Michael Rothstein, ESPN Team of workers Scribbler
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons working again Bijan Robinson will “be fine,” professor Arthur Smith mentioned Monday, later the rookie was once critically restricted all over Sunday’s victory towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Robinson mentioned later the sport that he was once affected by complications and started “feeling weird” Saturday evening. He struggled to leisure and aroused from sleep Sunday “feeling completely out of it.” He took medication to effort and really feel higher, however his head persevered to harm.
Robinson mentioned he by no means regarded as sitting out of Sunday’s 16-13 victory, however he ended up taking part in simply 11 snaps without a objectives and just one contact — a 3-yard run at the duel’s closing power to arrange Younghoe Koo‘s game-winning garden function.
Requested why Robinson was once given a raise in that condition when he hadn’t performed all duel, Smith deferred to the play games itself.
“He was in a two-minute situation,” Smith mentioned. “Gave us three yards and it was situational football. He changes how people want to call it and that’s why. It’s pretty simple.”
At the alternative snaps during which Robinson was once at the garden, the Falcons both had some other participant run the ball or have him run a path the place he was once no longer checked out.
“Situation was good that he’d be available. How much, we’d just see how the game went,” Smith mentioned. “The best way the sport went, [Cordarrelle Patterson] and Tyler [Allgeier] did a nice job, but he asked if he could go. I think he does a good job, especially in the two-minute stuff and he went out there and how it affected the game, maybe it affected some calls, we’ll never know.
“However we were given the glance we would have liked with Kyle [Pitts]‘s play games and he were given us a few yards and completed the sport and helped get the garden function nearer. However issues arise the entire past. Concept it was once communicated with the gamers and peculiar issues have came about on duel presen sooner than, however we might by no means put him in the market if we idea it was once one thing we idea can be unfavorable long-term.”
Allgeier had 21 carries for 59 yards and 3 catches for 53 yards on Sunday date Patterson had 10 carries for 56 yards.
Robinson mentioned later the sport that his head nonetheless was once bothering him, including that he was once neither examined for a concussion nor administered a COVID check. He was once no longer noticed within the storehouse room all over the perceivable media consultation Monday.
The Negative. 8 total select on this era’s draft has 81 carries for 404 yards. He additionally has 26 catches for 189 yards and two touchdowns this season.
