Mike Williams Week 13 Outlook - Raiders at Jets

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 3rd 2020, 10:40am EST

He's now seen a solid five-plus targets in five straight games, which is something we couldn't rely on earlier in the season. He's still a bit of a boom-or-bust play but it helps when your quarterback is throwing for 300-plus yards in 60 percent of his games. The one thing we need to pay attention to is how much of an effect Austin Ekeler has on his target totals because even though Williams saw five targets, it was just 9.6 percent of the targets. Herbert isn't going to throw the ball 52 times every week. In fact, the Patriots see just 17.3 wide receiver targets per game, which is the lowest mark in football. The good news is that they've allowed a massive 9.24 yards per target to wide receivers (5th-most) and have allowed a touchdown once every 13.6 targets, which is the third-most often. As you can see, it's somewhat of a mixed bag, but the reason I'm fading Williams this week is because I believe he's going to see a lot of Stephon Gilmore, as Keenan Allen goes into the slot far too often to be shadowed by Gilmore. Because of that, Williams is a high-risk WR4 this week.