{"id":96305,"date":"2025-06-01T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/96305\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T18:51:09","slug":"former-commanders-draft-pick-on-trade-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/96305\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Commanders Draft Pick On Trade Block?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After spending just one season with the New England Patriots, the team could make running back Antonio Gibson available on the trade block. According to Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports<\/a>, the source believes the Patriots may trade the running back, which would save them about $2.3 million in cap savings. Originally selected in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the former Memphis product became a key specialist for the Washington Football Team (Commanders) to begin his career. Gibson didn\u2019t see a lot of playing time until he joined the Patriots last season, hoping to be a worthwhile backup, recording 120 carries for 538 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not impressive numbers, but it was enough to give some type of support behind Rhamondre Stevenson<\/a>, who already had one of the worst campaigns. However, the Patriots have an \u201codd man out\u201d in Gibson since they\u2019ve drafted Ohio State TreVeyon Henderson<\/a> despite the running back having a reliable track record as a pass-catcher. It won\u2019t be the first time he was a trade candidate, and being that Henderson will likely win the job, it could make Gibson expendable. The Patriots are in the middle of a rebuild ever since they hired head coach Mike Vrabel, and Gibson isn\u2019t the clear guy as the future of this ground game.<\/p>\n

The running back might not garner the best market, but these five teams could take a chance on him.<\/p>\n

\"antonioMain Photo: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images
\nReport: Former Commanders Draft Pick Antonio Gibson On Trade Block? \u2013 5 Suitors May Emerge
\nNext Possible Teams
\nWashington Commanders<\/p>\n

Nobody should rule out a possible reunion. The Washington Commanders have a promising offense under quarterback Jayden Daniels, leading the pack as long as he can perform like he did in 2024<\/a>. However, the running back unit can\u2019t seem to stay consistent as both Brian Robinson Jr.<\/a> and Austin Ekeler are on the hot seat. If these two can\u2019t garner much yardage to keep moving this offense, they could bring back Gibson to continue to salvage even the passing unit.<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys still have one of the league\u2019s worst running backs. 2025 draft pick Jaydon Blue has a ton of promise<\/a>, but he won\u2019t be ready until he learns the playbook. New free agent signees, Javonte Williams<\/a> and Miles Sanders, will hope to hold down the fort for the time being. However, no one should expect that, since both are washed up. Gibson won\u2019t make an immediate impact, but they could bring him in to rotate around the backfield pieces.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

Even though the Saints had one of the worst seasons in organization history last year, it didn\u2019t stop running back Alvin Kamara<\/a> from earning another contract after having a phenomenal campaign. The same can\u2019t be said about Jamaal Williams, who got cut this offseason. Gibson won\u2019t take over Kamara\u2019s job, but, being that Kamara is aging, they could use him to lessen the stress.<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Isiah Pacheco is on the hot seat entering the 2025 regular season. Elijah Mitchell is joining<\/a> to help bring some relief behind Pacheco and veteran Kareem Hunt. He\u2019s more of a temporary solution, and if he doesn\u2019t work out and Hunt retires after the season, they could sign Gibson if he becomes available.<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

Just like the Saints, the Ravens themselves have a reliable backfield. However, they might need a backup even though they have Justice Hill and Keaton Mitchell<\/a>, who have some type of promise. Gibson has more experience than Mitchell and could form a duo with Hill as a reliable screen catcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After spending just one season with the New England Patriots, the team could make running back Antonio Gibson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2825,7889,849,9763,5404,436,292,7,922,726,401,6,15,10420,4120,6211,10421],"class_list":{"0":"post-96305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-alvin-kamara","9":"tag-antonio-gibson","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens-news","11":"tag-brian-robinson-jr","12":"tag-chiefs-featured","13":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","14":"tag-derrick-henry","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","17":"tag-new-england-patriots-news","18":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-nfl-draft","21":"tag-ravens-featured","22":"tag-rhamondre-stevenson","23":"tag-saints-featured","24":"tag-washington-commanders-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114609617891201548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}