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ANALYSIS: Most fantasy owners and pundits probably assumed that Baltimore’s pass offense would go down the drain faster than your mother-in-law’s cold onion soup once Joe Flacco suffered his season-ending injury. But journeymen backups Jimmy Clausen and Ryan Mallett have amazingly not allowed the offense to fall apart. Baltimore has averaged almost 275 passing yards per game over the last three weeks with those two running the show.
With Crockett Gillmore shelved for the season, Williams is Baltimore’s best tight end and has been targeted 11 times over the past two weeks by Clausen and Mallett. His big body is easy to find over the middle, and he can shield smaller defenders away from his hands and catch passes even when he is tightly covered.
Williams and his Ravens have to play at Cincinnati on Sunday, and while the Bengals defense does not take kindly to teams running the ball against them, they allow some leeway when offenses attempt to throw (19th in pass defense). So even though the game may be important for Cincinnati, that does not mean Williams will be locked down like there are six Josh Normans on the field against him.
Look for Williams to be thrown out more than almost any other Raven receiver except for Kamar Aiken this week. Also expect Baltimore to trail for most of the game and have its running game stuffed so the offense will be forced to throw a ton in the second half. Both of these things bode well for Williams ending up with decent numbers for fantasy owners desperate for a tight end.
