Devonta Freeman Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Freeman injured his hamstring at practice this week, and the Giants have opted to place him on injured reserve, effectively ruling him out of Sunday's Week 10 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles and at least the following two games due to the hamstring and an ankle injury that already forced him to miss two week. In his absence, Wayne Gallman has largely been able to work as the lead back, but he has found himself in much more of a three-way timeshare than he was back in Week 7 when Freeman exited the game early with the aforementioned ankle injury. Over this span, Gallman has logged a concerning 47.7% snap rate and ceded 17 carries to practice squad call-up, Alfred Morris, essentially making him unusable in daily fantasy formats with Dion Lewis also siphoning away passing game usage on third downs. This appears to be a situation to avoid for the time being and may even remain a fantasy wasteland once Freeman is cleared to return to game action.

Despite being limited in practice on Thursday, the Giants have opted to be cautious with Freeman and have officially ruled him out of Sunday's Week 9 matchup against the Washington Football Team due to an ankle injury that's now forced him to miss two games. In his absence, Wayne Gallman was able to work as the lead back once again, but he found himself in much more of a three-way timeshare than he was back in Week 7 when Freeman exited the game early with the aforementioned injury. Gallman logged a concerning 43.9% snap rate and ceded eight carries to practice squad call-up, Alfred Morris, which essentially removes him consideration in daily fantasy formats with Dion Lewis also siphoning away passing game usage on third downs. This appears to be a situation to avoid for the time being and may even remain a fantasy wasteland once Freeman is cleared to return to game action.

Devonta Freeman has been ruled out for Monday night, setting Wayne Gallman up to be the lead back for the Giants this week. The Giants are significant underdogs, which typically creates a bad game script for a RB, although Gallman is helped by being fairly active in the passing game. He caught all 5 of his targets last week, although they totaled just 20 yards. Dion Lewis should work as the second RB, with Elijhaa Penny and Alfred Morris also options to get snaps.

According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Giants and Freeman have agreed to terms on a contract pending Freeman's successful passing of a physical and intake COVID-19 testing. As long as everything goes to plan, Freeman could reportedly participate in practice as early as Wednesday, which could potentially put him on track to at least play a limited role in the offensive gameplan come Sunday's Week 3 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon. This should keep Dion Lewis in the backup running back role once Freeman is up to speed, while Wayne Gallman would likely remain as the third-stringer to provide depth at the position after being a healthy inactive for this past week's loss to the Chicago Bears.