Mike Williams Week 3 Outlook - Chargers at Vikings

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 21st 2023, 8:57am EDT

Williams has been the 1B in this offense with a 24.3% Target share, a 32.1% air yard share, and a 29.4% first-read share. He has been Allen's running mate against zone coverage, with nearly identical numbers across the board. He got out the gate in Week 1 slowly, so he's lagging behind Allen, ranking 33rd in receiving grade and 30th in yards per route run. When Herbert isn't zeroing in on Allen, he'll feed Williams targets. Williams will run about 63% of his routes against Byron Murphy (87.5% catch rate and 90.6 passer rating) and Akayleb Evans (54.5% catch rate and 106.3 passer rating). Week 3 Positional Value: low-end WR1/high-end WR2