Pat Fantasy Dog Pound told listeners to sprinkle late-round shares of free-agent J.K. Dobbins because he thinks the Cowboys are the most logical landing spot. Dallas has only rookie Jaden Blue and depth bodies behind presumed starter Javonte Williams, and the front office has already kicked the tires on multiple veteran backs. Pat said Dobbins ‘fits perfectly’ in Mike McCarthy’s zone-heavy run game and would immediately vacuum up the goal-line work that produced 14 rushing TDs for the backfield last year. If the signing happens, Dobbins’ current 18th-round price would jump eight-plus rounds overnight while simultaneously nuking Blue’s path to touches. Pat advised drafters to act now, calling it a classic asymmetric bet: “if he lands in Dallas you just printed closing-line value; if he doesn’t, you burn an 18th-round pick.”

Liam Murphy urged drafters to grab J.K. Dobbins in the late rounds while he is still a free agent, predicting that "if he signs, he’s going up in price." Murphy compared the situation to last summer’s Dalvin Cook ADP rip after landing with the Jets and argued any team that brings Dobbins in will be doing so for meaningful touches, not depth. Because drafters are overweight rookies like Taj Brooks, he prefers the veteran who has already flashed 20-point DFS weeks and expects even a modest contract to push Dobbins into the single-digit rounds by August, creating instant closing-line value.

Davis Mattek explained that J.K. Dobbins’ current restricted-free-agent status is comp-pick related only—he must sign somewhere before July 27 or the Chargers automatically retain his rights. Mattek expects a deal well ahead of that deadline, noting Baltimore used the same mechanism with Diontae Johnson before he inked elsewhere. Once Dobbins puts pen to paper, Mattek projects a sharp ADP spike, especially if the landing spot offers a clear path to early touches. He floated Dallas as the dream scenario, estimating Dobbins would jump to an 11.5 half-PPR points-per-game projection in a Tony Pollard-style role. Because current drafts price in uncertainty, Mattek is scooping Dobbins multiple rounds ahead of market as a classic news-driven value that could settle in the RB25 range by August.