The Atlanta Falcons missed out on the 2025 NFL playoffs, extending their streak of missing the postseason to eight straight seasons. As a result, head coach Raheem Morris was ousted and former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski was brought in to replace him.
With Stefanski in place and a new offensive coordinator in Tommy Rees, Atlanta’s offense should look different schematically in 2026. Matt Harmon was joined by Nate Tice on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast podcast to discuss the hire and what it could mean for top offensive weapon, RB Bijan Robinson.
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Despite being fired by the Browns, Tice believes that Stefanski is a pretty good hire for the Falcons. A two-time AP Coach of the Year winner, Stefanski brought Cleveland to the postseason twice in six seasons. Tice wants to see how the QB room shakes out this offseason with Kirk Cousins likely headed out the door and Michael Penix Jr. coming off another major injury. But this hire appears solid for Robinson.
The RB was a consensus top-three player selected in 2025 fantasy football drafts and was excellent for managers, finishing as the RB3 overall in points per game (20.3). He finished with nearly 1,500 rushing yards and seven rushing TDs, plus 79 receptions for 820 yards and another four scores. He had double-digit touches in every game this past season and Tice believes that Stefanski will get Bijan the ball plenty in 2026.
Harmon believes the shift away from a heavy zone run game under Zac Robinson, instead mixing in more duo and man gap-based concepts, could be good for Robinson and the offense under Stefanski. Harmon thinks Robinson could make the leap into the truly elite tier of fantasy performers in 2026 in this new regime, which would be pretty remarkable given how well he performed this past season.
Yahoo analyst Justin Boone has Robinson ranked as his RB1 overall for fantasy football in 2026. Boone also has Bijan No. 1 overall in his early top-150 overall for next season.