Wayne Gallman Jr. Week 10 Outlook -

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Nov 12th 2020, 6:59am EST

With the way Gallman has played, you have to think the Giants give him a chance to retain the starting job, even if Freeman returns to the lineup. He's had some brutal matchups against the Eagles, Bucs, and Washington, yet he's scored a rushing touchdown in three straight games. The biggest concern is that Freeman comes back and turns it into a 50/50 timeshare where we can't trust either of them as a fantasy starter. Of the fantasy production by running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends against the Eagles, just 27.5 percent of it has come via the running back position, which ranks as the fifth-lowest number in the league. This is a bad matchup for running backs, as evidenced by the lack of fantasy-relevant performances to running backs. Through eight games, they've allowed just five running backs to score more than 8.6 PPR points. No running back has totaled more than 81 yards on the ground against them, and there's been just two running backs who've caught more than three passes. Even when there are 15 opportunities, it doesn't mean top-20 production against them, as the 0.71 PPR points per opportunity ranks as the fifth-lowest mark in football. The glimpse of hope is that Gallman did fill-in for Freeman in Week 7 against the Eagles when he had to leave the game early, and Gallman piled up 54 total yards and a touchdown on 15 touches. The hope is that Freeman misses this game so we can find some sort of value in Gallman as a high-end RB3 with 15-plus touches, even if they're not particularly efficient. If they both play, it's tough to say who you should trust more, but I'd lean Gallman considering Freeman would be coming back from a multi-week injury. Still, he wouldn't be anything more than a low-end RB3/high-end RB4, as they'd cannibalize each other's value.