Jan. 19, 2026, 4:05 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
Reinforcements might be on the way for the Denver Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Broncos<\/a> officially designated<\/a> running back J.K. Dobbins (foot<\/a>) to return from injured reserve on Monday, opening his 21-day window to be activated to the 53-man roster. Denver’s scheduled to practice on Wednesday and Dobbins is now set to return to the practice field for the first time since suffering his foot injury in November.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old running back took to social media on Monday with an encouraging teaser for Broncos fans. Dobbins posted a picture running onto the field with an emoji that shows an arrow and the message “Soon.”<\/p>\n It’s hard to interpret that any other way than Dobbins hinting that he is close to a return. After losing quarterback Bo Nix to a season-ending ankle injury<\/a>, getting Dobbins back from IR would provide a huge boost to Denver’s offense.<\/p>\n The team now has room for up to two more designations to return from IR.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Broncos IR return designationsDL\u00a0Malcolm Roach\u00a0(activated)LB\u00a0Dre Greenlaw\u00a0(activated)LB\u00a0Garret Wallow\u00a0(activated, but later cut)OG\u00a0Ben Powers\u00a0(activated)LB\u00a0Karene Reid\u00a0(activated)LB\u00a0Drew Sanders\u00a0(not yet activated)TE\u00a0Lucas Krull\u00a0(not yet activated)RB J.K. Dobbins (not yet activated)OpenOpen<\/p>\n The list of other players who remain on IR includes center Luke Wattenberg (shoulder<\/a>) and safety Brandon Jones (pectoral<\/a>). Wattenberg might be a candidate to return during the postseason, but Jones is unlikely to return<\/a> even if Denver reaches the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 19, 2026, 4:05 p.m. MT Reinforcements might be on the way for the Denver Broncos. The Broncos…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,97241,97108,100821,95886,97238,97237,95893,97639,97240,98537,97242,97239,95895,95906,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":["post-691008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-broncos","tag-accessfree","tag-broncos","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denverbroncos","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","tag-sstsnbroncos","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagben-powers","tag-tagbo-nix","tag-tagbrandon-jones","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagdre-greenlaw","tag-tagdrew-sanders","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taggarret-wallow","tag-tagj-k-dobbins","tag-taglucas-krull","tag-tagluke-wattenberg","tag-tagmalcolm-roach","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115927163000746576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691008","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=691008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}