Should you move on from Jameson Williams, A.J. Brown or other disappointing picks?

At this constituent of the fantasy football season, each manager has a subordinate oregon 2 who were drafted to nutrient high-end numbers but, instead, person disappointed. The scoring totals are down. So is the usage. Or possibly we conscionable can't fig retired their violative deployment, which creates adjacent much lineup questions connected crippled time for phantasy managers.

Below is simply a breakdown of 8 players failing to unrecorded up to preseason expectations, portion discussing what moves to marque adjacent arsenic a phantasy manager. I'll archer you what I'm seeing connected the crippled tape, deed connected violative fits and besides way aboriginal matchups that could perchance unfastened the doorway (for some) to get backmost connected track.

We'll commencement with a wide receiver -- 1 of my summertime breakout candidates -- who is struggling to nutrient contempt playing successful the league's top-scoring offense.

Jameson Williams, WR, Detroit Lions

Williams has averaged 7.9 phantasy PPG -- down from 14.1 successful 2024 -- and he's failed to apical the 50-yard receiving people successful 4 of 5 games played, contempt seeing accordant usage arsenic a way runner.

Williams is moving an mean of 29.6 routes per game: Verticals, heavy overs and the crossers that tin supply catch-and-run numbers with Williams' electrical open-field speed. But successful an explosive Detroit discourtesy that tin dispersed the shot around, portion scoring a league-best 34.8 PPG, Williams has been a phantasy letdown.

Do you driblet Williams astatine this point? I wouldn't. Williams tin inactive springiness you breakout games, similar helium did successful Week 2 against the Bears. Williams scored 18.8 points successful that 1 ... connected conscionable 2 receptions. Big-play juice. But fixed his constricted usage (2.2 receptions and 4.2 targets per game), successful an discourtesy that tin diagnostic aggregate players wrong the crippled plan, Williams fits champion arsenic a bye-week sub for now.

Trey McBride, TE, Arizona Cardinals

McBride is averaging 12.2 PPG this play and helium presently sits astatine TE4 successful full scoring down Jake Ferguson, Dalton Kincaid and Tyler Warren. McBride is seeing the ball, excessively (5.8 receptions and 8.2 targets per game). But without the touchdown accumulation (one touchdown, 2 extremity portion targets), and a Cardinals passing discourtesy averaging conscionable 170.2 yards per crippled (30th successful the NFL), McBride's phantasy ceiling has been lowered.

McBride is producing lone 55.0 receiving yards per game, and helium has lone 2 explosive-play receptions (20 oregon much yards) connected his play résumé. Until we spot a higher level of play from backmost Kyler Murray, which includes throwing with a greater consciousness of timing, McBride volition stay simply a high-floor enactment successful the lineup.

A.J. Brown, WR, Philadelphia Eagles

It's Week 6 and we're inactive waiting connected Brown to station WR1 numbers for our lineups. Brown has scored less than 10 phantasy points successful 4 of 5 games played, and portion helium did person a season-best 22.9 points successful Week 3 versus the Rams, that full was inflated by a antagonistic crippled publication (which forced the Eagles to propulsion with volume).

The positives here? Brown is getting consi...