Bijan Robinson Wreaks Havoc on Fantasy Football Title Games With Historic TD Run

Hopefully Bijan was on your fantasy team for his Monday night performance.
Bijan Robinson had a 93-yard touchdown run in the first half against the Rams
Bijan Robinson had a 93-yard touchdown run in the first half against the Rams / Dale Zanine-Imagn Images

Bijan Robinson blew open the Falcons-Rams Monday Night Football game with a massive 93-yard touchdown run just before halftime. He may have done the same to your fantasy football championship game, too.

With 1:28 left in the half, Robinson ripped right through the Rams’ line for a historic run where he made two hard cuts and broke free for the end zone. The score opened up Atlanta’s lead to three touchdowns and was the longest rushing touchdown in Falcons history, per ESPN.

It was his second score of the day after he caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins in the first quarter. Robinson ended the first half with 138 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. The explosive 93-yard score was also the longest run of his career at both the college or professional level.

Bijan Robinson creates chaos in fantasy football championship week

With Week 17 serving as the standard championship week across fantasy football, Robinson’s big run opened up title games as well as the MNF contest between the Rams and Falcons. In full PPR leagues, Atlanta’s star running back had 27.8 fantasy points in the first half alone.

Not too shabby from the top running back off the board in the great majority of fantasy drafts at the start of the season. Robinson’s big night had fantasy players jumping for joy or, well, crushing hopes in the culmination of fantasy seasons:

Hopefully you had Robinson on your team Monday night.


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Blake Silverman is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and A10Talk. He graduated from Michigan State University before receiving a master's in sports journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Outside of work, he's probably binging the latest Netflix documentary, at a yoga studio or enjoying everything Detroit sports. A lifelong Michigander, he lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, young son and their personal petting zoo of two cats and a dog.