Jameson Williams (shoulder) not practicing again

As has been the case in most weeks this season, Jamo finished second on the team in targets behind Amon-Ra St. Brown, highlighting his status as one of the highest upside WR2s in fantasy circles. He ends 2025 with 1,117 yards on 65 receptions, both of which are career highs, matching the seven touchdowns he scored a season ago. His role in the offense really took off after head coach Dan Campbell started calling offensive plays, making it a situation to monitor this offseason should the team make any changes to their coaching staff. Williams remains under contract through the 2029 season after signing a three-year extension in September of 2025.

Williams finished third in targets and yardage behind both Amon-Ra St. Brown (8/68) and Isaac TeSlaa (3/49/1) in an abhorrent offensive showing for Detroit on Christmas Day. Give much of the credit to Minnesota, but also “credit” a horrific Jared Goff performance that reminded of his last few weeks as a Ram. Williams remains in the WR2 range for Week 18 in a meaningless game against the Bears.

Williams finished second on the team in targets, tied with Amon-Ra St. Brown. While he did break his 100-yard game streak at three, Williams’ floor has increased dramatically with Dan Campbell calling the shots on offense. Williams is reguarly invovled on short and intermediate crossers while still getting plenty of opportunities to hit the home run. Williams is entrenched as a WR2 heading into Week 17 against Minnesota.

Since Dan Campbell took over playcalling from John Morton ahead of Week 10’s game against the Commanders, Williams has 33 receptions, 582 yards, and four touchdowns in six games. (This, despite a baffling bagel against the Giants in Week 12.) Morton was the one out in front of the Williams hype train in the offseason; Campbell is merely the man who knows how to steer the ball to him. Williams will remain as inconsistent as any receiver in the sport because of how up-and-down the deep ball runs with him — he left another 40-ish yards on the field in this one on a downfield drop — but it’s hard to say he’s not an easy WR2 with this current pace. The Steelers defense should be gettable in Week 16.

Even with Amon-Ra St. Brown in the lineup, Williams managed to tie for the team lead with nine targets and narrowly edged out ARSB in receiving yards. Williams has now totaled 240 yards through the air over the last two weeks. A solid fantasy day could have been made better had Williams managed to score on a seven-yard run that came up a yard short of the end zone. Despite a strong two weeks, Williams remains a volatile play for fantasy managers, but things have been mostly good as of late. He’s gone for 66 or more receiving yards in five of his last six games and scored in four of those games. He’ll be on the WR2/WR3 fantasy radar for Week 15 against the Rams.

Williams was nearly unstoppable on in-breaking routes, racking up catches over the middle. Ironically, his 22-yard touchdown occurred on a screen pass, in which he absorbed a hit from a diving Packers defender post-catch, before slithering through a jumbled mess of Lions and Packers on the left side of the field. He emerged from the fray near the 10-yard line, high-stepping the rest of the journey into the end zone. Williams could warrant fantasy WR1 treatment against the Cowboys next week. Slot WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (ankle) is expected to miss time.

Coming off 207 yards and two touchdowns over his past two games in the rejuvenated Detroit offense, Williams faded into the background once again in Week 12, as Amon-Ra St. Brown dominated targets (13) against a Giants defense that plays man coverage at one of the league’s highest rates. Williams had a 25-yard catch called back on penalty. He didn’t seem terribly interested in being part of the game after it became clear St. Brown would function as the engine of the Lions offense. Jamo drew a target on just six percent of his routes against the lowly New York secondary. Williams will still have some flex appeal in Week 13 against the Packers in what could be a high-scoring game.

TeSlaa is not fantasy-relevant on his own, but with TE Sam LaPorta (back) on injured reserve, his potential absence would have a small ripple effect. The Lions’ offense has racked up explosive gains with head coach Dan Campbell calling plays in recent weeks. TeSlaa’s Friday status is worth keeping an eye on for WR Amon-Ra St. Brown and WR Jameson Williams’ fantasy managers.

The Lions felt the impact of playing without tight end Sam LaPorta in this one, particularly considering the lockdown coverage throughout on alpha wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. Williams found paint from 40 yards out in the second quarter on an in-breaking route, simply outrunning coverage up the middle of the field after beating his man inside. It was otherwise a rather quiet showing for the speedy receiver, who caught four of quarterback Jared Goff’s 14 completions. Regardless of the team’s performance, Williams has now recorded back-to-back fantasy relevant outings after the team shook up offensive play caller against the Commanders last week. He has another stellar chance to record solid counting stats for fantasy managers against a Giants team allowing explosive plays through the air at one of the highest rates in the league in Week 12.

LaPorta was entirely unable to practice this week, which is concerning. The Lions also listed backup TE Brock Wright (ankle) as questionable to play after two limited sessions. Hopefully, LaPorta can return in time for the Lions’ Week 12 game against the Giants. His Week 11 absence adds a potential target or two to WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR Jameson Williams and RB Jahmyr Gibbs’ workloads.