Javonte Williams could be a bye-week savior
Yahoo Sports fantasy contributor Sal Vetri explains why the Broncos running back should be in your fantasy lineup this week.
Video Transcript
Jonte Williams.
This is the only time during the bi week blues that I'll probably be speaking highly from a fantasy perspective of Javante.
If you in the summer didn't really want him in those summer drafts so far.
This season, if you looked at my rankings week one through four, you're probably not really feeling good about Devante Williams.
But this week he's a top 24 running back because of the buys and a couple of other reasons.
First off we saw last week, Tyler Bet was actually seeing first quarter usage ahead of Jonte.
That was scary.
But then bet went down with an injury.
He's not practicing so far this week.
Trending not to play.
So Javan, they role at least in terms of, you know, 15 plus touches should look good.
And then the second part fits cris he's facing the Raiders this week.
They allowed the third most rushing yards per play to opposing running backs this year.
It's a nice matchup for Devante who actually started to get going last week in the second half of a bad weather game.
He totaled 80 total yards.
He had six yards per touch and I think this is a spot where we can actually see the Broncos move the ball downfield more than other weeks and that can lead to a touchdown opportunity.
So Devante is a top 24 back and he's a guy that I'm looking to play this week.