Royce Freeman Fantasy Football Outlook (2018)

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Wed, Aug 29th 2018, 2:25pm EDT

There are some who are worried about Devontae Booker, but in the long run, you shouldn't be one of them. He legitimately played behind the running back they just cut (C.J. Anderson), and they felt the need to spend a third-round pick on Freeman this year. This doesn't scream confidence. Freeman may not be elite at anything, but he's really good at everything. He's a no-nonsense runner who knows how to follow his blocks, similar to Jordan Howard. In an offense that likely takes a step forward, Freeman should finish as a top-24 running back in his first season. His touchdown runs in the preseason looked mightily similar to the many touchdown runs at Oregon. Most of us expected common sense to prevail after a strong preseason, but it appears that Vance Joseph is going with Booker to start in Week 1, which lowers our confidence in the entire coaching staff. Freeman will take over the job, it's just a matter of when.