ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions broad receiver Jameson Williams, who’s going through a two-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances coverage, continues to be training and across the crew till the league makes a proper announcement.
The league knowledgeable Williams of his optimistic take a look at this week, sources instructed ESPN, nevertheless it has but to make an official ruling, as he has a window to attraction the choice that enables him to proceed to apply.
Coach Dan Campbell mentioned the crew is ready to play with out him this week towards Tennessee, however he nonetheless has religion within the 23-year-old Williams, who was additionally suspended 4 video games in 2023 for violating the NFL’s playing coverage.
“I belief this child. I belief him. And sadly, you have to pay to your sins,” Campbell mentioned Wednesday. “If one thing occurs and this comes down, so be it. However I do know this, we dangled the rope down on the way in which up. We will not look forward to anyone.
“And over a yr in the past, he began climbing his manner up and he acquired to us. And possibly he misplaced his grip, however he’ll climb again up once more. That rope’s nonetheless there. It is tied to us, and he’ll be simply tremendous, however he is a part of this crew and I belief him.”
The Lions traded up 20 spots to draft Williams with the twelfth total choice in 2022, and he missed 11 video games that season due to a knee harm suffered at Alabama. He’s at the moment No. 2 on the crew in receiving yards (361) and touchdowns (3) throughout a breakout yr.
Campbell mentioned he’s assured this newest incident will not derail his progress.
“He is matured a lot, and I get it, I perceive the place it is at. I do know it may be irritating,” Campbell mentioned. “Look, it is irritating for us and it is irritating as a result of I’ve acquired to reply these questions and the crew goes to need to reply them after they should not need to, however in the end, he is taken enormous strides.
“He is made enormous strides, and I acknowledge that and I believe the crew acknowledges that. So, I believe he will come again higher than he was earlier than.”
