Is J.K. Dobbins being overlooked in the Broncos’ backfield?
Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon is joined by the Fantasy Footballer's Mike Wright, Jason Moore and Andy Holloway to discuss why fantasy managers should not overlook J.K. Dobbins in fantasy drafts. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Harvey goes unexpectedly in the second round, and so us fantasy nerds are like, "Well, it's gonna be Harvey, I suppose."
And then the beat reporters are saying, "No, no, no, no, Dobbins is gonna be the guy.
He'll- he's gonna be the starter and the primary running back for this team."
We go, "Well, but Harvey in the second round."
E- then J.K. Dobbins comes out, he is the guy, and the, like, he was tremendous for fantasy football.
We're not saying that, we're not saying J.K. Dobbins is a top 10 running back by any means, but I mean, just a, a string of double-digit point performances for fantasy for a player that was drafted extremely late, and yet now he, he barely moves up into the middle rounds.
I know Now, if you wanna talk about a player getting hurt, yes, you can.
We don't like to call players injury-prone.
J.K. Dobbins' body doesn't really like to play football as much as he likes to play football.
Call him J.K. One Leg.
Yeah, yeah.
We call him Yeah, there was, I mean, you had the year, I think with the Chargers, where he basically, when he's running, you're like, "He's got one strong leg- Yeah.
And one weak leg."
But, like, for a career, J.K. Dobbins has a 5.2 yards per attempt over his career.
Like, this is- a good running back that has just really gotten the worst possible hand when it comes to injuries.
You know, last year to, not, yards per attempt isn't everything, but he's at five, right?
He's at five last year.
He goes out with injury, R.J. Harvey comes in, and R.J. Harvey's on, is sub four behind this It's the same team.
One player's having a ton of success, the other one is not, and then before you know it, Bo Nix is leading the NFL in pass attempts.
That was because R.J. Harvey could not get it done, on the ground.
Harvey will work into passing downs work, of, of course, but we, we talk about on the footballers, like, you're like, "Oh, I've g- I want the third down running back."
The vast ma- the overwhelming majority of fantasy points are scored on first and second down by the running back position.
Yes, it's a nice Like, we love when they play all three downs, so they never come off the field, and you can get- Yeah those cheap check downs and things.
But that's not, it's not where you, you cast your lot.
And, and so for me, Dobbins on a team that, that projects to win a ton.
I think that Jonah Coleman is honestly the, the biggest hurdle in the way of- of Coleman, you know, coming into this year's draft.
Coleman was my RB two.
He ends up going in the, the fourth round, which we know that betting on fourth round running backs isn't the best.
Things might be shaking up here a little bit though as we're moving into the, the modern NFL, and we might have to adapt, but I think that this is Dobbins' job.
He's gonna have a whole bunch of touchdowns.
Yeah, he's not gonna catch a bunch of passes, but you're not drafting him to be a top five running back.
You're drafting him to be a, like, a running back three-
