J.K. Dobbins Discusses Extent of Knee Injury, Desire to Play Sunday

Dobbins’ return – as well as the return of fellow running back Gus Edwards, who will miss at least three more games as he continues to rehab after last year’s season-ending ACL tear – will certainly be a welcome sight. As has been well-documented, the Ravens’ running game struggled in the season-opening win over the New York Jets, finishing with just 63 yards on 3.0 yards per carry.

However, Fox Sports’ Warren Sharp has concerns about the Ravens’ ground game that go beyond which running backs are carrying the ball, citing the loss of left tackle Ja’Wuan James for the season and All-Pro left tackle Ronnie Stanley still not being ready to return.

“Their offensive line was allowing penetration, on average, a half a yard into the backfield to hit these running backs before they could even make it to the line of scrimmage,” Sharp said. “Now over the second half [the] numbers improved slightly, but they still finished with the third-worst efficiency of any running backs corps in the NFL last week.”

Sharp added that the lack of a running game contributed to a lack of efficiency in the passing game.

“[Lamar Jackson] averaged the longest air yards of any quarterback in the NFL and threw three touchdowns, but a lot of these passes were not that efficient,” Sharp said. “He only had 17 completions on the day. He ranked 22nd in success rate, meaning that, yes, he did deliver some high EPA when he was connecting on some of these deep passes, but the general efficiency and being able to stay on schedule was just not there for the Ravens’ passing attack without any running back support.”

This Sunday, the Ravens face a Dolphins defense that limited the New England Patriots to 78 yards rushing and 3.5 yards per carry in Miami’s 20-7 win last Sunday.