Cincinnati BengalsOur read
Written Sun 12:01 am Central, for week 6
Ke'Shawn Williams gets no points from you this week because Cincinnati doesn't play in week 6 of 2026. He returns in week 7, away at Baltimore, kicking off Sunday 12:00 pm Central. Where he'd fit is the question, since Thursday's depth chart puts him sixth among Bengals receivers behind Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Andrei Iosivas and Colbie Young, and his lone game this season came with 0 PPR points and 0 touchdowns. In our rest-of-season order he sits WR241 at 4.2 PPR points, so there's little reason to keep him around.
Written Oct 18, from his facts through last season
He has played one game all season, week 3 of 2026, and finished it with 0 points. Weeks 1, 2, 4 and 5 of 2026 he did not dress, and his bye in week 6 of 2026 is still ahead. There is no injury designation, he is simply the sixth receiver on a depth chart that begins with Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
The role behind the numbers is the whole problem here. Chase and Higgins combined for 51% of Cincinnati's targets in 2025, and Williams got a 0.3% slice of that same pie while running routes on 3.4% of snaps. He saw 3 targets all of 2025, never touched the ball in the red zone, and his 5.0-yard average depth of target ranks near the bottom of qualifying receivers. Among receivers in his spot with a 1.0% target share, scoring fell by an average of 1.1 points a game the following season, and a crowded room behind Chase and Higgins dragged that same group down another 0.9 on average. That is the real downside, and it is already happening: he scored above the position's weekly median in 0 of his 11 games last year.
Our preseason number was 15 points for 2026, built on a 1.4-point pace over 11 games, and he has done nothing through five weeks to move it. Zac Taylor still calls the plays and nothing in his usage suggests that changes. Drop him and put the spot on a receiver who will actually see the field.