From the way Dobbins follows lead blockers, his new best friends are going to be called Nick Boyle and Patrick Ricard
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Welcome to Baltimore: RB JK Dobbins (55)
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@Ravensnation5220 - watching the waldman video you posted - interesting to me that he mentions alvin kamara when talking about Dobbins ability to get through arm tackles and wraps (something Alvin Kamara is amazing at) given that Kamara and Ingram worked together amazingly well as a RB tandem
Ravensnation5220
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It's pretty much the same running scheme with all the gap assignments and lead blockers. The more I watch the more I see how much of a perfect fit he is.
Ravensnation5220
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Imgram is gonna be the perfect mentor to him. Their game is so eerily similar too and their body types. Dont think Dobbins could be in a better situation
and we havent even brought up the extra split second of time having Lamar as your Qb gives you lol - as long as our IOL isnt a mess i see big things from JK
JoeyFlex5
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As I’m watching film on dobbins, you can’t convince me that his work out of the zone read and shotgun and pistol wasn’t a huge factor. He is an expert with this. He fully understands that some plays need patience and some need you to hit the gas immediately, he is able to determine which type of play it is at the mesh point. He is gonna be a home run hitter in this offense, I can’t believe we got upset about a rb lol, we were all so set on mims that we ignored the great player we got, he’s gonna be a fan favorite from day one
Ravensnation5220
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Hes gonna be ready from Day 1. Hes a plug and play guy and with how much we run the ball it's nice to always have fresh legs. Especially with Ingram getting up there in age. Also think all this talent with Lamar will make it easier for our Oline. The interior can get away with average but I have a feeling with all the young competition weve gathered some one out of that group will step up. And we have some of the best positional coaches in the league
JoeyFlex5
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I definitely think that our OL is gonna work, it will have A LOT of room for improvement, but I think we’re gonna be far removed from the 2017/18 days of skura and Lewis and hurst, even without yanda. Seems our OL coach and Roman have settled in quite well with eachother and next man up doesn’t skip a beat. It’s such a damn shame that skura finally became a solid player and then got hurt, he really helped glue the whole unit together.
We all complained about a RB in 2, but we’d be hypocrites to complain about that after spending years bashing the FO for not giving joe help, yeah we may have preferred mims, but mims isn’t a certainty, we all project mims and I do too but he had plenty of questions, dobbins at least we are damn sure that we’re getting a stud and a perfect fit.
im still upset about mims - but no longer upset that we got dobbins in stead lol
the one annoying thing is that with this shortened offseason, he's going to have far fewer reps with Lamar to get the mesh point chemistry that Lamar and Ingram have - what Lamar and Ingram do at the mesh point is like actual magic
matt weiss did a great job in his first year as RB coach
we've also got YAC weapons which means we can use some quicker passing plays to alleviate the pass rush if necessary
i think we'll do fine ultimately in pass pro but we're going to feel Yanda's loss in the running game
that being said i still havent go into the powers tape from week 17 yet
I'd rather try and get something for hill if we get rid of him, but my guess is if they get rid of a back, Gus will be the one they get rid of due to it being his last year.
lol I've already forgotten about Mims.
there is the film breakdown of Dobbins from 2018 and then Waldman was interviewed on theffdynasty about him as well. Calls him a mix of Ray Rice and Tomlinson and also calls him the safest back in this class.
57% of Dobbins 2019 carries were RPO carries.
Asyranok
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I've never been so disappointed by a player's reaction to being drafted as I have by Dobbins. He reacted exactly as I would to having just been told that my entirely family died. At first, stunned and emotionless (and in disbelief), before the flood of negative emotions. He was so unhappy. He clearly did not want to be a Raven. The only other possibility is that he had not slept in at least 2 weeks - possibly over a month.
His reaction sucked literally all the excitement of the pick I had out of the room. I would rather have an over-drafted player who is eager to play for the team that drafted him. Here's to hoping the reaction was a fluke, or at least that he warms up to the new position. He has amazing highlights from college that wowed me even more than Queen, if I am being honest.
His reaction sucked literally all the excitement of the pick I had out of the room. I would rather have an over-drafted player who is eager to play for the team that drafted him. Here's to hoping the reaction was a fluke, or at least that he warms up to the new position. He has amazing highlights from college that wowed me even more than Queen, if I am being honest.
Davesta
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Or maybe he’s pissed off cause he think he’s the top RB of the class and 4 RBs went before him.
From reading his caption, I think he feels like he was slighted falling to 55.
Asyranok
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JoeyFlex5
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Did you see Lamar’s reaction to getting drafted? He was pissed off, but not because he was a raven, which he cleared up very quickly in his interview. These players didn’t get interviews.
I think you’re seriously over-reacting - surely you should give him the benefit of the doubt?
Asyranok
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He can easily win me over. As hinted/mentioned, of all the picks his highlights impressed me the most. And by far. But I also don't think I am bad or wrong for being disappointed. Full expectations he will ultimately prove me wrong though. Fingers crossed.
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