After a massive win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2, the Denver Broncos look to secure their second win in a row, as they host the Los Angeles Rams in Week 3 on Sunday Night Football. Interestingly enough, the Bo Nix-led Broncos are undefeated against NFC opponents at home.
The Broncos lone loss in the Nix era against the NFC also came in Nix's first NFL start against the Seattle Seahawks. With as good a team as the Rams are, the key to victory feels rather straight-forward: control the clock and play good defense, which was clearly the gameplan in Week 3.
To control the clock, the Broncos will need their running backs to come through, and after being down both J.K. Dobbins and RJ Harvey for part of the game and the entire game last week, the Broncos will get both back for SNF.
Denver Broncos WILL have J.K. Dobbins and RJ Harvey in Week 3 against LA Rams
After being limited on Wednesday, both Dobbins and Harvey were full in participation in Thursday and Friday and do not even have an injury status ahead of SNF. Both are healthy and will play:
Friday's #LARvsDEN injury report:
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Of note, Jonah Coleman, who finished the game out of the backfield, did not practice all week and is not suiting up. Wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. was limited all week with a foot injury and is going to be questionable for Sunday Night Football.
The Broncos getting Dobbins and Harvey back is massive, as if either of them weren't able to play, the Broncos would be going into this game down two of their top three runners. With Coleman out, the Broncos figure to get Tyler Badie on the field in obvious passing situations.
But, for the most part, the Broncos need to lean on Dobbins and Harvey similar to how the Rams lead on Kyren Williams and Blake Corum, who have 23 and 22 carries this year, respectively. Denver having a trio of efficient running backs is ideal, but the injury bug has already hit this room.
They were healthy for Week 1, but we didn't get to see Coleman get a carry two weeks ago. Hopefully, Week 4 and beyond can be where the Broncos have a healthy room with all three contributing. For now, though, the Broncos will have to figure out how to win this game without Coleman, who might be their toughest runner at the moment.
But both Dobbins and Harvey are playing in Week 3.
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