Kyren Williams Punches In From 5 Yards To Put Rams Up On San Francisco
Williams capped a Stafford-to-Nacua drive with a 5-yard TD run — the exact goal-line value that made him our RB9 with 263 PPR points in 2025.
Locked-in goal-line back on a functional Rams offense — set-and-forget RB1/2.
- Williams scored on a 5-yard run to open scoring
- 3 carries for 16 yards on the TD drive
- Nacua set it up with a 41-yard catch to the SF 8
- Williams was our RB9, 263 PPR pts in 2025
- 49ers settled for Piñeiro's 20-yard FG
Kyren Williams did exactly what fantasy managers drafted him to do: finish. He punched in a 5-yard touchdown to give the Rams a 7-3 lead over San Francisco, following Puka Nacua's block into the end zone after tacking on three carries for 16 yards earlier in the drive. That's the goal-line role, undiluted — the same one that made him our RB9 and worth 263 PPR points across 17 games in 2025.
The drive was short and sharp. Matthew Stafford opened it up with a 41-yard strike to Nacua down to the San Francisco 8, and Williams handled the dirty work from there. When the Rams get inside the 10, the ball goes to No. 23. That's not a hunch; it's the entire fantasy case for him.
San Francisco answered with a grind — 65 yards on 15 plays — but stalled where it hurt. Mike Evans moved the chains three separate times on third down, yet the drive died at the 2 on fourth-and-goal, leaving Eddy Piñeiro to chip in a 20-yard field goal. Three points for a 15-play march isn't the trade the 49ers wanted.
The Fantasy Fallout
Williams remains the cleanest touchdown equity in this backfield, and drives like this one are why. He's not a burner and he doesn't need to be — the volume and the red-zone monopoly do the scoring. Stafford, coming off a 46-TD, zero-interception 2025 that ranked him our No. 1 QB, keeps this offense in scoring position often enough to feed him.
Nacua's presence only helps. He's our WR1 heading into the year, and last season (2025) he averaged 6.9 fantasy points above his own season line over his final five games. A quarterback that efficient plus a receiver that dangerous means more short fields, and short fields are Williams' bread and butter.
Bottom line: start Williams every week without a second thought. The role hasn't changed, the offense is humming, and the goal-line work is his alone. If you're holding Evans, though, temper expectations — the WR74 finish (85 PPR points in 8 games) in 2025 tells you he's a touchdown-or-bust dart throw, and moving chains without finding the end zone is the ceiling problem in a nutshell.
