 Making news straight from Marlon Humphrey, directly from his podcast, where he teamed up with Jack Settlement called Punchline Podcast. He said, J.K. Dobbins will be back soon. He said, he knows that. J.K. Dobbins is on the way to make his big return. His long anticipated return has been a sort of weird off season for J.K. Dobbins and the Baltimore Ravens course. He wants a contract. Ravens, apparently they've been talking to him about a contract because that came out a couple days ago that the Ravens have been having conversations with J.K. Dobbins about a contract. And we'll see. We'll see how things go. I think if Ravens do, if they were to give J.K. Dobbins a contract right now, then it would be one that would be extremely Raven friendly, extremely team friendly. And I feel like J.K. Dobbins the best, in my opinion, I think the best thing for him to do to get as much money as he possibly can in this running back market is to go out there and bowl. Just go out there and bowl. Now I ain't got no problem with him holding out, trying to get his bread. Like I always say, I got no problem with people trying to get their money. Get your bread. Whoever you are, wherever you are, whether you in sports, whether you in business, whether you, whatever, get your money. No problem with that. But with J.K. Dobbins, I feel like if he got some chunk of change from the Baltimore Ravens right now, it will be based off of the past and it will be based off of the recent injury history and he wouldn't be able to maximize whatever he can get. Because the running back market is tough right now. It's tough. It's really, really tough. But anyway, with J.K. Dobbins being on the way back, we talked about this last week. We talked about it during the stream, during the game too. We expected J.K. Dobbins to be back this week. Like, I mean, you saw Keaton Mitchell, right? Like, yeah. I ain't surprised that J.K. Dobbins on the way back. I don't think any of y'all really are either. J.K. Dobbins was in a tough situation with the Baltimore Ravens, with him sort of holding in and whatnot. Melvin Gordon, he put him on blast, even though, I mean, actions speak louder than words. So we kind of figured J.K. Dobbins was holding in. But Melvin Gordon, he put it on the front street. Like, hey, you know, J.K. Dobbins is holding in. But it ain't getting all the national coverage like over in Indianapolis with the whole thing with Jonathan Taylor. Melvin Gordon has said that, a paraphrase, but that's basically what he said. So he let it be known like, hey, oh, hey, my new teammate, because I just got here like two seconds ago, but my new teammate, he's holding in. That's the scoop on that. So it's like Ravens players, they've been breaking news on J.K. Dobbins more than reporters and stuff have. But anyway, this is a good thing for J.K. Dobbins, in my opinion, for him to be back out there, for him to start being back out there with his guys and actually going through the physical part of training camp. This is important for him to be back out there too. Because I do feel like with J.K. Dobbins with this new offense, I'm sure he got his playbook and all that and he's learning and understanding the offense. I ain't concerned about that. But I feel like for him to actually be out there, it's different. Because y'all know, it's much different than, it's much different looking at plays on an iPad or something, looking at plays on a sheet of paper versus actually executing them. And that's really with anything. Like you could do all the studying and homework on something, all you want to. But when you actually do it, whether it's football or not, just in life in general, when you actually get out there and do it, it's a much different scenario and a much different situation. And a lot of times, some of the stuff that you read and whatnot, you ain't gonna remember that half the time. You ain't gonna remember all that stuff. Like you ain't gonna remember all your answers to the tests and whatnot. Even though you studied a lot for it, some of that stuff may just, it may not come to mind. And other times stuff will come naturally. So with J.K. Dobbins, this is a really big year for him because he can be a part of something special. And I really do feel like with J.K. Dobbins, I think, and we said this before with him, I think it's gonna be all about efficiency. All about making the most of your opportunities. Now, it's expected that with Ravens, they're gonna be going more, more wide receiver, heavy, more wide receiver, heavy sets, possibly like three wide receiver, one tight end, maybe four wide receiver, cause they got the ammunition to pull the trigger on that. They got it. We expect them to be thrown the ball a lot more than they normally do. But that's not to say that the running game is going bye bye. No, we don't expect that because you can't give up the running game. The running game is essential to anything. And the running game is essential to having an effective offense and a consistently effective offense. Because if you just passing the ball in that sip, then you're gonna be one dimensional. If you're one dimensional, then that's no good. Teams, they'll start just dropping back all day and then start rushing that passing. And right now, apparently the Ravens, O-Line ain't the best that they could be. We'll see what happens though, cause it's still a little bit early. It ain't that early no more, but it's still a little bit early. So we'll see what happens with that. But you need to run game for balance. Like Sarah Ellison said, for harmony with the offense. So with J.K. Dobbins, if the offense is more spread, if they more spread out, then that'll give him some great opportunities. Cause if teams are looking for the pass, you hand it off to J.K. Dobbins and he makes something happen. And the defense, they won't be all bunched up. They won't all be in the box just waiting for the Ravens to run the ball all the time. So J.K. Dobbins can really put some good, I mean, he already got plenty of good film out there, but this year in this new offense, he could put some great tape out there for people to see, for whether he does end up staying with the Baltimore Ravens or he ends up moving on. But either way, this is such a big year for J.K. Dobbins and with him getting ready to return. Yeah, I don't think it's no coincidence. Now it's funny because somebody had replied to the tweet that Punchline podcast put out about this breaking news about J.K. Dobbins. It was Woe Leakey. He said, well, yeah, he saw Keith Mitchell out there. That's why he returning. But then they replied and it was like, well, Keith Mitchell look good. He look good now, but this podcast was recorded before the pre-season game. But yeah, I mean, look, man, NFL is a tough business. It's a tough, and like you mentioned earlier, and like y'all already know, it's especially tough for running backs right now. Cause they're not getting the money that they once had. A lot of teams are not looking at them the same that they used to. Most teams are going running back by committee. A lot of teams not really doing the, all right, this is our number one running back. This is the guy at running back. A lot of teams not doing that anymore. They really not. So with that being said, some teams still got it now. But a lot of them are doing away with it. And you know Ravens, like Ravens have been doing this. J.K. knows more than anybody. Like when Mark Ingram came on the scene, he was the guy. But then when J.K. Dobbins showed up, it was ultimate running back by committee. Oh, like, and like, and I would get frustrated with it a lot of times because remember J.K. he would make a big, big run. He would break off a big run. Then they bring out Mark Ingram. Or they bring out Gusset. Like I feel like with the way that the Ravens did it a couple of years ago, they just were not going with the hot hand consistently enough. And that could be really frustrating. And even last year, sometimes it happened. Last year, like J.K. would be doing this thing. And then he'd be like, no, come here, get off the field. But anyway, now most teams are doing that. And a lot of teams have been doing that. So with J.K. Dobbins, I'm sure he saw, I'm sure he was watching the game. You already know he's watching the game, checking it out and whatnot. And to see Gus Edwards, which I'm still surprised that he was out there for the Ravens, like, really? But anyway, because there was a lot of starters that played across the league. But he saw Gus Edwards out there. And it was like, okay, he know Guss, he familiar with Guss. He saw Melvin Gordon out there. Like, all right, Melvin Gordon. Okay, yeah. Veteran running back, he know how to do his stuff over there, leapfrogging people. Look at Melvin Gordon. He really trying to make the team, man. Saw Justice Hill out there. Justice Hill with that cutback where it looked like the runner was over, but Justice Hill broke off and cut back and ended up getting a nice chunk of yards. He was doing his thing. He saw them three, like, okay, those are some established guys in the NFL. Well, Justice Hill, not as much, but he been in the league for a couple of years now. But then he saw Keaton Mitchell. Three running backs right there that we already named that could make the team. That's a, it's possible for them to make the team in. Most likely, well, Guss Edwards, yeah. Even Justice Hill, yeah. Melvin Gordon will see, but it's the possibilities there. But then you add a fourth to the mix with Keaton Mitchell. Ooh, I'm sure J.K. was probably calling all right. They're like, hey, I'm on the way, man. And don't forget about me. Because teams will. They will. You mess up, especially at the running back position. I mean, it can really happen at any position, but especially at running back, since teams are doing running back by committee more than ever now, they'll move on. They'll move on. They will keep it moving. And with J.K. Dobbins, talented running back, he can do it all. He could catch, he could break the big ones off. He could be the home run hitter. He'll shake you. He got the strength and he'll move you out the way too. But if Raven C, and this really goes with any team, not just the Raven, but if Raven C, like, oh, we can get production from him, from him, from him, from him, without you. Oh, you don't want to show up? Okay, no, no. You ain't got to show up. You ain't got to show up. Go, do it, do it. Whatever you want to do. You want to stay home? You want to sit out? Okay, do your thing. If they see that, they can get production out of those other guys, and without you, they're gonna do it. They're gonna do it. And another thing too, those guys ain't in the contract dispute with Ravens. So all those guys are happily showing up to work right now. And with JK Dobbins, again, y'all know this already too, the leverage is tough because he ain't got it. He does not have the leverage in a situation, man. He really don't. And that's what makes the situation even trickier for him. He has like no leverage whatsoever. And especially at the position that he's in. If he was a quarterback, even if he had missed some time or whatnot, if he was a quarterback and he was a quarterback that was like that, then he would have so much leverage. Oh, he would have a lot of leverage. He was a wide receiver. He had a lot of leverage, not as much as a quarterback, but wide receivers have a lot of leverage too. Tight ends, some offensive linemen, but running back is just a position that teams are not looking at like it's a premium position right now. So they just, again, the market, the market is what the market is right now, man. And running backs, they not eating like they once were. So it's tough. Again, you see the Saquon Barclays? You see the Josh Jacobs. You see the Ezekiel Elliott's still out there, still. So the market is what the market is, man. So with J.K. Dobbins being on the way back, I would not be surprised if today, like today, whenever, I don't know what time they practice that. I'm recording this at 9.25 a.m. I would not be surprised if today, J.K. Dobbins was like, hey, y'all, what's good, baby? I'm back in the building and I'm no longer sitting out.