For much of last season, as running back Aaron Jones struggled to deal with a hamstring injury that factored into him missing six games for the Packers, it appeared that we were watching the end of the line for Jones in Green Bay. But a late-year resurgence seems to have firmed up Jones’ position on the team, though it does appear as though the Packers will bid farewell to popular No. 2 running back A.J. Dillon.

To replace him, the Packers could take a somewhat odd route: Signing a player who has had many, many more injury issues over the years than Jones. That would be Ravens free-agent running back J.K. Dobbins, who is working his way back from a torn Achilles tendon he suffered in the 2023 opener.

Dobbins has missed 82% of his games in the NFL since his rookie year, after he was drafted in the second round out of Ohio State in 2020. The Ravens played 51 games from 2021-23, and Dobbins appeared in only nine of them. He’s missed 64% of games in his career.

But he will be trying for a comeback year. And Bleacher Report makes the case that the Packers would be the team for which he should make that comeback.

J.K. Dobbins Has ‘Pro Bowl Potential’

There is some sense to that. Dobbins has talent. Problem is, even if he is rarely on the field. He suffered an ACL tear in 2021 and missed the entire season. Last year, it was the season-opening injury that cost him. Dobbins has averaged an impressive 5.8 yards per carry in 234 NFL carries, but he is just not on the field enough to translate those numbers into big-time production.

Here’s how Alex Kay of B/R sees it, in an article titled, “New Landing Spot Predictions for 2024 NFL Free-Agent RBs After Franchise-Tag Deadline”: