Dolphins' Patrick Cobbs on the mend

For Miami Dolphins running back Patrick Cobbs, it's been a long road back from a season-ending knee injury suffered last year against the New York Jets.

Now that the damage has been repaired by surgery and he's off injured reserve, Cobbs is eager to conquer the mental aspect of his recovery.

"I knew right when it happened that something wasn't right," Cobbs told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It kind of crushed me. I was hurt more emotionally than I was with my knee right at the time. ..

"I got a lot of my confidence back in the weight room, putting pressure on it. It's kind of slow to build. I haven't got it all back but I'm making it."

A versatile third-down threat and Wildcat option, Cobbs' absence created a hole in the Dolphins' offense.

"We missed this guy a lot," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said. "There's a lot of jobs he does that not a lot of people want to stand in line for, and this guy does them and he does them well. Until he's not there you don't really realize just how well he does it."

Cobbs hopes to play in the first preseason game.

"I'm on my schedule," Cobbs said. "Whether that be ahead of a lot of people's schedules, right now I'm comfortable with the progress I'm making."

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