The Atlanta Falcons didn’t re-sign working again Tyler Allgeier in free company, as an alternative 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.
Nonetheless, Allgeier quickly discovered himself in an analogous 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 crew.
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Allgeier will now should compete with Love, James Conner and Trey Benson for carries in Arizona. ESPN ranked the Cardinals’ working again unit because the NFL’s most improved place group heading into 2026. ESPN’s Ben Solak went on to counsel that Allgeier could possibly be traded as a result of Arizona’s logjam at working again.
“With the drafting of Love, Allgeier turns into an attention-grabbing commerce candidate,” wrote Solak earlier than itemizing a number of doable groups. “Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving is out for the summer season and probably into the autumn with lingering shoulder points. And the Jaguars‘ RB room, that includes Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr., remains to be mighty skinny. If the Cardinals need to commerce 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 function throughout his rookie yr 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 remaining is historical past.
Allgeier is simply 26 years previous, and contemplating what he is proven as a No. 1 RB, it would not shock us if somebody targets him in a commerce. The younger power-back acquired below 150 carries in 2024 and 2025. Since coming into the league in 2022, Allgeier has rushed for two,876 yards and 18 touchdowns.
This text initially appeared on Falcons Wire: Former Falcons RB Tyler Allgeier named trade target by ESPN
