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Atlanta Falcons @ Indianapolis foals
Sesame Robinson continues to play more at wide receiver: The Falcons continued to use more plays with both of their running backs on the field, with Tyler Allgeier lining up in the backfield again.
The two-running-back strategy is something most teams try to confuse defenses with, but only a few times per game. A few teams have used it with regularity, usually when they had a hybrid player like Cordarrelle Patterson, JD McKissic, Tarik Cohen or Tyler Ervin. The Falcons used this with some regularity early in Robinson’s rookie season. Robinson is the only running back with a game in the past decade in which he played 14 or more snaps at wide receiver from sets of two backs, at least 14 snaps in the backfield and a total of 50 or more snaps in a game. He did this three times in his rookie season.
Robinson had the fourth game of his career last week when the Falcons used less than 12 men and more 21 men. If Allgeier was on the field earlier in the season, Robinson was likely off the field. That wasn’t the case last week, resulting in Robinson playing a career-high 96.4% of Atlanta’s offensive snaps. This week, Atlanta used this personnel formation six times in the first quarter alone, which was already the second most in a game this season. They used it a few more times in the second half, leading to 13 plays with this personnel group. He played more than 85% of offensive snaps for the third time in four weeks, after averaging 74.6% of snaps over the first six weeks.
Robinson was more effective in the run game this week compared to last month, but he hasn’t found the end zone over the last three weeks. Ideally, the offense will put together more long drives, allowing Robinson to score more fantasy points. If the Falcons continue to use Robinson in this role, his ceiling will be even higher than it was during the first half of the season. Most of these plays are simply Allgeier runs, but it will lead to Robinson running more routes, which ultimately leads to more targets.
The Colts move on Adooi Mitchell: The former second-round pick was traded to the New York Jets as part of the Sauce Gardner trade.
The Colts have used the same wide receiver rotation the past two seasons. Alec Pierce was the X, Michael Pittman Jr. was the Z, Josh Downs was the lock and Mitchell was the best backup for everyone. All three starters missed at least one game in 2024, with Mitchell serving as a replacement each time. Pierce was the first starting Colts receiver to miss a game this year. Mitchell started that game and infamously let the ball go on the one-yard line and was awarded a penalty that took back a long touchdown. Ashton Dulin started the next game for Pierce and now Mitchell is no longer on the roster.
Dulin was the Colts’ best backup in this game, taking over when one of the three wide receivers needed a break. He ran the ball once for 22 yards, setting up a one-yard touchdown run for Jonathan Taylor. It is worth noting that Anthony Gould was unable to play due to a knee injury, his second absence in a row. He hasn’t practiced all week. He was initially listed as doubtful on Friday and was ruled out on Saturday. However, Dulin was ahead of Gould on the depth chart earlier this season when someone needed a playoff.
Dulin won’t have fantasy value as long as the rest of the Colts’ wide receivers remain healthy, but he would be worth a waiver-wire pickup if any of the three Colts wide receivers suffer an injury this season.
Miscellaneous notes
- The Falcons released kicker Parker Romo on Tuesday and replaced him with veteran Zane Gonzalez on Wednesday.
- Wide receiver Casey Washington returned after missing last week with a back injury. However, David Sills V remains the third wide receiver in three-receiver sets. KhaDarel Hodge is Drake London’s main backup.
- Atlanta’s third-string running back, Nathan Carter, was back in the lineup after being healthy inactive last week.
- Jonathan Taylor gained more than 200 rushing yards for the third time in his career.
- Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. did not train on Wednesday, but was upgraded to full on Thursday. He was struggling with a gluteal muscle injury.
- The Colts signed wide receiver Laquon Treadwell from their own practice squad on Saturday. He was the fifth wide receiver on the depth chart for this game and will generally be sixth on the depth chart for the rest of the season.
- Colts halfback DJ Giddens was a healthy inactive, his third straight absence. Ameer Abdullah has taken over as the Colts’ backup.
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Table notes
- Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. These plays have been removed from the other three statistics.
- Objectives may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be the result of an obviously thrown pass, where the NFL could give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data does not.
- Carries are only possible on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles do not count toward the total number of carries in the game.
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