Is J.K. Dobbins playing this week?
No injury designationOfficial practice report (week 4): Full practice, hip injury.
J.K. Dobbins has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the San Francisco 49ers.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:48 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
From the beat
What reporters are saying about him, last 3 days.
#Broncos OLB Dondrea Tillman is OUT with a hamstring injury. Everybody else — including WRs Jaylen Waddle and Marvin Mims and RB J.K. Dobbins — is off the injury report and good to play vs. San Francisco.
Parker Gabriel @ParkerJGabriel · 1d ago · View on X
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Flex option. Projected 7.6 points, #28 among RBs this week.
Why we say flex
- Projected 7.6 points, #28 among RBs this week: a flex-range play (straight starts run through #20).
- Averaging 11.7 carries and 0.7 targets a game.
- Played 49% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 9.2 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~22 pts
- Vegas line
- DEN underdogs by 3
- Game total
- 47.5
- SF vs RBs
- 5% more points
- Last game snaps
- 49%
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Age
27
Height
5'10"
Weight
214 lb
College
Ohio State
Experience
6 seasons
Draft
2020 · Pick #55 (BAL)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 19.0?
Dobbins' grade is low because his carries haven't produced much: he loses expected points on a typical touch and keeps the offense on schedule on very few runs. Defenses he faced were slightly easier than average, so that doesn't explain it. This covers only 3 games and 37 touches, a small sample.
Holding it back
- Rushing success rate (share of carries that kept the offense on schedule) is 26%, 49th of 51 backs.
- EPA per touch is -0.195 expected points per play, 37th of 51.
- Week 2 vs JAX, 3rd and 1: a left end run for -1 yards cost 2.6 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
-0.180
Success rate
26%
WPA (sum)
-0.38
Opponent adj.
-0.014
Plays graded
37
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Rush yds over expected | Yds over exp / att | Vs 8+ in the box |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | +4.5 | +0.45 | 30.0% |
| 3 | -27.0 | -1.59 | 5.9% |
What do these mean?
- Rush yds over expected:
- Rushing yards above what the blocking and defenders in each carry would be expected to produce.
- Yds over exp / att:
- Rush yards over expected per carry.
- Carries over expected:
- Share of carries that gained more than expected.
- Expected rush yds:
- Yards the carries would be expected to gain on average, based on tracking data.
- Efficiency:
- Distance traveled per yard gained. Lower means a more direct, north-south runner.
- Vs 8+ in the box:
- Share of carries against eight or more defenders near the line.
- Time to line:
- Average seconds from the handoff to reaching the line of scrimmage.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.