I sure hope so. There’s a laundry list of reasons they need him, aside from the fact that this is the second-biggest possible game an NFL team can play in. Thompkins’ unknown injury status, the lack of any other X-receiver currently healthy, and the Broncos’ pass defense all have me praying Dobson can gut it out.
Just not a good sign that he reinjured the foot though. Someone tweeted to me today that WEEI said he could’ve played vs. Indy if not for the weather. I don’t totally buy that because he missed practice all week and that included at least one inside the dome.
They really need him and this would be the perfect chance to step up like the defensive rookies did last weekend. If we don’t see Dobson it will be a anticlimactic end to a rookie season that looked like it would be promising just before the bye week vs. the Steelers, but was barely seen again.