 attempts. He\u2019s averaging a career-low 3.5 yards per carry. (His career average remains 5.1 yards per attempt.)<\/p>\n
He suffered a soft-tissue injury during training camp, but he won\u2019t blame his production to date on that or any other injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m healthy,\u201d Dobbins said. \u201cI\u2019m out there playing. Any time \u2014 whether it\u2019s fully healthy, not healthy, 75 percent, 60, 80, 90, 100, if I\u2019m out there, I\u2019ve got to play good, you know what I mean? No matter what\u2019s going on, if I\u2019m going out there, that means I think I can make plays. . . . It don\u2019t matter. . . . I\u2019ve got to make my plays and I\u2019ve got to be me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Against the 49ers on Sunday, Dobbins was on the field for only 21 snaps; RJ Harvey took 29 reps.<\/p>\n
He was asked whether he was frustrated early in the game; he didn\u2019t get a carry until the second quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just love the game,\u201d Dobbins said. \u201cI\u2019m a passionate guy. Whatever you saw, it was just me wanting to win the game. I just want to win no matter what, you know? It could be me getting two carries in two minutes of playing time. As long as we win the game, I\u2019m fine. It has nothing to do with me being a passionate guy and wanting to win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Broncos haven\u2019t won as many as they\u2019d hoped in the early going; after a 14-3 season in 2025, they\u2019re 2-2. <\/p>\n
The shift back to Sean Payton as the play-caller could unlock the offense against the Chargers on Sunday \u2014 and it possibly will better unleash Dobbins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins had high hopes for his second season with the Broncos. Through four games,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-876874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}