Brandon Williams Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

San Francisco will continue to roll with Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward at safety. Reid's absence is a downgrade, particularly for their run defense, but Tartt has been excellent this season. He's PFF's second-best coverage safety and major reason why they rank 1st in TE DVOA through four weeks (per FO). With Jack Doyle sidelined, Brandon Williams and Darrell Daniels are going to see more snaps but will have their work cut out for them.

The tight end is in the concussion protocol and he's been limited all week. A Friday downgrade is a very bad sign for his chances of suiting up this weekend; he appears to be on the doubtful side of things now. If he's out, it'll provide Darrell Daniels and Brandon Williams more snaps, both of whom have been targeted five or fewer times through four games and will have a tough draw against a 49ers defense that ranks first in TE DVOA. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett has displayed a real connection with Doyle, targeting him the second-most on the team, and the tight end's absence may hurt Brissett's chances of success against the 49ers. On paper, the matchup looks solid as San Francisco ranks 26th in pass DVOA and has allowed the tenth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks. However, it may be a tough matchup for Brissett's personnel. Without Doyle, T.Y. Hilton should pick up more looks but the 49ers have allowed just 49.9 yards per game to WR1s this year (9th-fewest, per FO). SF ranks 29th in WR2 and other WR DVOA but Brissett has only completed 50% of his passes to Donte Moncrief across his three starts and 33% to Kamar Aiken for just 44 yards. The 49ers are also allowing the most passes to RBs this season (10.1) while the Colts have hardly used their backs in the passing game - Frank Gore, Robert Turbin, and Marlon Mack have combined for 2.5 receptions per game. Perhaps Hilton can overcome the 49ers' trend against WR1s like Sammy Watkins did in Week 3 (6/106/2); he'll get plenty of run against Rashard Robinson on the outside and K'Waun Williams in the slot. The former has allowed two scores and the latter has given up the fourth-most yards after catch (111). Both have allowed passer ratings of 97.5 or higher. On top of that, his market share should shoot through the roof as Doyle's absence leaves 20.7% of the Colts' targets unaccounted for.