I have been working on this pickup all week with
all of my clients and my own teams, either via
trade or pickup. I mentioned him as a add/drop
to consider in our Monday posting of players to
watch/consider. I would like to take this
further after watching the tape and researching
further.
There is a WR that is still available
in many leagues untaken (only 12% owned in
Yahoo), that should be grabbed on your team
and possibly start as a flex today, or at
minimum sit on the roster to see what develops.
That WR is Mike Williams of Seattle
(NOT Tampa Bay M.Williams), and I think you
should pick him up ASAP. Here are 3 evidences of
why:
1) If you knew nothing about Mike
Williams, but his Week 1 stat line you would
likely fall asleep
Williams had 4 catches for 64 yards, 6.4
Fantasy points (traditional scoring), "big deal"
right?. It's what almost happened that would
have sent 100% of Fantasy Football GM's
trampling each other to pick him up this past
week.
Williams first catch was a 15 yard throw,
that Williams ran 20 more yards to the goal line
and was hit as he reached/stretched into the end
zone and was ruled about a yard short of a TD.
Upon further review that could have been a TD.
Instead just a great catch and run for 35 yards.
Later in the game on 1st and Goal from the 3
yard line he ran a slant for the goal line and
the ball ticked off his hands on decent
coverage. Had he caught that ball he would have
barreled into the end zone for a possible 2nd
TD.
If Williams line from last week was 5 catches
for 67 yards and 2 TD's, how many people would
have been interested? It was a hair away from
happening.
2) Williams is the Seahawks # 1 WR
How many true # 1 WR's are sitting on waivers
that are teamed with a proven/good QB like Matt
Hasselbeck? While everyone is clamoring over
getting Nate Washington (TEN)
because he caught a TD. Everyone is walking
right past Mike Williams because he
didn't. The window on that is closing fast.
Williams is a 6'5, 230 pound physical
specimen that is a prototypical big target,
end-zone type WR. There is no competition for
that role on the Seahawks. After Williams, the
WR's are pretty mediocre. TJ Houshmandzadeh
was cut to hand it all over to Williams.
3) Mike Williams has "star" Metrics
Coming out of college, Williams was a high
1st Round Draft pick for the Detroit Lions
who gained a bunch of weight and was labeled a
"bust"...and rightly so.
More of the backdrop on Williams
- As a Freshman and Sophomore Williams was
simply amazing with 81 catches, 1,265 yards
and 14 TD's as a Freshman, followed by 95
catches for 1,314 and 16 TD's as a
sophomore.
- Williams sat out his Junior year as he
got caught up the lawsuit for players to be
able to declare for the NFL Draft when they
wanted...much like Maurice Claurett.
He had to sit out, as they never were
granted that permission.
- He went to the 2005 NFL Combine and ran
a 4.56 40-yard dash, which is decent for a
big NFL WR (not great), plus had good
agility scores.
- He is not "dumb", as a posted a 20 on
his Wonderlic scores, which is like a "C". I
was worried that as he turned into a bust
and tried to leave college early he might
have had real low Wonderlic scores, but he
didn't.
- He goes to Detroit as a 1st Round pick,
he has a few good games, but is hampered by
injury and issues. Is cut by Detroit,
Oakland and Tennessee and is out of football
after 2007-08.
You know the rest of the story. He asks
former college coach Pete Carroll for a
chance to tryout for Seattle after all these
years. He cuts weight, and turns every head in
camp, and is now their main WR.
Williams has led a very long NFL life, but is
still only 26 years old. His physical and
college performance metrics lineup with
Brandon Marshall. I think that is a perfect
comparison. Williams potentially is the
Brandon Marshall of Seattle and most Fantasy
GM's have walked right past him.
Williams could flake out again. Williams had
a bad drop in the game, could have been nerves
or could be something he will fight. I'm not
suggesting you grab him and throw him
immediately in as a starter. However, I do
suggest making room on your roster to see what
happens as Williams may be the 2009 Sidney
Rice Fantasy Football story of 2010.
That ship is going sail fast, many of you
could pick him up in the next 5 minutes in your
league....
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