Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs have been mentioned in conjunction with one another a lot this offseason and their contract pushes were also the subject of conversations between the two running backs.
Robinson’s training camp hold-in ended when he signed a three-year extension with the Falcons on Wednesday, but Gibbs is still in the middle of one as he and the Lions try to work out a deal of their own. Robinson told reporters on Wednesday that he and Gibbs commiserated this offseason during calls about their respective situations.
“We just told each other, ‘Just hang in there, everything’s going to get done, everything’s going to be all right,’” Robinson said, via Marc Raimondi of ESPN.com. “And it’s cool to see him go through it, too. And I hope he gets the most out of what he deserves because he deserves it — deserves it all.”
The three new years on Robinson’s deal has an average annual salary of $22.25 million, which is the most for any running back in the league. Gibbs, who went four picks after Robinson in the 2023 first round, could top that number and Robinson said he thinks the parallel career arcs are a positive for both players.
“The Bijan-Gibbs debate is actually cool to see,” Robinson said. “It actually helps us both out because every single Sunday or whatever day we play, we’re always trying to compete against each other. And to have a guy like that, that I can compete with in whatever game he’s playing in and whatever game I’m playing in, we just know that we have to give our best effort. So, it’s cool to experience that.”
Debate about which back is better is likely to continue regardless of what Gibbs’s deal winds up looking like, but both teams will remain pleased with the choice they made a few years ago.
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