Is Robinson's goal-line work concerning for Bijan?
With Brian Robinson Jr. reportedly to have a primary goal-line role for the Falcons, Kyle Dvorchak expects a similar split from a year ago and isn't adjusting his ranking of Bijan Robinson with this report.
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Falcons free agent edition running back Brian Robinson Jr. Is reportedly expected to have a goal line role this season.
I think for everyone drafting Bijan Robinson at either the first, second, or if you're lucky, maybe you get him at the third pick, this is at least somewhat concerning.
I will note that it's also very much in line with what we saw last year.
Tyler Algier actually held a red zone carries advantage over Bijan Robinson, 32 to 31.
It's only a one carry advantage, but a true 50-50 split in the red zone.
And once they got to the goal line, and that's really where we want to get the carries, a carry from the 20, not awfully likely to score a touchdown.
A carry from the one or even just inside the five, very likely to score a touchdown.
He held Bijan Robinson to a 7-7 standstill in terms of goal line carries.
And he ended up out rushing touchdowning Bijan Robinson 8-7.
Tyler Algier was this team's short yardage goal line touchdown scoring back.
And Brian Robinson, if he does anything right now, does profile as that type of player.
I will note that the NFL seemed to value Algier's skill set much more highly on the open market, giving him a two-year $12 million contract that obviously came from Arizona.
Whereas Brian Robinson earned a one-year $2.5 million contract.
To me, even if this is a 50-50 split at the goal line, we're looking at top two, top three fantasy production from Bijan Robinson.
If it moves more to 60-40 or 75-25, where Bijan Robinson is very clearly the top goal line back, the top between the 20s back, the top passing bounce back, we're looking at potentially the RB1 overall.
I know this isn't what fantasy managers want to hear about the goal line split, but overall, I'm not moving the fantasy rankings based on this report.
