With a 31-29 win vs. Minnesota in Week 7, the Lions are 5-1 this season. They handed the Vikings their first lack of the season and took over first place within the NFC North. Lions QB Jared Goff has been taking part in at an especially excessive stage over their final 4 video games.
That’s the reason the staff is 4-0 over their final 4 contests. Moreover, the Lions are averaging (40.0) factors of their final three video games. Detroit’s offense is firing on all cylinders. ESPN’s Eric Woodyard was the primary to report that Lions WR Jameson Williams is dealing with a two-game suspension. He violated the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances coverage. He’ll miss their subsequent two contests vs. the Titans and Packers.
Jameson Williams is out the following two video games for the Detroit Lions
Extra about Jameson Williams dealing with a two-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances coverage, by way of @E_Woodyard:https://t.co/MXeeaTC7Aw
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 22, 2024
Within the first spherical of the 2022 NFL draft, the Lions used the twelfth total choose to draft WR Jameson Williams out of Alabama. He led the NCAA with 1,572 receiving yards, 19.9 yards per reception, and 15 receiving touchdowns in 2021. Williams injured his knee within the Nationwide Championship and missed the primary 11 video games of his rookie yr resulting from damage. He appeared in six video games as a rookie and had one catch for 41 yards and a landing. Only a glimpse of what Williams might deliver to Detroit’s offense.
The next season, Williams was suspended for the primary 4 video games of the season for cell betting on non-NFL video games from a membership facility. His suspension was initially set for six video games however he later had it diminished. In 2023, Williams performed in 12 video games for the Lions and made 10 begins. He had 24 catches for 354 yards and two touchdowns. By way of six video games and 4 begins in 2024, Williams is already at a career-high 361 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The 23-year-old will proceed to construct off these numbers however will miss the following 4 video games for the Lions. Williams is second in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns for Detroit in 2024.
