ESPN.com · Sep 5, 2018
Will Broncos' Royce Freeman be an every-down back and fantasy threat?
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The Denver Broncos are always talking about finding a running back to be “the guy.” Carry the rock, and keep carrying it.
Yet their last two 1,000-yard rushers were C.J. Anderson (2017) and Knowshon Moreno (2013). Anderson now plays for the Carolina Panthers, and Moreno hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2014 with the Miami Dolphins.
The Broncos, in fact, haven’t had a running back top 250 carries or an average of a rather pedestrian 15.63 per game since Reuben Droughns had 275 in 2004. As a result, the football world, real or fantasy, might cast a skeptical eye on rookie starter Royce Freeman in the season opener against the Seattle Seahawks.
