The Facts: Robinson says he trusts coach Arthur Smith to use him "the right way" as he looks to live up to his billing as the No. 8 overall pick in this year's draft. "He uses me everywhere, from receiver to running back," Robinson said of Smith after the Falcons opened rookie minicamp Friday. "He lets me do my abilities and skill set the right way, whether it's catching the ball, running routes, obviously running the football, blocking and doing it all."
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Robinson said he was happy to hear Smith tell him, "I'm going to coach you hard." Robinson also is working on his relationships in the running back room, where he is expected to step into a big role on an offense that ranked third in rushing last season and still has its rushing leader, Tyler Allgeier, and the versatile Cordarrelle Patterson. The rookie said he has spoken over FaceTime with Allgeier. "It was all love from the start," Robinson said. "I was just like, 'Yo, bro, like, I'm just happy to be here. Happy to get to work with you and kind of pick your brain on certain things and be a guy that will just compete, and we'll both have fun in that offense. ...'" Robinson became the first running back drafted in the top 10 since Saquon Barkley went No. 2 overall in 2018. With that comes high expectations and fantasy managers are clearly buying into that as the rookie is coming off the board in the first round in current best ball drafts.