Who Should I Start? Brandon Aiyuk or Kyle Williams

Monday, November 3, 7:30 PM

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday that the team will not open wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk's (knee) 21-day practice window this week, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic. Shanahan mentioned recently that Aiyuk was getting closer to returning to practice, but apparently it won't be this week. The 27-year-old has been on the Physically Unable to Perform list all year after tearing his ACL and MCL on Oct. 20 last year. San Fran is still holding out hope that the former first-rounder will be able to help them this year, but fantasy managers stashing Aiyuk shouldn't be as confident that he'll be able to help out in 2025. In addition to Aiyuk, the Niners have been without Ricky Pearsall (knee) since Week 4 due to a sprained PCL. Jauan Jennings, Kendrick Bourne, and Demarcus Robinson have been the team's starting receivers in three-wide sets in recent weeks.

Monday, November 3, 12:48 PM

New England Patriots rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams will likely have an "opportunity for expanded work" heading into a Week 10 tilt on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to Mike Reiss of ESPN. Fellow wideout Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) was injured in Sunday's one-point win over the Atlanta Falcons and is projected to miss practice early in the week. With Boutte up in the air to play this weekend, it could give Williams his first real chance to make noise on offense in his first year in the NFL. Head coach Mike Vrabel said that Williams has "been learning multiple spots, and he has settled down." The 22-year-old third-round pick (69th overall) has been active for all nine games this year, but he has only two catches on six targets for 20 yards. Williams isn't quite a waiver-wire target in 12-team fantasy leagues, though, as he'd likely be the WR4 behind Stefon Diggs, DeMario Douglas, and Mack Hollins this weekend, even if Boutte doesn't play.