Bijan has 103 carries to Tyler’s 116.
Bijan is 22nd in rushing attempts, and is 41st in redzone rushing attempts (seriously what the actual fuck).
It is absolutely criminal his usage. Even if he was a 7th round pick, with that production, I would expect him to be RB1, but the EIGHTH pick to be used like this is shocking.
I cannot comprehend what Arthur Smith thinks is best for the team, when our 3 best offensive skill positions are basically just used as decoys.
Any Falcons fan could tell you that Kyle Pitts would be 1st team all pro on most teams, the man catches literally anything and is always open, but nah, Jonnu Smith is our guy.
The only people angry about this are fantasy football nerds. Allgeier isn’t a bum.
Not getting stuffed three times in a row in the redzone because you are RB#2 is going to help your Y/A. Plenty of “backup” RB’s have had better efficiency stats in part because of the quality of attempts.
They’re protecting an asset they drafted high. They aren’t winning shit this year so why ruin your future?
This is exactly why teams like the 76ers have never come close to winning shit. Culture is so important and giving up in a season where you can easily make the playoffs does more to fuck your chances in the future than not “protecting an asset.”
Arthur Smith has to be intentionally tanking, and he’s just really good at selling the whole “I’m just that smart” shtick
Bijan must have stock in UPS.
It’s so funny to me all the people in off-season clamoring that RBs don’t get second contracts that are lucrative, 1 factor is that they are overused in their rookies years and are burnt out after 2 years
Arthur Smith is a football terrorist.
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Commanders certainly want to, I feel like McLaurin and Dotson were dropping so many balls they got the memo but Sam didn’t cut he’s got that dawg in him
If I was Arthur Smith I’d be limiting his touches and keeping his mileage down until there is a team built to actually make a push. RBs not named Derrick Henry tend to burn out relatively quickly under a RB1 workload
I still don’t know why they’re drafted him when they already had Algeier.
I agree they should’ve took Carter but ey they hooked you guys up. I think the lions were going for Bijan and then the falcons shocked everyone when they drafted a RB when they already had a 1000yd rusher on a rookie contract
I know hindsight is 20/20, but could you imagine the Falcons with Will Levis? Wow.
Allgeier is the every down back and Bijan is the change of pace back.
Allgeier is the short yardage back.
Bijan is the passing game back.
Their use cases have reflected this and people just believe this RB concept doesn’t exist anymore even though we’ve seen it for decades.
As a Falcons fan, I can assure everyone that this is one of many offensive issues that we are experiencing…
But… he’s not… he gets more touches than Allgeier. 15 touches for Allgeier to 17 touches for Robinson