Devonta Freeman Week 2 Outlook -

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 13th 2018, 9:54am EDT

After having to leave the game with a slight knee issue, Freeman did nothing to make a case for a larger part of the Falcons timeshare. I stated it last week, but it's worth repeating. Since Week 4 of last week, Freeman has topped 12 carries just twice (one of them was when Coleman was out of the lineup). On top of that concern, Freeman has played against Ron Riviera's defense eight times in his career and has scored just twice. If the Panthers are without Luke Kuechly, it will be an upgrade, but for the time being, Freeman is a risky low-end RB2/high-end RB3, though he's played better at home throughout his career. Knowing Freeman is dinged-up, the Falcons may give Coleman the lead-back responsibilities this week, though as we've discussed, it's not a great matchup against the Panthers who allowed the third-fewest fantasy points to running backs last year.