As someone who had Williams on their radar a long time ago thanks to Waldman, but was asleep at the wheel when it was time to bite, I have to admit that I have avoided all things Williams since he was picked up. Looking at this as an opportunity to get it for dirt cheap....
What transgressions has he committed?
It looks like a fumble that they didn't lose in week 2. Also, I seem to recall the announcers calling out a really poor decision on which gap to hit (believe that was Sunday night vs KC, possibly week 1). Otherwise, the week 1 & 2 stat line looks pretty impressive compared to what Murray and the others have done. Are there other items that should be added to his list of RB sins?
Just seems like the following are as logical as anything to explain why we're here following week 5:
- usual treatment of a young RB for a fumble
- evaluating a glut of veteran signees, while also not losing football games over any shortcomings at the position
- protecting what appears to be their most dynamic RB talent
- prepping a young RB for a role they had no designs on him playing, even if he has been on roster for a while