The Atlanta Falcons signed operating again Bijan Robinson to a record-breaking contract on Tuesday, and the deal emphasizes simply how good of a cut price Kyren Williams is to the Los Angeles Rams.
In keeping with Spotrac, Williams shall be making lower than half of the $22,250,000 AAV Robinson is now being paid. Actually, Williams is listed because the thirteenth highest-paid RB within the league at $11,000,000 AAV.
Even rookie Jeremiyah Love is making extra earlier than he even touches the ball within the NFL!
ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 29: Operating again Bijan Robinson (7) of the Atlanta Falcons breaks free in the course of the second half of the Monday night time NFL recreation between the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams on December 29, 2025 on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photograph by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs) Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs
Is Robinson value twice as a lot as Williams?
The quick reply right here is not any, but it surely’s like evaluating apples to oranges. Sure, they each play operating again, however their ability units and the way their coaches use them in numerous eventualities differ.
If you happen to take a look at Robinson’s year-over-year numbers from Professional Soccer Reference, you will notice that his previous two years have been very related when operating the ball by way of variety of carries and yards gained. The full yards gained, in addition to his common per carry final season, could have been barely skewed by that 93-yard scamper.
There’s a massive change, nevertheless, in how he was used as a receiver. A focused improve of just about 43% and a rise in receiving yards of slightly below 100%. With new head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offensive background, I doubt very a lot that his move targets will drop this yr. He’ll be used very similar to Christian McCaffrey in San Francisco because the workhorse of the offense.
Kyren Williams’ numbers inform a unique story of their very own. Although there’s a drop in his variety of carries resulting from Blake Corum getting extra touches, his complete yards are nearly the identical, whereas his yards per carry improve from 4.1 to 4.8. More energizing legs all through the sport?
Take a look on the Succ%. That’s the speeding success fee per PFR:
measures the share of run performs that maintain an offense on schedule by gaining a selected worth of wanted yardage primarily based on the down. A rush is profitable if it features no less than 40% of the yards wanted on 1st down, 60% on 2nd down, and 100% on third or 4th down.
In different phrases, very helpful carries. Robinson’s dropped whereas Kyren’s improved.
There have been grumblings amongst some Rams followers when Williams was prolonged, however I’m undecided why. It’s apparent his manufacturing is comparable, however he’s missing the lengthy pace and ‘flash’ that followers crave. The development in Williams’ receiving recreation is terrific, and if it continues, his deal will get higher and higher. On the danger of jinxing him, his ball safety looks as if much less of a difficulty as nicely.
Robinson, in plenty of methods, is like McCaffrey. The opposition is aware of they’re getting the ball, and but they nonetheless produce at excessive ranges.
Once more, I’m not making an attempt to check the 2, merely declaring that to me, Williams is the higher deal.
