Harvey Looks Likely to Sit Week 2, and Dobbins Is About to Carry This Backfield Alone

RJ Harvey is trending toward missing Week 2, which means J.K. Dobbins is about to find out what it feels like to be the only functional back on the roster. Harvey ran for 597 yards and scored seven rushing touchdowns last season — a genuine complementary piece in Denver's ground game. Losing him for even one game leaves Dobbins with Tyler Badie and Cody Schrader behind him, neither of whom logged meaningful snaps in 2025.

The roster analysis flagged this coming into the year: no viable depth behind Dobbins at running back. That was a theoretical problem in August. With Harvey out and Mims already ruled out at receiver, it's a real one now. Denver's skill position group is getting thinner by the week, and the team doesn't have the kind of redundancy that absorbs these things quietly.

Dobbins is good enough to handle a heavy workload — he proved that last season in ten games. My concern is less about Sunday and more about what happens if he picks up anything at all. The depth chart behind him is a name and a prayer.