Javonte Williams — Week 9: 101 Yards and the Winning Yard
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 9
Williams ran 20 times for 101 yards and scored the winning 1-yard touchdown with 1:10 left against the Colts, and caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards, in Dallas's 27-23 win at Indianapolis.
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Javonte Williams scored the touchdown that beat the Colts: 20 carries for 101 yards and a score, plus 4 catches on 5 targets for 23 yards. His carries came out at -1.0 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, because holding penalties took back his 9-yard and 12-yard runs on the same first-quarter drive. 9 of his 20 carries, 45%, were successful, meaning they gained what the situation asked for.
His biggest carry came down 23-20 with 1:19 left. Second and 10 at the Indianapolis 19, he ran up the middle for 8 yards, and an illegal-use-of-hands foul on Grover Stewart added 5 more to the 6: +1.3 EPA and 10.3 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. A pass interference flag moved the ball to the 1, and with 1:10 left he went up the middle for the touchdown and the 27-23 lead.
The catches added +2.5 EPA, two of them on third and 4: a 7-yarder in the first quarter on the drive that ended in Jake Ferguson's touchdown, and a 13-yarder over the middle to the Indianapolis 28 in the third that set up Brandon Aubrey's 28-yard field goal.
The 101 yards were his second 100-yard game of the season, after 155 against the Eagles in Week 7. Through Week 8 he had 134 carries for 528 yards, 8 touchdowns and +1.8 EPA, +0.01 a carry and a 44.8% success rate; here it was -0.05 a carry and 45%.
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