 Breaking news, baby. He's back. JK Dobbins is officially back with the Baltimore Ravens. Let's read it straight from Adam Schefter. He said sources, well, sources could be Marlon Humphrey. But anyway, he said sources. Raven's running back JK Dobbins who has not yet practiced during training camp is being activated today after physically unable to perform less. So it's official. Whatever it was, if it was him watching that preseason game and he was watching how Keaton Mitchell was running and he was like, oh, I don't know if my spot's so safe. JK Dobbins is back. If it was Gus Edwards looking like he wanted to truck somebody in that preseason game, even though I think he shouldn't have played. But hey, he played and he came out good. And maybe Gus Edwards, some people in the comment section suggested, hey, maybe Gus Edwards, he just told the coaching staff, he wanted to knock the rest off. I'm like, oh, okay, I get it. That makes sense. Maybe that was it, but JK Dobbins is back. Maybe it was Melvin Gordon leapfrogging people. JK Dobbins got motivated by that and said, you know what, I need to try that. I'm coming back. If it was Justice Hill looking like it was about to be a loss or four and it ended up being a big game and him cutting back around, whatever it was, JK Dobbins is back. It's official. And you know what was funny? With this whole JK Dobbins thing, I actually forgot that he was on the physically unable to perform less. He was on the pup list. So he had to be activated and he had to pass the physical in order to practice. I forgot that it just wasn't a holdout. So Ravens, they took the initiative with this thing because when this whole dispute started, Ravens were like, look, JK, they acted like they were the parent. And they're like, JK, you're not about to embarrass me. You're not about to embarrass us. You're not gonna be sitting here fully dressed and you're uniform and all that. Why are we doing training camp? You ain't gonna be just sitting off to the sideline. No, no, no, no, no. We'll take care of that for you. You're going on the pup list. But now he's back. Now it's official. Now JK Dobbins will practice for the first time in a long time. And that's a beautiful thing. And now we can get back. I know a lot of Ravens fans are looking at this year like it's something special. And I really think it could be. Ravens stay healthy. I really, I've been saying it all off season. I really do feel like they could go all the way, all the way if they stay healthy. Because the way that this team has been assembled, I know cornerback still, we'll see what happens there. But the way that the majority of this team has been assembled, they got some pieces. And even with cornerback, once Rock Your Scene comes back, that'll be a lot better. And then of course we're gonna get the guys, Kyle, Hamilton and Marcus. Cause again, a lot of us looked at the pre-season game and we like tripping out about cornerback when it came to that. But again, it wasn't the starters playing. So we gotta keep that in mind. But regardless, they do still need some depth at the cornerback position. But anyway, the way that the majority of this team has been assembled, the way that this roster has been put together by Eric DeCosta, it's pretty good. It's pretty good. I think the last time that we really like, he really did a good job of assembling the roster was in 2021. 2021, that was the year that everybody got hurt, right? I think it was 2021. Or was it 2021? No, 2021, 2021. That was it. Cause that was a nice roster too. But then everybody started getting hurt and well, you know the rest of the story. Anyway, JK Dobbins being back, it gives the Ravens even more quality depth. They get their guy back. And essentially, JK Dobbins a couple of years ago, they were giving him the keys. They were giving him the keys. I know we talk about a lot how the Ravens do running back by committee. But a couple of years ago, the year that he got hurt, unfortunately, that year was the year where it really looked like the Ravens were like, all right, JK Dobbins, it's you. It's you. I mean, they drafted him in the second round. That's pretty high to just be a contributor running back. No, you don't draft the runner back in that high to just be a contributor. You want him to be the guy. But when they were gonna hand him the keys to be the guy, that's when that week three preseason game against the Washington commanders, that's when that happened. And I mean, coincidence, the Ravens are gonna be doing joint practices with the commanders this week. So we'll see how that goes. And maybe this will be the week because the Ravens will be able to get to look at Chase Young up close and personal. But anyway, we'll talk about that later. But with JK Dobbins, that's when he was essentially gonna be the guy. But all that got changed in one play, one play. And what made it even worse, it was behind the starting offensive line at that time. Wasn't even backups. See y'all know, I was frustrated with the Ravens the other night. When they play Gus Edwards, who is a sort of 1A1B type starter, when they played him behind a backup offensive line, and even if he wanted to get the rust off, I do that behind the starters, not behind the backups, but he was fine, so it's okay, it worked out. But with JK Dobbins, his situation a couple years back when he got injured, that was behind the starting offensive line. So it's like, ooh, everything that could go wrong on that play, it did. So that's when, I guess, that's when it happened where he couldn't, he wasn't gonna be the guy anymore, because he was hurt. And it's still continued to be running back by committee ever since. But now with JK Dobbins being back, I would expect him to be the feature back, still gonna be running back by committee. They're still gonna use different guys, different ways. But I would expect JK Dobbins, I think we should all expect JK Dobbins to be their main running back. And now it's important that JK does practice. It's important that he does get involved with training camp, because like we spoke about in the previous video from today, looking on an iPad is one thing, but actually out there practicing, it's a completely different ball game. But now JK Dobbins can participate in that completely different ball game. And we talked about the quality depth. Now you got your one A starter back. So you got JK Dobbins, you got Gus Edwards, you got Melvin Gordon, you got Justice Hill, you got Keaton Mitchell, Ravens, you got some tough decisions. Because if it's based off of just that first pre-season game alone, you gotta wonder if you're gonna keep four. You really do. You gotta wonder if you're gonna keep four running backs. Now, with again, with my expectation, we'll see what happens. But with my expectation of the way that the offense is going, it should be a lot more passing than we're used to. But you still gonna run a ball. So if it's gonna be a lot more passing than we're used to, would they keep four running backs? Cause you're obviously gonna keep at least three. You're gonna keep at least three regardless of what the offense is. But we've seen them keep four in the past, but that was when the offense was more run oriented, more run heavy and whatnot. So we'll see. And if I had a guess right now, ooh, but it'd be so tough. Because if I had a guess right now, based off of the way that the Ravens do things, then I would say it would be JK Dobbins, Gus Edwards, Melvin Gordon and Justice Hill, Keith Mitchell practice squad. If it was up to me the way I do things, JK Dobbins, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill, Keith Mitchell. But then it's like, man, you gotta find a place for everybody. Keith Mitchell could be a special teamer. He could be a return man. He could also be a running back too. Justice Hill, we already know he's on special teams, but he could also get in the game as well. And JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards, they don't play special teams because they done made it. They done worked their way up. I mean, JK Dobbins was never gonna, I mean, he was second round pick in, he ain't gonna be no special teamer. And it ain't no offense to special teams, special teams are a big part of the game too, but they didn't bring JK Dobbins in with the intention of him playing on special teams. But yeah, they got some tough decisions to make, real tough decisions to make, but I'm glad that JK is back to make their decisions that much tougher. I'm really glad that he's back. So many Ravens fans throughout this whole JK debacle with the Baltimore Ravens, with this whole dispute. So many Ravens fans have been like, JK, come back, come on, we doing something special. JK, you got the opportunity of a lifetime, man. Hey, we going all the way this year. JK, we need you. We want you back in the building, man. JK, come through. And JK, hey, he's continued to express, despite the business side, he loves Baltimore. Loves the team, loves the fans, loves all that stuff, but he's trying to handle his business. And like I've continued to say, and I will always say, I got no problem with that. JK, get your bread, get your money as you best can, man. Somebody asked me in a previous video, like, what do you mean by when you say JK should go out there and just really try to get all the money that he possibly can. He should try to maximize his earning potential, try to maximize the money that he can get. And I explained it, what I meant when I said that, is that with JK Dobbins, again, say for instance, Raven's giving him a contract right now, he get a little raised, he get a nice little chunk of change, but it's not gonna be as much as he could possibly get, whether it be from the Ravens or whether it be from another team, it's not gonna be as much as he could possibly get if he goes out there and he kills it. If he goes out there and has a really good season, he goes out there and shows like, oh, no, no, this is the JK Dobbins that they drafted. This is me, completely healthy. This is why I can be one of the best running backs, not in the AFC North, not even in the AFC, but in the NFL. If he goes out there and shows that, despite free agency running back, getting even more crowded, if JK Dobbins can put together some nice film this year, some nice tape for teams this year. And again, whether that film is for the Baltimore Ravens or whether that film ends up being for somebody else, that film is going to be of JK Dobbins out there crushing it. And it is so important that he got back. Again, the leverage, he didn't have any leverage in the situation. Talked about that too extensively. The position that he's in, the way that the running back market is right now, doesn't play in JK Dobbins favor at all, at all, like not one bit, especially with the whole, everything going on with all the running backs around the league. We talked about earlier, we remember Joe Mixon with the pay cuts. We know about Ezekiel Elliott, still a free agent. He had had a visit last week, but still a free agent. We look at Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook, one of the best running backs over the past couple of, one of the best running backs over the past couple of years. Still a free agent till this day. Still a free agent. He's still out there. So the market is tough, man. That's why JK Dobbins, his leverage was so low because the market is rough on running backs right now. So it's almost like JK Dobbins, ain't have no choice but to come back. He ain't have no choice but to come through. And I think with Ravens, they are psychological team too. They obviously a business, but the psychological part plays a big role too. Reason being because they had their choice at a lot of other running backs that they could have brought in. They had their pick of a whole lot of veteran, free agent running backs that they could have signed. But they chose Melvin Gordon. They chose Melvin Gordon. I remember before there was past stuff that said they had been interested in Melvin Gordon before. That was a long time ago, but they chose Melvin Gordon. Is it a coincidence? Hey, it could be, but I think this played a factor. But is it a coincidence that Melvin Gordon also went through this holdout situation too? Cause teams, businesses, y'all know it from personal experience. I know it from personal experiences too. Businesses will, they'll play the psychological game when they try to send you a message. They can try to send you a message in so many different ways. And they just really wanted to click for you to be like, ah, okay, you get it now, don't you? I bet you do. And I hope you do. They'll do that type of stuff. It's business, it's the game within the game, within the game. Cause this could be on a whole nother level. Or hey, maybe I'm thinking too deep into it. Who knows? But regardless of whatever it is with Melvin Gordon, whatever it is with the other running backs, J.K. Dobbins is back. I'm sure, I know y'all are sure too, that the pre-season game, just watching them. You know that motivated J.K. Dobbins that much more, man. You know it, you know it did. It had to. Because if you sitting back and you watching other people who could essentially take your job. And this could happen to any of us. We sit back and we having problems with the company that we work for. We frustrated with the company that we work for. We wanna raise from the company that we work for. But the company ain't budging. Frustrating. And then if we ain't got no leverage too, even more frustrating. But then if we watching people in our same position for the company that we work for, we watching them and they look good too. We could be like me. All right, maybe I'm gonna just have to, I'm gonna have to ride this one out. I ain't gonna be able to get what I want right now. It's not gonna work in my favor right now. But you know what? So I don't end up coming away with nothing. If I don't end up, so I don't end up coming away with less than let me, you know what, let me go back. Let me show up. And I think that's what it is with JK Dobbins right now. Cause had he held out, had he stayed on the physically unable to perform lists, be right back in a situation a year later. Right back in a situation a year later. So this is a smart move in my opinion from JK Dobbins. And I hope he goes out there and he just, he shows us the best JK Dobbins that we done ever seen on the, as a Baltimore, no, no, no. I hope he goes out there and shows us the best JK Dobbins that we have ever seen, ever. Better than Ohio State, better than Baltimore Raven, just the best JK Dobbins we've ever seen because the potential's there. It's just a matter of putting it all together, putting it all together. JK Dobbins reminds me of the running back version of Rashad Bateman to where the potential is right there. And we've seen it, we've seen it plenty of times. But now it's about just putting it all together. And JK Dobbins, I would assume that he's gonna be the Baltimore Ravens number one running back, even though they'll still do by committee, but he's gonna be their main guy. And the same way with Rashad Bateman, I think he's gonna be their number one receiver. And both of them, by the week apart from each other, they returning, they back, they activated off the physically unable to perform less. And this is beautiful news, this is wonderful news, this is great news. Cause both of them major contributors to what the Baltimore Ravens can do. That they can be major contributors and their roles are extremely important because they play essential roles in Ravens getting this thing done. Ravens got all the potential in the world, but potential don't mean nothing unless you unlock it. So I'm happy for Rashad Bateman. Happy for Paracord too. But most importantly, this video centered around JK Dobbins and we extremely happy for him that he is no longer out.