The Baltimore Ravens were able to pull off an important 23-20 win against the Cleveland Browns in Week 7 of the 2022 season. The contest came down to the wire, but they got massive contributions from their running game, including running back Gus Edwards, who carried the ball 16 times for 66 yards and two touchdowns in his first game since the 2021 Divisional Round.
While Edwards returned to action, his backfield counterpart in J.K. Dobbins was placed on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. When asked about what the situation with Dobbins is following the team’s Week 7 win, head coach John Harbaugh went into detail on what the running back is dealing with.
“Fair question. As he was going, he had a range of motion issue with scar tissue. So, we’re working him through. He’s making progress. We measure all that stuff, and he’s making, I’d say, measured progress, probably what you would expect. He’s a little impatient, which is in a good way, and he wants to try to speed the process up. This particular surgery kind of got into the conversation about three weeks ago. I think it’s the same one that [New York Giants RB] Saquon Barkley might have had – I’m just speculating on that – and get the full range back in four to five weeks, something like that, six weeks, something like that. So, he just wanted to do it. He wanted to do it; he didn’t want to go the slow road. If it doesn’t work 100%, then he’s kind of on the slow road again. He’s making progress. So, there’s no new injury or anything like that; he just wanted to take a shot at speeding up the process.”
Coach Harbaugh on J.K. Dobbins: pic.twitter.com/St8nksF0Zj
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