A new era has begun for the Los Angeles Chargers, and it promises to be one that will involve a lot more winning than they have done in recent years.
With new head coach Jim Harbaugh, they have a proven winner and culture builder, not to mention someone who will emphasize running the football and playing a hard-hitting style of football.
Earlier this offseason, L.A. brought in running back Gus Edwards from the Baltimore Ravens, and on Wednesday, they acquired another former Ravens tailback: J.K. Dobbins, per Ari Meirov.
JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards have now both gone from the #Ravens to the #Chargers. https://t.co/1E6AgS731Z
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 17, 2024
Jim Harbaugh’s brother John is, of course, the Ravens’ longtime head coach, and now the Bolts will have a Ravens-type flavor to their backfield.
They released Austin Ekeler, one of the NFL’s more underrated running backs, this offseason after they couldn’t come to terms with him on a reasonable new contract.
Dobbins played just one game in 2023 because of a torn Achilles, but at age 25, perhaps he can come back and still be productive.
A second-round draft pick in 2020, he ran for 805 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 6.0 yards per carry as a rookie, however, he tore his ACL during the 2021 preseason.
The Chargers have the No. 5 pick in next week’s NFL Draft, and there has been lots of speculation about what Jim Harbaugh and crew will do with it.
They could take a wide receiver such as Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze, or Malik Nabers, or possibly offensive tackle Joe Alt, or they could trade down in order to obtain two picks later in the first round.
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