Atlanta Falcons working again Tyler Allgeier (25) runs the ball in opposition to the Cleveland Browns within the second half of an NFL soccer sport Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Atlanta. John Bazemore, Related Press
Tyler Allgeier is coming off his finest sport as a professional, and he's now in line for an even bigger position after Atlanta Falcons beginning working again Cordarrelle Patterson went on injured reserve.
Patterson joined fellow Falcons working again Damien Williams on IR on Monday. Patterson has been coping with a knee harm, and can now miss at the least the subsequent 4 video games.
What does that imply for Allgeier, the previous BYU working again who was a fifth-round draft decide this offseason?
He ran for a team-high 84 yards on 10 carries Sunday in Atlanta’s 23-20 win over the Cleveland Browns, together with a 42-yarder within the fourth quarter that arrange a game-tying discipline aim.
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He additionally had a 20-yard reception within the sport, ending with 104 yards of offense.
Allgeier has rushed for 139 yards this season on 26 carries, with a 5.2 yards-per-carry common, by way of the primary 4 weeks.
He was positioned on the inactive listing for the Falcons’ season opener despite the fact that he was wholesome, although Allgeier has been Patterson’s lead backup just lately with Williams on the mend.
The 31-year-old Patterson has been stable as Atlanta’s lead again, working for 348 yards and three touchdowns thus far in 2022, with a 5.8 ypc common.
NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport reported that Patterson “was coping with (the knee harm) final week and performed by way of it regardless of critical ache.”
Williams, a veteran who’s in his ninth NFL season, is eligible to return in Week 6 after happening injured reserve on Sept. 17 with a rib harm.
With Patterson happening IR, the Falcons additionally signed working again Caleb Huntley to the 53-man roster off the crew’s apply squad.
Huntley was elevated to the energetic roster on Sunday and ran for 56 yards and a landing on Sunday, whereas Avery Williams broke off a 21-yard run.
Over the subsequent 4 weeks, the Falcons play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Carolina Panthers.
The 49ers lead the NFL in rush protection, giving up simply 2.8 ypc heading into their Monday evening sport this week in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams.
The Bengals are tied for seventh, permitting 3.8 ypc.