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Darrel Williams is a fantasy football waiver wire pickup option for running backs. Target him as a free agent add off waivers for Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season.
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ANALYSIS: Kansas City Chiefs starting running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has posted back-to-back 100-yard games, scoring a receiving touchdown in both. However, there has been another storyline developing in the background. The team's No. 2 back Darrel Williams has been slowly cutting into Edwards-Helaire's snap share as the team has been making their run game more of a priority.
In Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns, the Chiefs only ran 15 rushing plays with their running backs while quarterback Patrick Mahomes hurled 36 passes. The last two weeks have been a different story. Sure, Mahomes is still airing it out, but the team has really increased their rushing efforts. Edwards-Helaire and Williams have combined for 48 rushing attempts over the past two weeks. This past week, Williams saw 10 attempts behind Edwards-Helaire's 14. CEH logged a season-low 52% of the team's snaps in Week 4 while Williams logged a season-high 36%. By comparison, CEH logged 72% of the snaps in Week 1, compared to Williams' 22%.
This is a very clear two-player running game right now. The team's No. 3 back, Jerick McKinnon, has logged just 19 total snaps through four games. McKinnon has yet to see a carry and has just one target in the passing game. Williams' primary value is as a fantastic handcuff for CEH, but he also could provide for some flex value in deep leagues even while CEH is healthy. Williams has scored touchdowns in two of the past three weeks and he totaled a season-high 58 yards in Week 4. Add him if you need running back depth in leagues of 14 teams or deeper and make him a priority if Edwards-Helaire is your RB2.
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