Fantasy Football: 4 Things We Learned From Week 12

Jamaal Williams Might Be Le'Veon Bell-Lite -- At Least for Now

Jamaal Williams had himself one heck of a game Sunday night, something many might have missed considering he was only started in 21 percent of Yahoo! leagues. He's currently sitting pretty as the RB2 pending Monday Night Football results.

A big reason for Williams' performance was his ridiculous share of the Packers' running back opportunities. Like Le'Veon Bell, Williams handled just about all of the running back touches for his team, totaling 25 touches and only surrendering one carry to fullback Aaron Ripkowski. That included five targets, too.

As long as Ty Montgomery and Aaron Jones remain sidelined, it's looking like this is the kind of workload we can expect from Williams. Opportunity is all we can hope for in fantasy, and he's getting a ton of it.

That opportunity should continue translating into fantasy value over the next two weeks. The Packers face our 24th- and 23rd-ranked defenses in the coming weeks, so Williams should have every chance to convert that opportunity into points for fantasy teams.

With that workload and his relatively easy schedule of defenses the next two weeks, you can confidently fire up Jamaal Williams while pushing toward the fantasy playoffs.