Fantasy Football Player Notes

He made it through the Thanksgiving Day game unscathed, though it wasn't a particularly good outing. He did total 60 snaps which tied a season-high for him, while his 21 touches were the second-highest total of the year. It surely helped that Julio Jones was out of the lineup to free up some targets, though he's expected back this week. The matchup with the Panthers has been the best in football this year. They're coming off a home game in which they allowed 242 yards and three touchdowns on the ground to the Redskins backfield. Over their last six games, the only backfield who failed to average at least 4.88 yards per carry was the Falcons when they were forced to start Brian Hill. Outside of that game, they've allowed at least 20 PPR points to every backfield since Week 2, including 31-plus points to five of the last six opponents. They have allowed 22 touchdowns to the running back position through 12 games, which is four more than the closest team (Lions). Knowing the Falcons are at home and favored is just a bonus. Freeman should be in lineups as a high-end RB2 this week.

With Freeman back in the lineup, Hill does not see enough of a workload to trust him this week, despite the matchup against a very beatable Carolina run defense.