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Antonio Gibson played receiver in college, however, he also aligned at running back and carried the ball 33 times last season for Memphis. Washington considers him a "Swiss Army Knife" player, able to align wide and run routes or to carry the ball. At 6-foot, 228 pounds, Gibson has good size. But he's also highly inexperienced at the position.

RB coach Randy Jordan said it'll take time for him to learn protections and to diagnose blitzes, which is obviously a big deal for rookie RBs. He's also sitting in on meetings with the receivers so it sounds like he has a lot on his plate. While it could take time, Gibson is the one who could fill the role they hoped Derrius Guice would after drafting him.

The onus will fall on OC Greg Roman, running backs coach Matt Weiss and the rest of the offensive coaching staff to get and keep all four backs involved. It will require a delicate balance of getting everybody touches while also riding the hot hand and making sure the right back is on the field at the right time when there is a football game to be won.

“We’ll find ways to make it work, for sure,” Roman said. “To have that kind of backfield is a blessing. We definitely want to get into training camp and work through it and kind of evolve as we go. As far as how we are actually going to deploy them, who we are going to emphasize and how, I think that’s going to happen on the fly every day in training camp, and (we’ll) get a better feel for that. But I love problems like that. I mean that sincerely.”

Related players: Mark Ingram, J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill

The story said the team could ride the hot hand week to week, but the piece also mentioned it doesn't mean Ingram will have a reduced roll. We touched on the Ravens RB situation a few weeks ago. Ingram and Edwards are expected to be free agents after this season, so the future very much could be Dobbins and Hill. But for this year, it's going to take some sorting out and it's possible all four backs have fantasy value.

Jonathan Taylor is expected to share carries with starter Marlon Mack, but don’t be surprised if the rookie has a few breakout games and HC Frank Reich stays with him.

The story said the coaches are impressed by Taylor's physical appearance and the rookies have been in the building longer than anyone so coaches are getting good looks. It added Reich likes riding the hot hand, so if Taylor is giving a defense trouble, the author thinks Reich will keep calling his number.

Sammy Watkins agreed to a restructured deal that will pay him $9 million, down from an original $14 million.

Watkins wanted to stay with the Chiefs and be in a winning situation. Watkins has been the Chiefs' third-leading receiver in each of his two seasons in Kansas City behind Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill. He had said he was willing to accept such a role as long as the Chiefs were winning.

Ke'Shawn Vaughn has been activated from the Buccaneers' reserve/COVID-19 list, Scott Smith of the team's official site reports.

Related players: Ronald Jones

Reports have come out saying HC Bruce Arians called Jones his "main back," but he also called Vaughn a three-down back back in February. Jones isn't expected to catch many passes so Vaughn's way to a bigger workload could start as a third down back. We're high on Vaughn but he's now fallen behind a bit being on the COVID list, but there's still a lot of time for him to catch up now that he's off. Arians likes his three-down back so Vaughn certainly has potential.

The team announced on Saturday that tight end T.J. Hockenson, cornerback Amani Oruwariye and punter Arryn Siposs have been activated from the list.

We rank Hockenson 20th among TEs. Not much has changed in Detroit, so Hockenson should compete with Danny Amendola to be the third option behind Kenny Golladay and Marvin Jones.

The Dolphins now have signed former Colts’ WR Chester Rogers to a one-year contract.

Related players: DeVante Parker, Preston Williams, Isaiah Ford, Jakeem Grant

Having lost WRs Allen Hurns and Albert Wilson to opt outs, the Dolphins find some depth with Rogers. At best, Rogers could see a WR3 role behind Parker and Williams but will at least have to battle with Ford and Grant for that spot.

Browns WR Jarvis Landry (hip) was activated from the Physically Unable to Perform list Saturday

Landry is recovering from offseason hip surgery but passed his physical Saturday, allowing him to come off the list. He’s our current WR29 in half-PPR. His health looks good and he will still be a solid part of the Browns offense, under new head coach Kevin Stefanski. He’s been going around the 6th-7th rounds.

Texans WR Kenny Stills was placed on the Non-Football Injury (NFI) list with an illness.

Details are scarce but Stills' status is worth monitoring with camps opening.

Titans WR Corey Davis had surgery on his big toe during the offseason and is on the Physically Unable to Perform List (PUP). He is expected to be ready for the beginning of the season.

Davis is expected to have a sizable role for the Tennessee Titans despite their run-first mentality. This is a situation to monitor as Davis has been a receiver to consider toward the end of drafts.