Tyler Goodson

Career StatsD-

Year	Team	GP	Yards	TD	YPC
Career		33	264	1	4.9
2025		11	24	0	2.7
2024		16	153	1	4.8
2023		6

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Spotrac flags Tyler Goodson's contract as a market-rate deal; FanVerdicts grades it D+ Contract Value Index because the production-to-pay ratio shakes out accordingly. At $1.145M on a one-year deal, Goodson is priced like a depth piece—which is exactly what he is. His 2025 season with Indianapolis tells the full story: 8 receiving yards across 11 games is replacement-level production, the kind of output that gets you cut without leverage or fanfare. For a fourth-year player at 25 years old, the expected trajectory points toward a veteran camp body competing for a practice-squad spot, not a rotational contributor; the CVI grade reflects that reality without penalty, since the Falcons are paying accordingly and carrying minimal risk on a one-year commitment. Media framing and fan sentiment align here—this is routine roster construction, a low-cost audition during the offseason phase with no playoff implications, anchored by Goodson's regional Atlanta connection and prior Indianapolis familiarity. The contract poses zero cap burden and zero long-term exposure; the only question is whether he wins a reserve or practice-squad role in camp, which is precisely the ceiling the price tag implies.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the D band — a quick read on where Tyler's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Snap share and per-play impact line up to a D- performance grade for Tyler Goodson. The fourth-year running back's 2025 season with Indianapolis—8 receiving yards across 11 games—represents replacement-level production that explains both his swift departure and his modest standing as Atlanta pursues depth options during the offseason. His most productive contribution came on special teams and situational work, evidenced by 8 tackles logged over that stretch, a stat line that underscores his primary value as a depth/practice-squad candidate rather than a snap-count threat in the backfield. The receiving yards tell the real story: minimal usage in the pass game translates to minimal offensive impact, a pattern that persisted despite his brief moment of visibility with a goal-line score in Indianapolis—a highlight that generated noise but failed to translate into sustained opportunities. At 25 and in his fourth NFL season, Goodson carries the profile of an organizational afterthought, the type of camp body Atlanta typically uses to round out roster numbers and compete for reserve or special-teams roles rather than challenge for meaningful backfield reps. His local North Gwinnett connection may generate modest regional interest, but the tape and the statistics align firmly with media expectations: a long-shot competitor facing an uphill climb to earn anything beyond a practice-squad spot once the regular season begins in September.

How Tyler Compares at the Position

Tyler Goodson ranks 155th of 176 graded running backs by performance. That slots Tyler between Ulysses Bentley Iv (D) just ahead and Hassan Haskins (D-) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

Beat coverage and fan boards are running roughly even on Tyler Goodson, landing him at a C- sentiment grade. The narrative framing has been straightforward and decidedly modest: media outlets treated his move to Atlanta as routine depth construction, bundling coverage of his signing alongside the Brian Robinson acquisition rather than spotlighting it as a meaningful roster addition, with his local North Gwinnett connection generating only modest regional interest. That framing aligns perfectly with his performance grade of D, which reflects a lack of NFL-level impact sufficient to reframe skeptics or generate momentum—his 2025 season production of 8 receiving yards and 11 games with Indianapolis tells you everything about his standing in that organization's eyes. The recent headlines underscore the narrative of organizational indifference: after a brief moment of visibility in Indianapolis (including a goal-line score that momentarily caught attention), he departed without leverage, and even his own pointed comment to Green Bay—"Maybe you should have kept me"—landed as a footnote rather than a rallying cry, suggesting his pedigree is practice-squad fighter rather than NFL-ready contributor. The sentiment ticking marginally up from the initial C- reflects nothing more than preseason optimism beginning to crystallize camp competition into reality, but Goodson remains positioned as a long-shot special-teams candidate rather than anyone's idea of a backfield solution for Atlanta.