NFL tributes Josh Dobbs with changes to official league social media profiles
Josh Dobbs has shown to me one of the more electrifying quarterbacks in the National Football League in the past few years. For whatever the reason, things seem to have clicked for the former Tennessee star and his career as an NFL quarterback has taken off the past few years. Despite only being with the Minnesota Vikings for less than two full weeks, Dobbs has led his team to back-to-back wins. On Sunday night, the NFL honored Dobbs on their Twitter page, putting a picture of him up on their banner.
They also wrote in their bio section, “in Dobbs we trust.”
Check it out below.
He’s been one of the more impressive stories in the NFL the past few seasons and his style of play is fascinating to watch. In Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Saints, Dobbs completed 24 of 43 passes for 268 yards, while tossing in a touchdown and rushing for 44 yards and another touchdown.
The Vikings pulled out the 27-19 victory over the Saints on Sunday, and Dobbs was crucial in carrying his team to back-to-back victories the past two weeks.
He’s been a man on a mission lately in the NFL
He’s been racking up the awards and honors lately, as Dobbs recently won the Nickelodeon NVP Award last Sunday in his first start for the Vikings, despite being with the team for five days.
Dobbs recorded an NFL first as he led the team to victory over the Falcons last Sunday. After his trade from the Arizona Cardinals to Minnesota, Dobbs became the first player in NFL history to record three touchdown performances in back-to-back weeks for two different teams.
First, the former Tennessee star posted 208 passing yards and two passing touchdowns with one rushing touchdown last week for the Cardinals against the Ravens. Then, he had two more touchdown passes and another rushing touchdown for the Vikings against Atlanta.
Dobbs was never even supposed to enter the Week 9 game against the Falcons. He only subbed in when rookie quarterback Jaren Hall suffered an injury that knocked him out of the game in the first quarter. The former Vol hadn’t participated in a full practice or even taken snaps from the starting center before taking over the offense – and doing it with aplomb.
Josh Dobbs capitalizes as he takes reins in Minnesota
Not only did Dobbs get the ball last Sunday due to injury, but also, he’s only in Minnesota because starting quarterback Kirk Cousins suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. Having a good enough season to make an investment in Dobbs, the Vikings traded a sixth-round draft pick in this year’s draft for the QB and a conditional seventh-round selection.
Capitalizing off of injuries has been the name of the game all season long for the veteran quarterback. He took over as the starter for the Arizona Cardinals due to Kyler Murray‘s torn ACL.
Dobbs is certainly making the most of others’ misfortune this year. He has 1,727 passing yards, 324 rushing yards, 10 passing touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns, which is the most production he’s had in the NFL since leaving Tennessee as a fourth-round draft pick in 2017.
On Sunday, Dobbs connected with Brandon Powell from six yards out with less than 30 seconds to play in the game against the Falcons. That score gave Minnesota a 31-28 advantage over Atlanta with just 20 seconds remaining on the clock. The score held and the Vikings improved to 5-4 on the year while the Falcons dropped to 4-5.
On3’s Nikki Chavanelle also contributed to this article.