New Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is bringing a model of smashmouth soccer to the franchise. An incredible illustration of Harbaugh’s philosophy resides in how the Chargers have revamped their backfield through free company.
The Chargers added Gus Edwards in March, and now they’ve added J.Ok. Dobbins, per NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.
Each Dobbins and Edwards come to the Chargers after spending the primary portion of their careers with the Baltimore Ravens, the place present Chargers offensive coordinator Greg Roman was the Ravens OC from 2019-22.
Each backs should not have any bother studying the Chargers offensive scheme and having the ability to run with authority. Dobbins has averaged 5.8 yards per carry all through his profession and Edwards has averaged 4.9. Whereas Dobbins has been elite throughout his NFL profession, he is had dangerous luck with accidents. Nonetheless simply 25, Dobbins tore his Achilles final season and tore his ACL in 2021. The Chargers are banking on Dobbins to be wholesome shifting ahead and to provide like he has prior to now.
The Los Angeles dashing assault ranked No. 27 in dashing yards per carry final season with 3.8. Dobbins and Edwards, together with what figures to be an improved offensive line, ought to culminate in one of the best dashing rankings the Chargers have had in years, maybe all the way in which again to the times of LaDainian Tomlinson.
“Are you able to think about Justin Herbert with an amazing operating recreation?” Greg Roman mentioned final month, per ESPN. “We do not know, however I can think about what it would seem like. That is form of the imaginative and prescient.”
Again in February Harbaugh talked in regards to the significance of building a very good operating recreation to maintain Justin Herbert wholesome and to not put an excessive amount of on his shoulders. Herbert’s an elite quarterback, nevertheless it’s a crew recreation, and balanced assaults are nonetheless essential to win the Tremendous Bowl, and even the NFC West.
“Defending him. We want a run recreation,” Harbaugh mentioned. “We want to have the ability to be balanced so he doesn’t need to be Superman each single play.”
The Chargers offense will possible want so as to add extra reinforcements at huge receiver after buying and selling Keenan Allen to the Chicago Bears and releasing Mike Williams. Nevertheless, that place will possible be focused within the NFL Draft, maybe as quickly as the primary spherical the place the Chargers have the No. 5 general choose. Whereas receiver is a query nonetheless a query mark, the depth at operating again is just not. Dobbins and Edwards might do a number of harm for Los Angeles this season.
