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J. K. Dobbins

J. K. Dobbins

Denver Broncos running back

Aug 28, 2026

speaker_31UNKNOWN
72:46
Varies by state.
72:47
And, um, that was, that was the Lord's plan.
72:50
So it was beauty in that.
72:52
Like, I was comfortable.
72:53
I was co- Like, there was multiple teams, you know? I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team.
73:00
But I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed, so whenever that team, whoever I would sign with, who now is the Chargers, is gonna get the best me, you know? And I think people all around the n- the league know that.
73:16
Like, "Okay, this guy, okay." It's a high risk, high reward type thing, right? Not even a high risk, a low risk because you-- th- it's a business, right? So I got hurt last year, so not as much money needs to be thrown in there.

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speaker_37UNKNOWN
235:26
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Dan Lanning) August 6 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_125UNKNOWN
261:13
Yeah.
261:13
So, um, y- I mean, the, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a, uh, Achilles, and, um, that was, that was the Lord's plan, so it was beauty in that.
261:26
Like, I was comfortable.
261:28
I was c- like, there was multiple teams, you know? I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team, but I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed, so whenever that team, whoever I would sign with, who now is the Chargers, is gonna get the best me, you know? And I think people all around the, the league know that.
261:50
Like, "Okay, this guy, okay, is a high risk, high reward type thing," right? Not even a high risk, a low risk, because you, the, it's a business, right? So I got hurt last year, so not as much money needs to be thrown in there.
262:03
But I think everyone around the league knows that whenever I am on the field, the numbers don't lie, and so they know that.
262:09
And a lot of teams was like, "All right, here.
speaker_125UNKNOWN
262:42
Yeah.

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Press Conference (Dan Lanning) August 6 Elite

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_33UNKNOWN
302:23
Yeah.
302:23
So, um, y- I mean, the, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a a- or Achilles, and, um, that was, that was the Lord's plan, so there was beauty in that.
302:36
Like, I was comfortable.
302:38
I was c- like, there was multiple teams, you know? I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team.
302:44
But I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed, so whenever that team, whoever I would sign with, w- now is the Chargers, is gonna get the best me, you know? And I think people all around n- the league know that, like, "Okay, this guy, okay, is a high risk, high reward type thing," right? Not even a high risk, a low risk, because you, th- it's a business, right? So I got hurt last year, so not as much money needs to be thrown in there.
303:13
But I think everyone around the league knows that whenever I am on the field, the numbers don't lie.
303:18
And so they know that, and a lot of teams was like, "All right, here.
speaker_88UNKNOWN
306:19
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Dan Lanning) August

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_151UNKNOWN
324:37
What did you think, uh, on the 61-yarder when you were breaking free? You turned around and you saw them coming?
324:42
Well, no, the first 40 yards I'm like, "Oh yeah, bye-bye," 'cause I was pulling away from him and then after that I was like, "Oh, shit," I got heavy.
324:52
So I was like, all right, let me just cover the ball and I got tackled.
324:57
[laughs]
speaker_149UNKNOWN
325:20
But to really have it work, especially in the second half, could you feel them softening up as the game went on even though it wasn't really working the first half?
325:26
Uh, yes.
325:27
I always stick with it.
325:29
Always believing, always fighting.

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Press Conference (Dan Lanning) August

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_4UNKNOWN
304:51
Casino.[singing] The Social Casino
304:57
And, um, that was, th-that was the Lord's plan.
305:00
So it was beauty in that.
305:02
Like, I was comfortable.
305:04
I was c- like, there was multiple teams, you know? I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team, but I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed.
305:17
So whenever that team, whoever I would sign with, w-now is the Chargers, is gonna get the best me, you know? And I think people all around the n-the league know that.
305:26
Like, "Okay, this guy, okay, is a high risk, high reward type thing," right? Not even a high risk, a low risk because you, th- it's a business, right? So I, I got hurt last year, so not as much money needs to be thrown in there.
speaker_142UNKNOWN
306:18
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Jason Moore) August 6 Elite

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_135UNKNOWN
277:23
Thank you.
277:24
But I still had a great rookie year.
277:26
Six yards a carry, you know, things like that.
277:29
I think it was like nine touchdowns, ten including the playoffs.
277:33
And so there's always been, like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
277:38
Like, even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like, I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
277:46
So I, I went down in '21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury, and then, um, came back later the next year, and I g- and I played the first few games and I w- it just feel-- there was a lot of scar tissue in there.
speaker_133UNKNOWN
279:32
Like, knowing that when you're out there, you're very productive, how much confidence does that give you that really all you need is, is an opportunity for that?

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Press Conferences (Malik Hartford) August 6 Elite

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_27UNKNOWN
155:46
Yeah.
155:46
So, um, y- I mean, the, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a a- or Achilles, and, um, that was, that was the Lord's plan.
155:57
So it was beauty in that.
155:59
Like, I was comfortable.
156:00
I was cal- Like, there was multiple teams, you know? I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team.
156:07
But I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed, so whenever that team, whoever I would sign with, who now is the Chargers, is gonna get the best me, you know? And I think people all around the n- the league know that.
156:23
Like, okay, this guy, okay, is a high-risk, high-reward type thing, right? Not even a high risk, a low risk, because you...
speaker_27UNKNOWN
157:15
Yeah.

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Press Conference (Malik Hartford) August 6 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_90UNKNOWN
148:16
Thank you.
148:18
But I still had a great rookie year, six yards a carry, you know, things like that.
148:23
I think it was like nine touchdowns, ten including the playoffs.
148:26
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
148:32
Like, even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
148:39
So I, I went down in twenty-one, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury, and then, um, came back later the next year, and I g- and I played the first few games, and I-- it just feel-- there was a lot of scar tissue in there, so I had to get it cleaned up.
148:53
I didn't get hurt again.

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speaker_26UNKNOWN
155:46
Yeah.

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Press Conference (Malik Hartford) August

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_32UNKNOWN
160:44
Any frustration for you during heading into free agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having, like, a full season of tape or production to go out there? Was there any part of that where you were like, God, I wish I, you know, had hit the open market with a different situation, you know?
160:59
Nah.
161:00
I like it.
161:00
I like – how would I say this? I like it the hard way, but not – you know, I like it the hard way.
161:13
I like it – I like trials and tribulations.
161:18
So, I mean, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off Achilles, and that was the Lord's plan, so – It was beauty in that.
161:32
I was comfortable.
speaker_32UNKNOWN
162:39
Are you the type of person that really tries to prove people wrong?

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Press Conferences (Seth McLaughlin) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_32UNKNOWN
238:36
Like knowing that when you're out there you're very productive, how much confidence does that give you that really all you need is, is an opportunity to run?
238:44
All the confidence in the world, you know? The way I work, I wouldn't say just from the numbers, but just the way I work, my work ethic, you know, and I'm, my relationship with Jesus is like I have the most confidence when I step out there.
238:57
Because I do know, like if he grants me the health, it's over with.
239:02
It's, I don't think I'll be ...
239:05
You know, I think it'll be a great year or whatever, couple of years, however many years he grants me great health, you know? And I think just the work ethic, my prayer and all that stuff, that's what helps me have that confidence.
239:18
With, the numbers will be there, and they, they might be higher after this year.
239:21
You know what I'm saying? And it's crazy to think about 'cause I, I had six point yards, or six yards per carry, you know? So we'll see.

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speaker_32UNKNOWN
245:23
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Quincy Porter) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 21m

speaker_36CORRESPONDENT
287:14
Well, any frustration for you during heading into free agency, dealing with rehab and not having a full season of tape or production to go out there? Was there any part of that where you were like, God, I wish I had hit the open market with a different situation? Yeah.
287:30
I like – how would I say this? I like it the hard way, but not – you know, I like it the hard way.
287:43
I like it – I like trials and tribulations.
287:48
So, I mean, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off Achilles, and that was the Lord's plan, so – it was beauty in that.
288:01
Like I was comfortable.
288:03
I was like, there was multiple teams, you know, I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team, but I was comfortable and sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed.
288:16
So whenever that team, whoever I would sign with now is the chargers is going to get the best me, you know, in, I think people all around the league know that.
speaker_36CORRESPONDENT
289:09
Are you the type of person that really tries to prove people wrong?

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Press Conferences (Philip Daniels) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 26m

LunchboxADVERTISER
115:22
Toyota, let's go places.
115:26
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
115:31
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
115:39
So I went down in 21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury.
115:43
And then, um, came back later the next year and I g- and I played the first few games and I, it just feel there was a lot of scar tissue in there.
115:51
So I had to get it cleaned up.
115:52
I didn't get hurt again.

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speaker_58UNKNOWN
124:14
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Philip Bell) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_85UNKNOWN
281:37
Yeah.
281:37
So, um, y- I mean, the, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a a- or Achilles, and, um, that was, that was the Lord's plan.
281:48
So it was beauty in that.
281:50
Like, I was comfortable.
281:52
I was c- Like, there was multiple teams, you know? I wasn't, it wasn't like I didn't have any other team, but I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed, so whenever that team, whoever I would sign with, who now is the Chargers, is gonna get the best me, you know? And I think people all around the n- the league know that.
282:14
Like, "Okay, this guy, okay, is a high-risk, high-reward type thing," right? Not even a high risk, a low risk, because you...
282:23
Th- It's a business, right? So I, I got hurt last year, so not as much money needs to be thrown in there.
speaker_85UNKNOWN
283:06
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Garrtt Wilson) August 6 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

speaker_58ADVERTISER
126:03
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126:07
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
126:12
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
126:19
So I went down in 21, right? Had the injury, the knee injury.
126:23
And then came back later the next year and I played the first few games and it just, there was a lot of scar tissue in there.
126:32
So I had to get it cleaned up.
126:33
I didn't get hurt again.

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speaker_75UNKNOWN
134:53
Yeah.

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Press Conference (Garrtt Wilson) August 6 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

speaker_36UNKNOWN
128:09
And so
128:09
soThere's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
128:14
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
128:22
So I, I went down in '21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury, and then, um, came back later the next year and I g- and I played the first few games and I, it just feel there was a lot of scar tissue in there, so I had to get it cleaned up.
128:35
I didn't get hurt again.
128:36
I could've played the whole year, but I got it cleaned up so I can feel like me.
128:40
And um, so after I got that cleaned up, I, the first two games back from the injury, I had over 120 yards rushing, right? And then went on, had great, great ending of the year, you know, 100 total yards in the playoff game.

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speaker_81UNKNOWN
136:59
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Garrtt Wilson) August

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

115:25
But I'm glad I came down with the catch so we can get the
115:28
first down.
115:33
But I still had a great rookie year.
115:35
Six yards a carry, things like that.
115:38
I think it was like nine touchdowns, ten including the playoffs.
115:43
There's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
115:48
Even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, I didn't get hurt again whenever I got cleaned up.

7 MINS LATER

speaker_24UNKNOWN
122:27
Any frustration for you during heading into free agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having like a full season of tape or production to go out there? Was there any part of that where you were like, God, I wish I had hit the open market with a different situation, you know?

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Press Conference (Garrtt Wilson) August

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

speaker_4ADVERTISER
125:48
Visit SpinQuest.com for more details.
125:51
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
125:56
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
126:04
So I, I went down in '21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury.
126:08
And then, um, came back later the next year and I g- and I played the first few games and I, it just feel, there was a lot of scar tissue in there.
126:16
So I had to get it cleaned up.
126:17
I didn't get hurt again.

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speaker_72CORRESPONDENT
134:37
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Faheem Delane) August 6 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

Kevin JonasADVERTISER
97:56
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97:59
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
98:04
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
98:12
So I went down in 21, right? Had the injury, the knee injury.
98:16
And then came back later the next year.
98:20
And I played the first few games and it just, there was a lot of scar tissue in there.
98:24
So I had to get it cleaned up.

8 MINS LATER

speaker_67UNKNOWN
106:45
Yeah.

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Press Conference (Faheem Delane) August 6 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

97:09
Visit SpinQuest.com for more details.
97:12
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
97:17
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
97:24
So I, I went down in '21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury.
97:28
And then, um, came back later the next year and I g- and I played the first few games and I, it just feel, there was a lot of scar tissue in there.
97:37
So I had to get it cleaned up.
97:38
I didn't get hurt again.

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speaker_60UNKNOWN
105:58
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Nick Bosa) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_19UNKNOWN
34:04
Um, so I think he gonna shine brighter for sure.
34:06
Teammates for blocking for me and, um, thank you to the defense for having our backs in the first half.
34:11
You know, we're gonna get better.
34:12
I'm gonna get better.
34:13
I gotta get in shape.
34:14
I thought I was in shape, but I was not.
34:16
[laughs] The monkey jumped on my back on a few of those long runs, so I'm gonna keep getting better.
speaker_20UNKNOWN
34:44
What did you think, uh, on the 61-yarder when you were breaking free? You turned around and you saw them coming?

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Press Conferences (Faheem Delane) August

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

speaker_57UNKNOWN
88:18
All right, thank you.
88:20
But I still had a great rookie year.
88:22
Six yards a carry, you know, things like that.
88:25
I think it was like nine touchdowns, 10 including the playoffs.
88:29
And so there's always been like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
88:34
Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
88:42
So I, I went down in '21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury, and then, um, came back later the next year, and I g- and I played the first few games and I, it just feel, there was a lot of scar tissue in there.

7 MINS LATER

speaker_56UNKNOWN
95:48
Yeah.

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Press Conference (Faheem Delane) August

Aug 6 · 5h 25m

speaker_54UNKNOWN
86:52
All right, thank you.
86:54
But I still had a great rookie year.
86:56
Six yards a carry, you know, things like that.
86:59
I think it was, like, nine touchdowns, 10 including the playoffs.
87:03
And so there's always been, like, all right, God lets me show my talent, shine a little bit.
87:08
Like, even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know, like, I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up.
87:16
So I, I went down in '21, right? Had the, the injury, the knee injury, and then, um, came back later the next year, and I g- and I played the first few games, and I, it just feel-- there was a lot of scar tissue in there, so I had to get it cleaned up.

7 MINS LATER

speaker_54UNKNOWN
94:22
Yeah.

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Press Conferences (Mylan Graham) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_8UNKNOWN
170:05
Any frustration for you during heading into free agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having, like, a full season of tape or production to go out there? Was there any part of that where you were like, God, I wish I, you know, had hit the open market with –
170:21
I like it, I like, how would I say this? I like it the hard way, but not, you know, I like it the hard way.
170:34
I like it, I like trials and tribulations.
170:39
So, I mean, the dice that I was given to roll was, I was coming off Achilles, and that was the Lord's plan, so...
170:51
It was beauty in that.
170:53
I was comfortable.
170:55
There was multiple teams.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
172:00
Are you the type of person that really tries to prove people wrong?

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Press Conferences (Mike Hall) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 12m

speaker_105UNKNOWN
152:20
Well, any frustration for you during the heading into free agency, you know, dealing with, with rehab and not, you know, having like a full season of tape or, or production to go out there? Was there any part of that where you were like, "God, I wish I, you know, had hit the open market with, with a different situation," you know?
152:35
Nah.
152:37
I like it.
152:37
I like, um...
152:39
How would I say this? Um, I like it the hard way, but n- not, you know, I like it the hard way.
152:50
N- I like it, um, I like trials and tribulations.
152:53
[laughs] So, um, y- I mean, the, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a a- or Achilles, and, um, that was, th- that was the Lord's plan.

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183:15
Like, when you first get into camp

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Press Conferences (Matt Patrica) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_50UNKNOWN
230:58
Like, knowing that when you're out there you're very productive, how much confidence does that give you that really all you need is, is an opportunity from now on?
231:06
All the confidence in the world, you know? The way I work, I wouldn't say just from the numbers, but just the way I work, my work ethic, you know, and, um, my relationship with Jesus is like I have the most confidence when I step out there.
231:20
Because I do know, like, if He grants me the health, it's over with.
231:25
It's...
231:26
I don't think I'll be...
231:27
You know, I think it'll be a great year or whatever, couple of years, however many years He grants me great health, you know? And I think just the work ethic, my prayer and all that stuff, that's what helps me have that confidence.
231:40
With the numbers will be there, and they, they might be higher after this year.

5 MINS LATER

speaker_50UNKNOWN
236:49
Yeah.

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