The Atlanta Falcons didn’t re-sign operating again Tyler Allgeier in free company, as a substitute signing veteran Brian Robinson Jr. to again up Bijan Robinson in 2026. Allgeier, a former fifth-round select of BYU, landed a two-year, $12.25 million cope with the Arizona Cardinals in free company.
However, Allgeier quickly discovered himself in an identical state of affairs to the one he departed in Atlanta. The Cardinals chosen Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love third general within the 2026 NFL Draft, and by doing so, considerably restricted Allgeier’s potential upside on his new workforce.
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Allgeier will now should compete with Love, James Conner and Trey Benson for carries in Arizona. ESPN ranked the Cardinals’ operating again unit because the NFL’s most improved place group heading into 2026. ESPN’s Ben Solak went on to recommend that Allgeier may very well be traded on account of Arizona’s logjam at operating again.
“With the drafting of Love, Allgeier becomes an interesting trade candidate,” wrote Solak earlier than itemizing a couple of doable groups. “Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving is out for the summer time and probably into the autumn with lingering shoulder points. And the Jaguars‘ RB room, that includes Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr., is nonetheless mighty skinny. If the Cardinals need to trade Allgeier, regardless of signing him to a multiyear free agent contract simply months in the past, they need to have suitors.”
The Falcons noticed what Allgeier may do in a lead-back position throughout his rookie 12 months in 2022. He rushed for 1,035 yards and eight touchdowns on 4.9 yards per carry. Atlanta nonetheless could not resist taking Bijan with the eighth general decide in 2023, although, and the remainder is historical past.
Allgeier is simply 26 years outdated, and contemplating what he is proven as a No. 1 RB, it would not shock us if somebody targets him in a trade. The younger power-back acquired beneath 150 carries in 2024 and 2025. Since coming into the league in 2022, Allgeier has rushed for two,876 yards and 18 touchdowns.
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