{"id":120554,"date":"2025-06-11T05:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/120554\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T05:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:19:24","slug":"ex-ravens-chargers-rb-j-k-dobbins-signing-one-year-5-25m-deal-with-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/120554\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Ravens, Chargers RB J.K. Dobbins signing one-year, $5.25M deal with Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dobbins joins a committee backfield that welcomed another new addition in 2025 in UCF standout <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/prospects\/rj-harvey\/32004841-5281-9909-a72d-cc3e41956f3a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RJ Harvey<\/a> but lacks a clear lead back. Notre Dame&#8217;s <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/audric-estime\/\" title=\"Audric Estim\u00e9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audric Estim\u00e9<\/a> proved to be a solid short-yardage power back in his rookie season of 2024 and is <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/broncos-hc-sean-payton-believes-rb-audric-estime-needs-enough-touches-he-s-going-to-get-those-opportunities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">poised<\/a> to get more carries, while scatback <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/jaleel-mclaughlin\/\" title=\"Jaleel McLaughlin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaleel McLaughlin<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/tyler-badie\/\" title=\"Tyler Badie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Badie<\/a> remain on the roster, setting up for an intriguing competition during camp that guarantees at least one (if not more) will be cut when rosters are trimmed to 53 in August.<\/p>\n<p>Dobbins began his NFL career as a second-round pick of the Ravens in 2020, rushing for 805 yards and nine scores in his first season. Injuries plagued him throughout his time in Baltimore, limiting Dobbins to nine games from 2021 through 2023 before he left for Los Angeles via free agency in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Dobbins played in 13 games in his lone season with the Chargers, gaining a career-best 905 yards and scoring nine touchdowns while playing under Jim Harbaugh. He emerged as Los Angeles&#8217; best back but dealt with yet another knee injury (MCL sprain) late in the season, adding to the list of health issues he&#8217;s endured in his NFL career. Once his one-year contract expired, the Chargers opted to replace him with free agent <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/najee-harris\/\" title=\"Najee Harris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Najee Harris<\/a> and 2025 first-round pick <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/prospects\/omarion-hampton\/32004841-4d77-3946-bc04-1f7201601885\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Omarion Hampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dobbins&#8217; departure included an interesting detail. Los Angeles placed an unrestricted free agent tender on the back, granting them exclusive negotiating rights with Dobbins if he did not sign with another team by July 22. With roughly six weeks between now and then, the Broncos decided it was best to secure the services of the former Ohio State star before their time to do so ran out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dobbins joins a committee backfield that welcomed another new addition in 2025 in UCF standout RJ Harvey but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2052],"tags":[1227,184,117,2282,258,7,4609,601,262,88,6,609,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-120554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-denver-broncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-free-agency","15":"tag-j-k-dobbins","16":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-no-minute","20":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114663048631035335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120554","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=120554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}