Jameson Williams Week 2 Outlook - Buccaneers at Lions

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Fri, Sep 13th 2024, 10:05pm EDT

Williams was flat-out amazing in Week 1. This was the version of Williams that I saw as a prospect. It was so glorious to see him crushing cornerback's souls in Week 1. Williams was the WR5 in scoring, hogging a 32.1% target share, a 68.1% air-yard share, and a 42.9% first-read share with 4.32 YPRR. While his aDOT was 15.4, six of his eight targets came within 19 yards of the line of scrimmage (50% within nine yards of the line of scrimmage), so don't look at him as a field-stretching-only option. Williams will run about 73% of his routes against Jamel Dean (2023: 67.5% catch rate and 116.0 passer rating) and the combination of Christian Izien (2023: 80% catch rate and 104.8 passer rating) and Bryce Hall (2023: 58.3% catch rate and 49.3 passer rating). Williams could easily stack another monster outing to begin his 2024 campaign. He has been listed as questionable (ankle) after practicing on a limited basis all week.