Falcons running back Bijan Robinson was out for most of Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers, but the rookie was not listed on the injury report or inactives list leading up to Week 7.
Robinson received his first and only carry of the game late in the fourth quarter and would later say it was just a severe headache that had kept him out.
However, the entire situation seemed a bit unusual and according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the NFL is now questioning the Falcons about Robinson’s injury-report status.
The NFL is now asking injury-report compliance questions to the Atlanta Falcons about when they knew rookie running back Bijan Robinson wasn’t physically well and why it was not reported, as per league policy.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 23, 2023
It is standard practice for the league to question teams about a…
“The NFL is now asking injury-report compliance questions to the Atlanta Falcons about when they knew rookie running back Bijan Robinson wasn’t physically well and why it was not reported, as per league policy,” Schefter wrote in a tweet.
“It is standard practice for the league to question teams about a player if he is not included on the weekly injury report and then is either unavailable for the game or plays far less than what typically occurs. Violations have been met with fines.”
The Falcons sit atop the NFC South with a 4-3 record following Sunday’s 16-13 win over the Buccaneers. It was Atlanta’s first road win of the season, but the team nearly gave the game away with three red-zone turnovers.
In Week 8, the Falcons will head to Tennessee for a game against the Titans.
