{"id":107547,"date":"2025-06-06T03:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T03:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/107547\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T03:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T03:01:14","slug":"chargers-may-watch-j-k-dobbins-join-afc-west-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/107547\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers May Watch J.K. Dobbins Join AFC West Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chargers May Watch J.K. Dobbins Join AFC West Rival<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Free agent running back J.K. Dobbins resurrected his career last season with the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n

He was always considered one of the most talented players at his position, but an extensive injury history had stunted his development up until last year.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

It may not seem like much, but Dobbins finished with a career high 905 yards with the Chargers and it seemed like a no brainer that he would be back with the team.<\/p>\n

However, he dealt with some injuries and consistency issues during the regular season which likely complicated his standing with the team.<\/p>\n

Now, nearly three months after the beginning of free agency, Dobbins remains unsigned, but the latest report suggests that may not be the case for much longer.<\/p>\n

\"Sep<\/p>\n

Sep 8, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins (27) leaves the field after the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium.Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported that the former Baltimore Ravens draft pick met with the Denver Broncos earlier today.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have an abundance of stars all over the field, but the one position that has consistently eluded them is the running back position.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Over the last 20 years, the team has had just one halfback eclipse the 1,100-yard mark which is practically guaranteed for a bell cow in today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

Although he\u2019s never rushed for 1,000 yards, Dobbins would instantly become the best running back the team has employed since Clinton Portis in the early 2000\u2019s.<\/p>\n

He showed last season that he possesses a rare combination of size, speed and toughness that allows him to churn out yards in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n

Denver on the other hand has given up on Javonte Williams who is entering his fifth season and has not reached 900 yards since his rookie season.<\/p>\n

Dobbins and the Broncos are far from a match made in heaven, but it is as promising of a partnership that can be created this deep into the offseason.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Related: Chargers Send Clear Message to Keenan Allen With Recent Free Agent Decision<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chargers May Watch J.K. Dobbins Join AFC West Rival originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Free agent running back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[117,241,258,7,601,1274,393,1014,262,2444,2443,6,3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-107547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-denver-broncos","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-j-k-dobbins","13":"tag-javonte-williams","14":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangeleschargers","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-tom-pelissero"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114634193985196480","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}