It's been a good season to be a Ricky Williams owner. Even playing second fiddle to Ronnie Brown in Miami, Williams has posted very nice numbers, gaining 83.4 yards from scrimmage per game, rushing for a career-high 5.3 yards per carry and scoring seven TDs. But while those stats may seem very good, they're about to get a whole lot better.

According to multiple sources, the foot and ankle injuries Brown suffered in Week 10 appear worse than originally thought. Although Brown said after last Sunday's game that he'd be fine, it now looks more likely that he'll miss the remainder of the season than return in a couple weeks. If this turns out to be true, the Dolphins' two-headed backfield monster is about to get cut in half, making Williams one big fantasy beast.

If Williams was playing this well getting less than 12 carries a game, imagine what he could do with a serious workload. Brown was averaging 16.3 carries in 2009, and he had eight TDs. While Williams won't pick up all of Brown's slack, he should take on a sizable chunk of it. That should lead to him seeing around 20 rushes, if not more, on a weekly basis, not to mention at least a couple receptions each game. Miami is ranked in the top five in the NFL in rushing, so the team is likely to stay committed to the ground game even without one if its key weapons.

Williams might not be as efficient now that he'll be asked to play a workhorse role, but that shouldn't matter to fantasy owners. All they need to care about are the final numbers, which should definitely be there is this effective, run-heavy offense. Defenses have had trouble stopping this ground attack all season, and that's likely to continue. Except now, Williams will be the main beneficiary.

Ricky's reign of terror should begin Thursday night against the Panthers' porous run "D" and continue to following week at Buffalo, the league's worst run defense. And it probably won't stop there. If you're a Williams owners, you just got an early Christmas gift, as No. 34 for the Dolphins could wind up posting the stats of a No. 1 RB and carrying his owners to fantasy titles.