“I think early on in that (Dallas) game last week, they had the philosophy to play more two high to limit guys like Jameson and you saw what our run game did early on in that game,” Johnson said.
“Then they start coming down and Jamo gets some great access looks in man-to-man and he’s able to take advantage of it. So, we played the game of how much attention are they going to pay to him and the moment they give too much to him, we’ll go the other way, but the moment they single him up, we’ll try to make them pay.”
Johnson has the perfect offensive line and consistent run game to take that kind of approach, not to mention the plethora of other skill weapons in the passing game in Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam LaPorta, and an emerging Tim Patrick, to counter most anything opposing defenses want to throw at the Lions.
It really can’t be understated how the emergence of a consistent deep threat in Williams has made this Detroit offense so much better in 2024.
“I really don’t think it matters,” Williams said Thursday about the different coverages teams are playing to try and limit him. “We just scored 40 points back-to-back.”
Williams said he and quarterback Jared Goff spend extra time after practice every week working on those deep routes and it’s to a point now that if they both see single coverage and Goff has time, Williams knows he’s coming his way and he expects a big play or a touchdown every time.
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