{"id":120836,"date":"2021-09-07T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=120836"},"modified":"2021-09-07T21:10:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:10:58","slug":"ravens-running-back-signing-gus-edwards-tyson-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/09\/07\/ravens-running-back-signing-gus-edwards-tyson-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"What A Potential Running Back Signing Could Mean For Gus Edwards, Ty\u2019Son Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Baltimore Ravens are going through running backs like there\u2019s no tomorrow. After losing J.K. Dobbins to a season-ending ACL injury, the team recently lost third-string running back Justce Hill to a torn Achilles. The Ravens <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albertbreer\/status\/1434984626456510466?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">worked out<\/a> Le\u2019Veon Bell, Devonta Freeman, and Elijah Holyfield,but would a potential signing affect Gus Edwards and Ty\u2019Son Williams?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;10892&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Gus Edwards, Ty\u2019Son Williams Could Be Affected By Ravens Running Back Signing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of this posting, the Baltimore Ravens have yet to actually sign another running back. However, with Gus Edwards and Ty\u2019Son Williams as the only two healthy options, it\u2019s only a matter of time before Baltimore signs somebody.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Update: The Ravens have signed Le&#8217;Veon Bell&#8230;to their practice squad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Albert Breer, the Ravens spent their Labor Day working out Le\u2019Veon Bell, Devonta Freeman, and Elijah Holyfield. Bell and Freeman used to be among the best running backs in the league, while Holyfield has bounced around the league with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>. The team also worked out Todd Gurley a few months back, but does not appear interested in adding him to the roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bunch of notable vets making visits today \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5B7wTYOVyI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5B7wTYOVyI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBreer\/status\/1434984626456510466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter who they sign, this player will only serve as emergency depth and is not a threat for either of the top two spots. Holyfield wasn\u2019t good enough to crack two relatively underwhelming depth charts, while Bell and Freeman are both well past their peak. Both runners were among the least efficient runners in the league last year by just about every metric. There\u2019s no reason to believe either player will get better, as Freeman has already been cut twice in the past calendar year, and Bell can\u2019t even get a job. Basically, there\u2019s a reason why guys with this type of name recognition are still looking for a job in September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Gus Edwards, Ty\u2019Son Williams Projection<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we\u2019ve established why a third running back won\u2019t steal the starting job, let\u2019s look at the fantasy football impact for Gus Edwards and Ty\u2019Son Williams.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hill was clearly the third head in this running back rotation, but he was still going to get some of the touches. Whichever running back signs on will probably see a similar role, although their market share won\u2019t be quite as high. It\u2019s going to take time for the new player to learn the offense, and they\u2019re probably not as good as Hill anyway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to the injury, I had rushing percentages split 60\/30\/10 between Edwards, Williams, and Hill. Now that Hill\u2019s out of the way, that split is probably going to be closer to 63\/32\/5. This won\u2019t move the needle too dramatically from a rushing standpoint, but it could make a difference in the passing game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gus Edwards is a fantastic runner on a per-touch basis, but he is not a threat in the passing game. Lamar Jackson does not throw to running backs all that often, but I had the target percentage split 40\/35\/15 between Williams, Hill, and Edwards. Now that Hill\u2019s out of the picture, most of his targets should go to Williams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a fantasy standpoint, Hill\u2019s injury has essentially no effect on Gus Edwards. It does, however, make Ty\u2019Son Williams one of the most valuable handcuffs in fantasy football. The increase in targets means that Williams should have standalone value and would be a top-15 running back if something happened to Edwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"r-CxJm1dRltKAYEfZ_-s8A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1324323502\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'r-CxJm1dRltKAYEfZ_-s8A',sig:'OrLIBipmerJ2x1f-DOLpX7Nas2jBERRT34VUq92IUlo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1324323502',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens are set to sign another running back in the coming days, but what will that mean for Gus Edwards and Ty&#8217;Son Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":120906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/gus-edwards-of-the-baltimore-ravens-works-out-during-mandatory-at-picture-id1324323502?k=20&m=1324323502&s=594x594&w=0&h=r9q5tqZ5Y9DhSqhzmOlFghzzVL1z0PJX93g4ksL3qz8=","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,59],"tags":[349,4502,98,7638,8636],"class_list":["post-120836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ravens","category-fantasy","tag-fantasy-football-rankings","tag-gus-edwards","tag-leveon-bell","tag-ravens-featured","tag-tyson-williams"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}