J.K. Dobbins Week 2 Outlook - Chargers at Panthers

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 12th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Dobbins stepped in and became the immediate workhorse for the Bolts. In Week 1, he played 58% of the snaps with 13 touches and 139 total yards. He ran 17 routes versus Gus Edwards' six routes. Dobbins also crushed in efficiency metrics. Among 34 qualifying backs in Week 1, he was fifth in missed tackles forced per attempt and seventh in yards after contact per attempt. I was so skeptical that Dobbins could return from the myriad of injuries that have crushed him over the last few years, but he made a huge step toward doing so in Week 1. Shout out to Andrew Erickson, who screamed at people all offseason to draft Dobbins. After one game, he looks incredibly right about this call. Dobbins should steamroll a Panthers run defense that was crushed in Week 1 by the aging Alvin Kamara. In Week 1, Carolina had the eighth-lowest stuff rate while giving up the third-most rushing yards, the seventh-highest yards after contact per attempt, and the 13th-highest yards before contact per attempt.