inherits 3% of NYJ targets (48% vacated, his claim 5%)
Williams should continue to serve as the No. 3 wide receiver behind Garrett Wilson and Tim Patrick for Sunday's game against the Patriots due to the absence of Adonai Mitchell (finger).
Williams caught one of his two targets for 16 yards and rushed once for three yards in the Jets' Week 5 win over the Browns. The wide receiver should continue to see some attention from Geno Smith, but if Omar Cooper (ankle) is activated from IR for Sunday's game, that could change.
Williams caught one of two targets for 16 yards and added a three-yard carry in Sunday's 17-12 win over the Browns. He also had a 26-yard kickoff return and netted 67 yards on four punt returns.
Williams got the ball in his hands in four different ways but was quiet as a pass catcher after getting behind the defense for a 58-yard touchdown in the Week 4 loss to Chicago. The Jets were once again without wide receivers Adonai Mitchell (finger) and Omar Cooper (ankle) against the Browns, but Cooper will be eligible to return from IR ahead of the team's Week 6 trip to New England.
Adonai Mitchell (finger) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Browns, so Williams should serve as the Jets' WR2 behind Garrett Wilson for a third consecutive week.
Above the line the plan was to throw; below it, to run.
It'll be the third game in a row that Mitchell will miss while recovering from a finger injury, and the severity around his health concern is not clear, according to Rich Cimini of ESPN.com. Williams has only three catches (on five targets) over his last two games without Mitchell, but the former hauled in two of three targets for 73 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown pass from Geno Smith, in Week 4 against the Bears.
Williams will have the opportunity to work as the Jets' WR2 behind Garrett Wilson for Sunday's game against the Bears due to the absence of Adonai Mitchell (finger).
Williams has played 80 percent or more of the Jets' offensive snaps in each of the last two games, though he logged only one catch (on two targets) in a Week 3 loss to the Lions. However, with both Mitchell and tight end Mason Taylor (thumb) sidelined and tight end Kenyon Sadiq (back) listed as questionable, Williams should see more targets from Geno Smith in the passing game.
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