{"id":727905,"date":"2026-02-04T04:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/727905\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:10:22","slug":"dan-orlovsky-predicts-bijan-robinson-as-very-early-mvp-pick-after-kevin-stefanski-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/727905\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Orlovsky predicts Bijan Robinson as ‘very early’ MVP pick after Kevin Stefanski hire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 coaching change, Bijan Robinson<\/a> remains even more front-and-center. In fact, ESPN\u2019s Dan Orlovsky thinks the former Texas<\/a> star will be in the \u201cvery early\u201d MVP conversation.<\/p>\n

The Falcons brought in Kevin Stefanski to replace Raheem Morris, bringing a new scheme to Atlanta. Stefanski has worked closely with running backs such as Nick Chubb<\/a> and Dalvin Cook<\/a> during his career, which is why there\u2019s buzz about what the hire means for Robinson\u2019s playmaking ability.<\/p>\n

Orlovsky is bullish on Stefanski\u2019s impact. He thinks Robinson will get MVP chatter during the offseason as predictions come in for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Kevin Stefanski, he\u2019ll be a very early MVP offseason pick,\u201d Orlovsky said during the 2026 Pro Bowl Games. \u201cJust because of the way they\u2019ll hand the ball off to him in the run game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson put up the best numbers of his career in 2025 under Morris and offensive coordinator Zac Robinson. He ran for 1,478 yards and seven touchdowns while adding 820 receiving yards and four touchdowns in the passing game. That not only helped him get to the Pro Bowl, but also earn First Team All-Pro honors.<\/p>\n

After Stefanski\u2019s hire, Robinson already expressed his excitement. Ahead the Pro Bowl Games, he was mic\u2019d up and said the new head coach is \u201cfire.\u201d He also said while new offensive coordinator Tommy Rees<\/a> will be calling plays, it\u2019s still Stefanski\u2019s system.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s fire, bro. \u2026 I like him a lot,\u201d Robinson said<\/a>. \u201cHis offensive scheme, Tommy Rees, he\u2019s the OC. But he\u2019ll call the plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stefanski also said he looks forward to working with Robinson next year. When asked about the standout running back, he joked \u201che\u2019s good\u201d and specifically mentioned Robinson as one of the exciting players on the roster. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s really good young players at some key positions,\u201d Stefanski said<\/a>. \u201cI think there\u2019s some veterans that have played excellent football over the course of their career. Bijan (Robinson) comes to mind as a good young player that I can\u2019t wait to work with. But if you look up and down the roster, there are players that I\u2019m excited to coach and get the best version of.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no perfect rosters in the NFL. Just doesn\u2019t exist. There\u2019s always things that you want to improve or change, if you well. So, certainly, we\u2019ll go through the player acquisition period and there will be some new faces and those types of things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 coaching change, Bijan Robinson remains even more front-and-center. In fact, ESPN\u2019s Dan Orlovsky thinks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,48413,224,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-727905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-bijan-robinson-20-salpointe-catholic","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116010406625048827","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}