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is there any chance they know they're balls this year, RBs have really short lifespans, and they are trying not to overuse him in a year that doesn't matter? idk

Reminds me of his freshman year at Texas. He averaged almost 10 YAC, but Herman had him as RB2/3. Interesting note was that was Herman's last year at Texas

They’re protecting an asset they drafted high. They aren’t winning shit this year so why ruin your future?

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.

You don't take a RB that high if you aren't planning on running them into the ground while they're useful

Why do we have to get these posts every day about our player’s usage? Since when did anyone give a fuck about what the Falcons were doing? We’re painfully irrelevant.

What were y’all’s expectation? Bijan was gonna come in and run for 1500? Lead us to the SB? Let it go.

Bijan is outsnapping Allgeier by almost double, so I definitely wouldn’t call him the RB2 even if the carries would give you that first impression.

Allgeier isn't bad at all! But it is insane to spend such a high draft pick and use hi sparingly

I still don’t know why they’re drafted him when they already had Algeier.

Manage his load, and avoid what Garrett did to Zeke. Bijan has the potential to be high impact for some time, but that goes down the drain without load management

Arthur Smith has to be intentionally tanking, and he’s just really good at selling the whole “I’m just that smart” shtick

Everyone saying it doesn’t make sense to overuse your rookie RB if you aren’t competing are whack. The point of every season should be to win games. The falcons can win their weak division and who knows. You can’t keep saying next season. You gotta go out and win some football games. Bijan gives the falcons the best chance to win. It’s not like the falcon are 3-12. They are right in the mix and only half the season is done

Any time ya make the choice to rock that mustache u better expect consequences outside your control.

Yeah but just think about how triggered all the fantasy bros are at this. Isn't that really the point? /s

Bijan must have stock in UPS.

While it is criminal this does ignore the game Bijan was allegedly ill or whatever

Arthur Smith is a football terrorist, but the devil's advocate in me says Bijan partly has such a high YPC because he does split carries.

Just saving him for the Super Bowl run obviously

This reminders me a lot of early Singletary for the Bills where his Y/A were really high but I think they were putting out the husk of Frank Gore each week.

And this is worse because they used a much higher pick on Robinson

Following this team is mentally exhausting and draining man. So frustrating, we have talent now, use it

I think Arthur Smith is a spiteful assclown

I know hindsight is 20/20, but could you imagine the Falcons with Will Levis? Wow.

Falcons could have taken Jalen Carter and instead took a RB just to use him essentially as a decoy. Horrible coaching and horrible front office. Neither are on the same page as the other.

I mean wasn’t bijan sick one game? If you exclude that game wouldn’t it be pretty much equal?

Nothing the falcons love more than taking highly skilled dynamic players and never using them

it is really strange because bijan is the type of guy you use to break a defense down over the course of the game. by using him as a decoy or like kamara in his rookie season (less than that) you minimize the benefits of his rare size/speed combo. i get not wanting to run him like zeke but they would probably really benefit from a workload like 75% of that

I’ve been saying I am praying the falcons lose the next two games. He has been getting away with it because they have been winning (although their record could be even better). If they go on a 3 game losing streak while Arthur is being a dick and not using Bijan, I imagine the owner makes a call and tells him to give up the bullshit and to use their top 10 draft pick more.

There’s no explanation other than Smith trying to prove he is better than everyone else and him trying to piss off fantasy players. That’s literally the only reason why he is doing it

Imagine drafting Kyle Pitts, Drake Longdon, and Bijan Robinson all in the top 10 and then going out of your way to not use them.

I hope the Failcons keep Smith on as long as possible, because if a competent offensive minded coach gets a hold of the weapons atl has, it's not going to be pretty for the NFC South

Why isn't anyone talking about Bijan? Whenever there's a post that isn't about Bijan, everyone should be asking "where's Bijan?"

Embarrassing amount of people in here defending Arthur Smith. You get the ball to your best guys period. It’s what the best coaches in the league do and it’s not complicated

Arthur “Hamas” Smith ladies and gentlemen.

I too, have him on my fantasy team.

and is 41st in redzone rushing attempts (seriously what the actual fuck)

You have to be in the red zone to get a lot of red zone attempts.

Using total rushing attempts this way is dumb, straight up.

smith bad, bijan good

My only explanation is that it's actually the year 2199, and billionaire Arthur Smith is playing Madden, and we're all just characters in his own personal Matrix.

Jonnu Smith is his create-a-character.

Who needs first round talent when you have mid to late round players?

Arthur Smith is a football terrorist.

As an Allgeier fantasy owner, I would appreciate it if you deleted this post.

Drafting Pitts, London, and Robinson in consecutive drafts and using them so little has been an absolute masterclass in draft and asset mismanagement. Bravo, coach!

Arthur “baby geniuses 2” smith