In his first game since Week 4 because of a concussion, Buffalo Bills rookie running back Karlos Williams had a huge game Sunday. The rookie scored his fifth and sixth career touchdowns in Buffalo’s 33-17 win over the Miami Dolphins.
Fantasy football waiver wire advice: Karlos Williams has huge game in injury return
The rookie running back scored two touchdowns Sunday. We break down the fantasy implications.
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Williams didn’t see heavy usage early in the game, serving primarily as the change-of-pace back for starter LeSean McCoy. The starter suffered a second-half shoulder injury, though, giving way for Williams to produce. He had 110 rushing yards and two scores on nine carries in the game, good for a 5.4 yards-per-carry average.
Fantasy impact: McCoy insisted after the game that his shoulder injury wasn’t serious and said he’d play in Week 10, a Thursday game in which the Bills play the New York Jets. If so, Williams will be little beyond a change-of-pace back again, but even in that role, he’s shown enough that he’d be worth a look as a mid-range flex.
If McCoy underrates his injury and he can’t play Thursday, Williams -- who has scored at least one touchdown in each of his first five career games, the seventh ever to do so -- would become a fine fantasy starter, ranked in the mid-teens at the position. Either way, he should be owned in all leagues, and not just as a McCoy handcuff. Williams has value in his own right.
