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.

  • lambkeeper@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A reminder Falcons could have had Micah Parsons and Jalen Carter but instead opted to draft a TE2 and RB2

  • emseewagz@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Maybe once they realize ridder wasn’t it or at least isnt it this year, they decided to protect their young assets, like Bijan and Pitts. Division might suck but this falcons team is not ready. They certainly have some excellent pieces…

    I dont know if it’s all that ethical to essentially throw by underutilizing your young talent, but if I was falcons leadership I certainly wouldn’t mind considering next year. Esp your young stud RB. Save them carries for the future and keep him healthy as hell. Especially when you have another RB who performed ok last yr. I get algeier ain’t blowing anyone’s mind this yr but it’s not just about his skill, it’s the team around him as well. Why put Bijan thru that

  • libelecsWhiteWolf@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Have we considered he may be 5th in YPC because he’s RB2? Like how Felix Jones used to average 5+ YPC for the Cowboys while being RB2 for Marion Barber but couldn’t keep up the pace when moved to the starting lineup?

  • Remmy71@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think a 13 carry difference over the course of half a season makes him an “RB2.” It’s just a rotation that splits carries fairly evenly so that neither get tired out at one of the most physical positions in the game.

    The lack of red zone attempts may just be explained by the Falcons not being in the red zone a lot.

  • ElonMuskIsAPissBaby@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For those that say “he was always going to be used this way”, you could have gotten basically the exact same production with a much cheaper draft pick. If you’re going to use a RB in a committee or as a decoy that’s perfectly fine, but you can get that from a mid or late round pick. It’s not fine to blow the number 8 pick on something like that.

  • HyronValkinson@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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

  • TopHatJaguar@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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