Savion Williams has high-ankle sprain

Williams was immediately asked to fill the WR3 role for an offense missing its top two slot receivers. Even so, he finished fifth on the team in targets and carries little fantasy value with Christian Watson, Matthew Golden and Tucker Kraft ahead of him. That doesn’t change ahead of a matchup with the Lions in Week 7.

Williams was limited in practice all week, making it seem like he could wait another week on the PUP list. When he does come back, the WR3 role would seem to be wide open for him after Jayden Reed’s injury. He remains a decent fantasy football stash if you have extra injured reserve spots.

Williams isn’t a half-bad IR stash though with almost all of the offense flowing through Christian Watson and Matthew Golden right now. The WR3 room has been thinned with injuries and Jayden Reed (neck) won’t return this year. Williams could play a major role once activated from IR; this is just the first week of his 21-day window where he was designated to return.

Williams, 24, was a non-factor for Green Bay in 2025 with 10 catches for 78 yards; although he did a solid job as a kick returner with 717 yards on his 28 attempts. The 2025 third-round pick has the athleticism to be a helper in 2026, but fantasy managers in redraft leagues shouldn’t count on it .

Despite his first useful fantasy game (3/55) in some time last week against Denver, we’d caution against starting Golden in Week 16 as Christian Watson seems likely to play. Savion Williams (foot) is also off the injury report.

Reed returned from foot and shoulder injuries to play in Week 14, getting four targets on the day. He saw a sizeable role, running over 60 percent of available routes; the Packers will limit his practice workload to start the week. Also limited were fellow wide receivers Dontayvion Wicks (ankle) and Savion Williams (foot). Wicks played through the ankle injury in Week 14 while Williams did not practice all of last week. Reed is still trending to play and is the best receiver out of the three, while Wicks is worth a speculative deep league dart throw and Williams is not fantasy relevant.

We’d be surprised if he did anything close to what he did on Thanksgiving against the Bears, but perhaps the 24-year-old has turned over a new leaf with this offense. He’s still a FLEX play at best. The Packers also ruled out WR Savion Williams (foot), who did not practice all week.

He played through the foot listing last week, generating zero yards on his lone touch. Non-dynasty managers don’t have to worry about Williams this season between his lack of progress and Green Bay’s lack of interest in throwing.

Nearly the entire Packers pass-catching group was either limited or not practicing on Wednesday. Doubs was listed as a limited participant with a wrist injury, along with three other Packers wideouts listed as limited and Savion Williams (foot) listed as a non-participant. Doubs is the current lead receiver in an offense that does not have a definitive No. 1 receiver. If he were to miss time, Christian Watson would be first up for a bump, followed by the rookie Matthew Golden. Stay tuned to Doubs and the rest of the Green Bay receivers’ statuses this week; the Packers’ fantasy hierarchy could see a shake-up if multiple receivers cannot play Week 12 against the Vikings.

The third-round rookie’s lone target was his fourth quarter grab which came against extremely tight coverage on 3rd-and-10. It was a highlight-reel level play, and the longest reception of his young career. Williams is playing extremely few snaps even as the Packers hunt for playmakers, but the rare times he’s on the field, he seems to command targets. Six days shy of his 24th birthday, Williams’ advanced age limits his long-term dynasty appeal, but he remains worth an end-of-bench spot.