All right, guys, next up, I want to talk about Antonio Gibson. He comes in at pick 130, which puts him in the 11th round, RB 42.
Now, look, the most exciting part about this player and his potential is the fact that Eric Bieniemy is now calling the plays in Washington, and it's not Scott Turner and Riverboat Ron. Now, look, no disrespect to those guys, but they severely dropped the ball when it comes to Antonio Gibson, in my opinion. You got a versatile back, you drafted him for a reason, and he has those attributes, and you don't use him in those ways, and you use J.D. McKissic for whatever reason, and he got most of the volume. Now, J.D. was a serviceable back, but he's not Antonio Gibson when it comes to his full potential and his physical attributes. That's number one. So, by him being there, Eric Bieniemy, that's huge when it comes to Antonio Gibson and his potential, all right?
And again, the first reason, outside of EB being there, is again, like I stated, no more J.D. McKissic. He can't vulture any more pass work that Gibson should now inherit. I mean, it should be pretty easy in that aspect. But look, let's take a look at some numbers. The last full healthy season that J.D. McKissic played, he led all RBs in the NFL with targets, with a total of 110 targets. That's back in 2020. Now, in 2021, J.D. missed the last six games of that season, but he was on pace for 81 targets, which would have put him as RB number four, excuse me, for running back total targets behind Najee, Ekeler and Fournette. So, that's pretty, that's huge, actually. That's what she said, but doesn't need to hear there. That alone should put Antonio Gibson on a high trajectory within his offense to be able to be used in that aspect. Now that J.D. McKissic is gone, Antonio is going to inherit all of that work. Now, Brian Robinson, yes, but he is more of a north-south type of back, a bruising back. And Chris Gonzalez, the guy that they drafted in the later part of this year's draft, he inherently is going to back up Brian Robinson when he needs a rest. He's going to come in and help him. Antonio Gibson is going to have his own role within his offense. It's going to be spectacular.
Reason number two is that Gibson should be used in many ways, like Jerick McKinnon, the same ways that he benefited back in Kansas City. You know, last year, especially, the Chiefs targeted their backs 112 times in 2021. And McKinnon was seventh in routes run amongst RBs last season. So again, that same philosophy that Eric Bieniemy implemented there in Kansas City, all signs indicate that he would do the same because that's just in his MO, within his wheelhouse of coaching. That's what he's going to do in Washington with all the weapons that he has. And Antonio Gibson is going to benefit from that. So to further put that in context, Jerick McKinnon was the Chiefs' primary third-down back and the second-leading receiver with nine touchdowns. Gibson, being a slot receiver in college, he could easily eclipse those numbers. There's no reason that he shouldn't. And again, going back to Antonio Gibson's previous first couple of seasons with Washington, when they targeted him and they used him, he didn't have any issues with
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