The Washington Football Team will be without WRs Dyami Brown (knee) and Cam Sims (hamstring) according to Nicki Jhabvali of The Washington Post. RB Antonio Gibson (stress fracture in shin) and WR Curtis Samuel (groin) are questionable.

That is a lot of wide receiver depth in question behind Terry McLaurin. Samuel did not play well in his first action of the season Week 4 and may have lingering issues with the groin injury that landed him on IR.

If Gibson would to miss the game, Jaret Patterson would see a boost and J.D. McKissic would carry the ball more than normal.

WFT RB Antonio Gibson (shin) did not practice Wednesday according to John Keim of ESPN.

J.D. McKissic was limited as well. Jarret Patterson would see a large chunk of work should Gibson miss Week 5.

WFT RB Antonio Gibson (shin) is questionable for Week 4 at Atlanta according to John Keim of ESPN.

If Gibson were to miss Week 4, rookie Jarret Patterson would do majority of the heavy lifting between the tackles with J.D. McKissic seeing an uptick in carries.

Washington RB Antonio Gibson (shoulder) listed as FULL in practice today.

Gibson was listed as limited on Monday so this is certainly good news. Gibson and The Football Team host the Giants on Thursday night. He is shaping up to be a nice RB1 start. The Broncos Melvin Gordon and Javonte Williams combined for a line of 25-146-1 in Week 1 against the G-men.

The Washington Football Team has released RB Peyton Barber, source said. A bit of a surprise.

Related players: Jaret Patterson, Antonio Gibson, J.D. McKissic

Those in the dynasty world of fantasy football probably aren't surprised, though. The team will now likely keep undrafted free agent Patterson as the result of Barber's release. There was all kinds of positive feedback on Patterson's camp this season, and he looked good in preseason games on top of that. He now looks to be in a possible RB3 role and backup to Gibson while McKissic is the change of pace and pass-catching option.

Washington Football Team RB Antonio Gibson told reporters that he should have approached a few plays differently in their preseason game against the New England Patriots. “In that situation you have to hit it downhill,” he said. “... I could have easily got that. My size, my speed could easily gotten the first down. We would have been in a better situation, given a better play call for coach."

WFT head coach Ron Rivera called Gibson a complete back and hopes he continues to want to improve and become a three-down back.

It is amazing to see how good Gibson was last season after playing receiver in college. He showed raw skill as a back and has shown with his words that learning the running back position is something he takes seriously. John Paulsen has Gibson ranked as his #12 running back in half-point PPR.

Kyle Allen says Washington is trying to push Antonio Gibson into a similar role as Christian McCaffrey played in Carolina.

Related players: J.D McKissic, Jaret Patterson, Peyton Barber

That's a big role, as the tweet went on to say. But Rivera would know the role well, coming from Carolina. He's compared Gibson to McCaffrey in the past so it may not be a big surprise. But as we learned last year, McKissic is very nice pass catching back who could ease some of that workload, and undrafted free agent Patterson has looked good as well. He was recently compared to Darren Sproles. But this is certainly good news for Gibson and his potential workload.

Antonio Gibson's opportunities will only increase as he continues to find other ways of being useful to the offense. He can be used more on third downs, and the coaches can put him in different personnel packages to spread out the defense. It means that Gibson will be on the field more often, and if last year is any indication, there's nothing wrong with that.

The turf toe is no longer an issue for Gibson, according to the story. The piece also said Gibson is just dipping his toes in the water when it comes to the nuances of the passing game, and the team doesn't want to give him too much at one time. But HC Ron Rivera said in the story he thinks Gibson can handle it, so as the season goes on, it's possible Gibson sees more snaps. Gibson is ranked 12th among our RBs.

WFT WR Terry McLaurin and RB Antonio Gibson are questionable for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles, according to NIcki Jhabvala of The Washington Post.

The Eagles are expected to be missing key players on defense, so a return for McLaurin and another dozen reps for Gibson this week could be what secures a playoff berth for WFT.