ATLANTA Falcons star working again Bijan Robinson was choked up after his staff brutally missed the playoffs.

The Falcons misplaced 44-38 to the Carolina Panthers within the Week 18 regular-season finale sport on Sunday.

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Robinson dominated from begin to end in Atlanta’s final sport of the common season.

The 22-year-old recorded a career-high 170 dashing yards on 28 rush makes an attempt and two touchdowns, together with two receptions for 3 yards.

Nonetheless, the Falcons’ playoff hopes got here to an finish after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win over the New Orleans Saints.

They’d’ve gained the NFC South with a win and a Bucs loss.

After the house loss, the second-year Robinson was on the verge of tears as he addressed the season and his future.

“, it’s robust. It’s robust not finishing the targets you guys have set, you recognize as a staff, falling in need of that,” Robinson stated, by way of Fox 5 Sports activities’ Kelly Worth.

“And for us, like we had such a shiny mindset to wish to go on the market and be greatest each single sport or each single play.

“However we perceive that within the NFL, we acquired to do it each single week. We are able to’t maintain ourselves again from something on the sphere.”

After the loss, the Atanta star is up for the problem of trying to win a Tremendous Bowl subsequent yr.

“I’m able to go. Like, I may play one other season proper now. It’s how fired up I’m about what we’ve acquired,” Robinson added.

“And I believe that this offense on this staff reveals what we are able to do and the way it’s imagined to be.”

The Falcons missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive yr.

They allowed the now-five-win Carolina squad to file its first 40-point sport since Week 9 of the 2018 season.

The Panthers totaled 425 complete yards on Sunday, they usually marched down the sphere in time beyond regulation earlier than the staff’s working again Miles Sanders to finish the sport with a one-yard landing.

Atlanta rookie quarterback Michael Penix Jr. ended the day finishing 21-of-38 passes for 312 yards and two touchdowns together with an interception.

He additionally rushed for a rating.

Robinson completed the season with 1,456 dashing yards and 14 touchdowns on 304 rush makes an attempt.

He posted a number of dashing touchdowns in 5 video games.

The Falcons ended their 2024 marketing campaign with an 8-9 file.