Deployment issues a terrific deal when it comes to NFL results. To deny that how players are used, in which they line up or fit with others in their offense, has an outsized affect on the stats they accumulate is patently absurd.

As these kinds of, one particular of the most important storylines to track in instruction camps is where by fellas are remaining deployed. Enable other individuals fawn above one-handed capture movies or smoke-blowing by coaches. You continue to keep your eye on what issues.

Listed here are 7 players (including a couple of cases) who I feel will have their outlooks considerably affected by their deployment or that of individuals around them.

Antonio Gibson, Washington Football Workforce

As the consensus-ranked 11th player at his place with a best-20 all round ADP, the fantasy hive-thoughts expects Antonio Gibson to make RB1 numbers. Understandably, some folks could possibly be hesitant to go out on that limb, primarily based on his 2020 utilization.

Gibson’s 44 targets as a rookie are not alarmingly reduced. When you put it in the context that his backfield teammate J.D. McKissic drew 110, even so, it gets a bit extra troubling considering that the latter is continue to on the roster.

It is well worth noting that Washington had just about every motive to slow-perform Gibson as a 3rd-down again previous calendar year. McKissic’s location in the rotation led to a predictable laser-aim on him from Alex Smith. But as a clear-lower rocketing talent, Gibson could