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It whitethorn not beryllium uncommon for 2 teammates who play the aforesaid presumption to secretly basal against 1 another. But that's not what's happening with Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier.
Allgeier ran for implicit 1,000 yards successful his rookie play successful 2022, but conscionable a fewer months aft his archetypal run wrapped up, the Atlanta Falcons selected Robinson with the eighth wide enactment successful the NFL Draft.
With Robinson being a prima successful Texas, the penning was connected the partition for Allgeier to complement Robinson.
But that was good with him. Off the field, they are "the bestest of friends," Robinson said.
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"I consciousness similar a enactment situation that’s cool, but having that disconnected the tract arsenic well, it conscionable brings america adjacent closer. So, that enactment situation is easy. It’s not forced. I deliberation having those relationships that aren’t forced is conscionable truthful earthy and awesome to have. To beryllium Bijan’s boy, it’s conscionable awesome to person a champion person connected the team," Allgeier said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital with Robinson by his side.
"Off the field, we became the bestest of friends," Robinson added. "This is my brother. I tin trust connected him for everything and anything. That we’re present successful the Super Bowl doing thing together, that’s each you tin inquire for."
Naturally, they partnered with Bounty to beryllium each other's wingman up of the Super Bowl.
"You can’t person shot without wings, and you can’t person wings without Bounty. That’s the main thing. But having my wingman close here? Can’t get immoderate better," said Allgeier.
"I deliberation our narration is similar Bounty and wings. It’s virtually the aforesaid thing. You can’t person 1 without the other," Robinson added. "For me, this is 1 of the champion moving backs successful the league. There’s nary backup successful his rubric astatine all.
"For maine to stock the tract with him, and for erstwhile I get tired, helium goes in, erstwhile helium gets tired, I’ll spell in. We’re conscionable trying to play disconnected each different and conscionable person amusive with it. We person a manager that allows america to maximize our abilities."
Much similar the moving backs, it was akin erstwhile the Falcons, conscionable a months aft signing Kirk Cousins, drafted Michael Penix with the eighth wide prime successful the 2024 NFL Draft. Penix yet took Cousins' job, but determination was thing awkward betwixt the 2 astatine all, the backs said.
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"It was conscionable bully to spot Kirk woody with that the close way. He ne'er wavered, helium ne'er got huffy oregon got disappointed,'" said Robinson. "He got close to work. He got close to helping Mike go who helium wants to become. Even with Mike, helium was truthful selfless and wanted to larn and get connections with each of america arsenic players connected the offense.
"I was ne'er a love/hate, oregon hate, narration astatine all. It was conscionable support, and erstwhile you got a feline who tin larn nether a vet for a full play really, past helium comes successful mode much comfy and mode much prepared than conscionable him having to commencement disconnected close distant being a rookie quarterback. They played disconnected each different well, and we conscionable emotion having some of them."
Added Allgeier, "Being determination the aforesaid clip arsenic Kirk, and particularly having Kirk arsenic the relation model, I deliberation helium acceptable the modular of what a vet and a large backmost is to beryllium successful this league. Him being capable to beryllium nether his helping and conscionable spot distant astatine it. It was dope to have. So, I deliberation helium was already preparing to beryllium a starter. So, it was conscionable a substance of timing and conscionable his plan."
It's unclear what Cousins' aboriginal successful Atlanta is. But, aft galore were confused by Atlanta picking Penix, it seems similar they made a astute determination reasoning extracurricular the box.
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