Sean Payton on Broncos’ interest in free agent running back J.K. Dobbins: ‘We’ll see where it goes’

The Broncos and J K Dobbins are getting to know each other The veteran running back arrived in Denver on Wednesday night and had dinner with club personnel then was set to be in the building Thursday as the crew wrapped up OTAs head coach Sean Payton verified We ll have a chance to visit with him and then we ll see where it goes Payton announced Dobbins is a free agent after spending the season with the Los Angeles Chargers He got off to a terrific start there rushing for yards and two touchdowns over the first two weeks of the season He finished with total rushing yards and nine touchdowns added catches and is considered a reliable pass-blocker Dobbins didn t carry the same level of explosion through the season he averaged yards after the opening two weeks and missed four games late in the year due to an injury but he s considered one of a couple quality veteran backs still on the industry Among the others is former Cleveland back Nick Chubb Related Articles Broncos Mailbag Should Denver sign JK Dobbins Nick Chubb or another veteran running back Broncos hosting former Chargers RB J K Dobbins for visit source confirms Broncos sign TE Caden Prieskorn after injury hits the position Broncos Pat Surtain II says he has high interest in playing flag football in Summer Olympics Broncos OLB Jonah Elliss working toward full soundness aiming for big Year jump I m shooting higher Payton on Thursday reiterated he likes the Broncos current running back room which features second-round rookie RJ Harvey second-year men Audric Estime and Blake Watson Jaleel McLaughlin and Tyler Badie Just another good football member that we ve seen first-hand and I ve seen for a while Just the importance of that position group we really like the group right now that we re working with It s just another opportunity to possibly bring in another good football athlete to help us win Watson did not practice in Thursday s OTA practice which was open to reporters He did work on the side field This story will be updated Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis