Mike Williams Fantasy Football Week 12 Scouting Report

Mike Williams
WR
, Pittsburgh Steelers

Age: 30
Weight: 218 lbs
Height: 6' 4"
College: Clemson

ADP: 135
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
25.8	198	1	13	0

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by Brendan Darr

· Nov 17 · 10:48 AM EST

PIT WR Mike Williams - Week 11 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 11 vs. Baltimore Ravens

There's not much to say about Mike Williams' debut with the Steelers. He didn't play much but scored a touchdown when the Steelers needed a score most. His role will continue to expand, but how many targets he commands is unknown in a lower-volume passing attack.

Still, this is the 32nd-ranked defense against wide receivers per aFPA. Mike Williams may only be a flex option this week and is barely inside our top 50 wide receivers, but I'd take a shot on him in a potential shootout versus about a half-dozen receivers ranked ahead of him. He's a dart throw, but in this matchup that's worth it.

by Matt Jones

· Jul 26 · 9:29 AM EDT

NYJ WR Mike Williams - 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Mike Williams is our WR45 heading into draft season. Automatically, that means he has a low bar to clear. His upside is massive. We know that he can break off splash plays. Williams has had double-digit touchdown and 1,000-yard seasons in his career. If he can click with Aaron Rodgers, it's pretty simple to tell yourself a story where he finishes as a Top 30 WR.

Fantasy Downside

The obvious downside is that he misses playing time. He's averaged 12.5 games per season over his seven years in the league. When Williams is on the field, a case can be made to crack your lineup in redraft but he's coming off a season where he only was on the field three times.

2024 Bottom Line

It's hard to get excited clicking Williams' name in drafts. The offense should provide plenty of opportunities for the skill players but his range of outcomes is all over the map given his availability issues. In redraft, it's pretty easy to avoid him given the alternate options in his ADP range.

by Neil Dutton

· Sep 20, 2023 · 6:19 PM EDT

LAC WR Mike Williams - Week 3 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 3 at Minnesota Vikings

Mike Williams had a pretty decent Week 2, although it could have been much better. Williams saw 13 targets against the Titans but was only able to return eight grabs for 83 yards. His deeds saw him earn 12.6 Half PPR points, good for WR30 on the week.

A matchup with the Vikings should be good enough to really kickstart Williams' season, with the game hinting at being a veritable shootout. Williams should be treated as a safe WR2 option in Week 3.

by Neil Dutton

· Sep 13, 2023 · 6:25 PM EDT

LAC WR Mike Williams - Week 2 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 2 at Tennessee Titans

Mike Williams didn't exactly get his season off to a flying start against the Miami Dolphins. Williams saw five targets - a 16% share - which he converted into four grabs for 45 scoreless yards. Williams scored 6.5 Half-PPR points and finished the week as the WR49. Not great.

The Chargers should look to attack the Titans through the air, after operating at a balanced clip a week ago. This should see an increase in opportunities for Williams and puts him firmly into the WR2 conversation this week.

by Neil Dutton

· Sep 06, 2023 · 5:22 PM EDT

LAC WR Mike Williams - Week 1 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 1 vs Miami Dolphins

After posting strong numbers in 2021, fantasy managers can be forgiven for feeling quite underwhelmed by Mike Williams in 2022. He caught 63 passes for 895 yards and four scores, quite a drop from the 76-1146-9 line from a year earlier. Williams averaged 11.7 Half-PPR points per game and finished as the WR19, just ahead of Keenan Allen.

There has been offseason buzz around Williams seeing work in the slot, which would definitely increase his fantasy appeal. Still, it seems like something we need to see before we get too excited about it. Williams should be in line for a WR2 kind of week against the Dolphins in Week 1. The Dolphins ranked 20th in aFPA to wide receivers a year ago.

by Bob Harris

· Jul 30, 2023 · 8:36 PM EDT

LAC WR Mike Williams - 2023 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
When healthy, Mike Williams has been very productive. He's topped 1,000 receiving yards twice and caught at least 85 passes in each of the past four seasons. Williams has put up touchdown receiving seasons of 10 in 2018 and nine in 2021 but has only found the end zone 11 times in his other four seasons. As 4for4's John Paulsen notes, Keenan Allen is still the team’s WR1, but like Williams, he has a tendency to get nicked up as well, and Williams’s role grows when Allen misses time. Even with Allen on the field, Williams has averaged a solid 4.0-60-0.42 on 6.6 targets per game over the last three seasons. Paulsen added Williams was 20th in yards per route run and thrives on contested catches.

Fantasy Downside
Staying healthy is always a major concern with Williams, who has played a full campaign just once in six NFL seasons. True to form, he missed four regular-season games due to injury in 2022 and also sat out the post-season loss to the Jaguars due to a back injury sustained in Week 18. In addition, you might expect more consistent figures with Justin Herbert throwing the ball his way. Williams had three 100-yard outings in a four-game span early last season when he was fully healthy and only topped the mark once the remainder of the season. He had 25 receptions in those three outings, roughly 40 percent of his season output. Yardage-wise, he had less than 20 yards in three of the first six games.

2023 Bottom Line
As long as he stays healthy, he should provide WR2 production and that makes him a good value as the WR22 in our rankings.

by Neil Dutton

· Dec 30, 2022 · 12:37 AM EST

LAC WR Mike Williams - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 vs Los Angeles Rams

Mike Williams was efficient without being overly productive in Week 16 against the Colts. He saw four targets and brought them all in for 76 yards. But he failed to find the end zone for the second game in a row and has only scored once since Week 7. Williams posted 9.6 Half PPR points and finished as the WR35 in Week 16.

Williams has a fairly decent matchup against what has become a rather middling Los Angeles Rams defense. The Rams rank 15th in aFPA to wide receivers, having allowed the eighth most receiving yards to the position in 2022. Williams projects to be a steady, yet unspectacular, WR2 option this week.