Matt and James discuss the chances that Jameson Williams breaks out this season in Detroit.
Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.
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If you want to get by the way, a lot of people listened to that. - A lot of people? (laughing) A lot of people commented on the YouTube video. Some of them really did not watch the entire video, which it was long, I get it. Some people didn't read the whole RP profile, which I think was probably the longest in RP history. I get it, now I'm assuming it lists the whole thing. But, and I'm not gonna sit here and repeat all that, 'cause it was a 40 plus minute conversation, but the nuts and bolts of that conversation was that Jameson Williams is a guy who the total picture of his RP profile looks bad. When you parse it out into those final five games in the profile, it actually looks like probably a starting level receiver who can be in the mix here. And the lines have been really high on him all off season. - Yep. - I'm interested in what his role is gonna be. And mostly, because you talk about from a fantasy perspective, one of the biggest things I thought about Jameson Williams was that he was going to, like with all the hype that the Lions had given him with all of this clear-cut interest from fans and listeners and users and stuff like that, there was gonna be a big push-up for James Williams. He finished the off season, James, is wide receiver 49 in consensus ADP, like that jump never came. And like, I ended up taking Jameson Williams a decent bit, even though I have my skepticism about him as a player, because there was some value at the end of the year for him as a player. And he showed some progression as a route runner at the end of the year. And that price and fantasy never jumped. So now I'm curious, like, again, we spent 40 plus minutes talking about him over the summer. What is it gonna look like, man? What is he gonna be? Is he gonna be just a deep game player? Or is he gonna be more of a full-field wide receiver? 'Cause as I mentioned in those final five games, you did see the curl route increase. You saw the slant route success rate kind of say the same, but mostly like the dig routes and stuff. That stuff came up, right? And I'm fascinated to see if that is a continued progression, or if he's just gonna be a deep shot guy, if he's just gonna be a clear out guy, and more of like an ancillary piece to an offense that already has two dominant target earners and I'm on Ross St. Brown and Sam Boporta. - My thought on Jameson Williams, and you talk about his ADP and fantasy football, it just, I just laugh because I think about two things. One, Dave Chappelle says that Twitter's not a real place. And I get it, you know, like Twitter's not a real place because when you go to Twitter, man, the people who stand for JMO are crazy, bro. You know, it's nuts how much people think the upside is with Jameson Williams, right? But then I also, I'm really over here chuckling to myself because you're saying his ADP really didn't move, I don't understand what happened. They're doing exactly what you told them to do, which is, not everybody listens to me. I mean, but that's what's funny though. But that's what's funny though. They're doing exactly what you said to do, which was, hey, he's a starter level X receiver in the NFL. I wouldn't get too, too excited about that. But again, if you want to get excited in regards to, he's not the worst player in the NFL. Okay, cool, we get excited about that. But just don't get, you know, don't get over your skis here a little, but that's what you said. That's what you said. - I guess you're right. - So they're listening to you, Matt Harmon, the wide receiver guru, man. Like that's what's happening. That's what's so funny to me that you're shocked. You're shocked that people are listening to you, which is so funny to me. - Well, yes, on a day-to-day basis, I'm shocked that anybody listens to what I have to say. I wake up thankful that there clearly are people listening to what I have to say, but yes, I am shocked, especially on this one. 'Cause I just thought that people would listen to the drum beat from Detroit. They would overemphasize those final five games and the big plays and stuff. I really thought he was a candidate to jump up several rounds, but it didn't happen. So now I think we're going to get a pretty big reveal on, what's the Sunday night football against the Rams and Lions? - Yeah. - The island game is Jamison Williams going to be just like a five target per game splash big play guy? Or is he going to be a true number two in this offense, which I think has been a missing piece? - Low key, and we've been talking about this too, but I think Detroit's low key actually telling you they're not fully committing to Jamison Williams either, though, right? Like the fact that they keep bringing in all these guys that play outside, you know what I mean? The Donovan people Jones, they bring in Tim Patrick after he got caught, they bring in Alan Robinson who could play a little bit out. I think they're low key telling you that, okay, we've also seen Jamison Williams up close and personal. And yeah, we're going to continue to bring in some of these outside wide receivers. So I think the T leaves are there, the crumbs are there, they're telling, the team is telling you that they're listening to you, Matt, that this guy, even when he's fully functional and fully operational, won't be more than a fourth, fifth option on this team, you know? And I think they're hedging their bets just a little bit. - Yeah, they're trying to get the Twitter impressions up, posting the Jamison Williams, like training camp clips and the Dan Campbell high points. They're engagement farming, but they're also maybe still hedging a little bit. I like that take. - When you need meal time inspiration, it's worth shopping King Supers for thousands of appetizing ingredients that inspire countless mouth-watering meals. And no matter what tasty choice you make, you'll enjoy our everyday low prices, plus extra ways to save, like digital coupons worth over $600 each week and up to $1 off per gallon at the pump with points. So you can get big flavors and big savings, King Supers, fresh for everyone, fuel restrictions apply. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Matt and James discuss the chances that Jameson Williams breaks out this season in Detroit.
Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.
Follow the guys on Twitter @JamesDKoh and @MattHarmon_BYB. Follow Reception Perception @RecepPerception. Download and Subscribe to the Reception Perception Show anywhere you get your podcasts.
Watch segments of the show on YouTube at Matt Harmon!!
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