The Broncos are going to be without running back J.K. Dobbins for a good chunk of the remaining regular season at minimum.
Denver’s top running back was already trending toward missing multiple weeks and now is out at least the Broncos’ next four games after the team placed him on injured reserve Saturday.
Dobbins, who injured his foot last week against Las Vegas, is first eligible to return Week 16 against Jacksonville.
The injured reserve placement follows a week-plus of the Broncos and Dobbins gathering opinions and information for a foot injury, including whether to pursue surgery and what timelines for return might look like with various courses of treatment, sources have indicated to The Denver Post.
Dobbins, 26, has been the Broncos’ most consistent offensive playmaker this season. He has also dealt with a list of major injuries in his career.
He tore several ligaments in his knee at the end of his rookie season in 2020 for Baltimore and missed the entire 2021 season as he worked to return. That led to Dobbins playing eight games in 2022. Then he tore his Achilles the first game of the 2023 season and missed the remainder of that year.
He gained 1,000-plus scrimmage yards in 2024 for the Los Angeles Chargers, but missed four games late in the year due to a knee injury that required an injured reserve placement.
“People say I have injury issues, but I don’t. I’ve had two major injuries,” Dobbins said earlier this season. “That’s it. It’s not like I’m rolling ankles or — it’s not like I’m injury-prone. It’s just the injuries that I’ve had have been unfortunate. They’re God-given, actually, because, like, a torn knee, I can’t help that. I can’t help that. And then a torn Achilles, that’s something I can’t control either. …
“If you think about it, I don’t think many people could still play at the level I’m playing at now if they’ve had those two. God chose me for those. I don’t go out there afraid of that. Those were just unfortunate.”
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Dobbins entered Week 11 with a team-high 722 rushing yards, tied for fifth-most in the NFL, and averaging 5.0 yards per carry for a Denver offense that’s found ways to run the ball among the best in the NFL but has been inconsistent in the passing game.
The Broncos are ninth in the NFL in rushing yards per game and 18th in passing through their first 10 games. They’ll now have to try to build on an 8-2 start and a seven-game winning streak Sunday against Kansas City — and for the next month-plus at least — without Dobbins.
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