J.K. Dobbins enters his first season with the Broncos and is competing to become Denver’s starting running back. Dobbins understands it’s important to protect QB Bo Nix and also be productive on third downs.

“I mean, a lot of people think running back is you get the ball, run left, run right or run through the middle,” Dobbins said, via Jeff Legwold of ESPN. “And that’s important, a big part of it, but is it what will get you the most snaps in this offense? Well, no, there’s a quarterback [protection] thing we’ve got to do. There’s third down, and right now in the league, third down is huge. And in this offense, how we as backs do your job to help Bo [Nix] with the ball, protect Bo without it, is what will be the deciding factor I think.”

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