Chargers' J.K. Dobbins says he's '100 percent,' excited to reunite with Gus Edwards, Greg Roman

J.K. Dobbins swapped coasts this offseason, moving from the Chesapeake Bay to mere miles from the Pacific Ocean when he joined the Los Angeles Chargers.

The move was like a breath of fresh ocean air, except for the salt. After recovering from another season-ending injury suffered in 2023 -- this time, it was an Achilles -- Dobbins feels good and is ready to shake off any negative associations.

"I'm 100 percent now," Dobbins said Monday of his health status and recovery. "It was like a walk in the park, it was like a sprained ankle. It was very easy, because I had the knee [injury] -- the knee was pretty hard. The Achilles was, I would say, easy, just because that's my mentality. It was pretty easy to me. I've had these injuries.

"It's been a storm the past two years, having great games, and then, the next thing you know, hurt. Got the injury-prone [label] out there, but I think that the storm is over with. I think that I'm going to take off now. There will be no setbacks. The injury-prone thing will be gone, out of the window, again."

Dobbins' career began with great fanfare in Baltimore, where he arrived as one-third of a three-headed backfield known for grinding opponents down on the ground. He lived up to those expectations as a rookie, too, picking up 805 yards and scoring nine touchdowns on just 134 attempts, averaging six yards per carry for a Ravens team that finished 11-5 and reached the playoffs via a wild-card berth.

The optimism tailed off from there, though, as Dobbins suffered a season-ending knee injury in the 2021 preseason, and played just eight games in 2022 due to another knee issue. Finally healthy in 2023, Dobbins again ran into terrible luck, suffering a torn Achilles tendon in Week 1, effectively ending