WR · DET · 25 yrs · exp 4 · Alabama
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Nolan Bianchi of The Detroit News wrote about the joy that is being Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams
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Jameson Williams returned to practice for the Lions, while Sam LaPorta was absent. This suggests a potential shift in offensive availability for the team
The Lions got wide receiver Jameson Williams back on the practice field today, but they didn’t have their whole first-string offense. Lions tight end Sam LaPorta did not practice for reasons that currently aren’t known, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press . LaPorta is coming off back surgery and the best-case scenario for the Lions would be that they just decided to give him the day off to make sure he’s healthy and fresh for the start of the regular season. Williams had missed the last two days of practice with a shoulder injury, but now he’s good to go. Most of the Lions’ starters missed last week’s preseason opener. Lions head coach Dan Campbell has said many starters will play in Sunday’s second preseason game against the Commanders, but there’s no word on whether Williams and LaPorta will go
Jameson Williams returned to Detroit Lions training camp after a brief absence, while Sam LaPorta was sidelined
Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams did not practice on Sunday. Coach Dan Campbell explained why before Monday night’s practice. “ He’s got a little shoulder [injury],” Campbell said, via Jeremy Reisman of prideofdetroit.com. “He’s good to go, though.” Williams did not practice Monday night, and Campbell did not provide a timeline for Williams’ return. Tom Kennedy and Tay Martin received snaps with the first-team offense in Williams’ absence. Cornerback Nick Whiteside is out with a minor hamstring injury. “Whiteside’s got a soft-tissue [injury], a hammy,” Campbell said. “He’ll be all right, though, I think. I don’t think anything. . . . These aren’t serious.”
Sleeper status change for Jameson Williams (8148). Before: status=Active, injury_status=—. After: status=Active, injury_status=Questionable
Detroit Lions WR Jameson Williams was missing from Sunday’s training camp practice
Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb stated that he and teammate George Pickens can be "the best ever" in 2026. This is a lofty goal, aiming to surpass legendary duos like Moss and Carter, and Fitzgerald and Boldin. While Lamb and Pickens could form a formidable one-two punch, they face competition from other current NFL receiver tandems such as Chase/Higgins and Jefferson/Addison
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Count Dak Prescott among the many people in Dallas who think the Cowboys should back up the Brinks truck and pay George Pickens his money. CeeDee Lamb already spoke earlier this week about his desire to see the Cowboys keep his running mate around over the long term, and on Thursday, it was Prescott's turn to advocate for the team to spend up and keep one of the league's best receiver duos intact. "George, you know he loves football. And at the end of the day, it's not for the money," Prescott said during an appearance on Up & Adams . "However, he should get every dollar that he deserves because he's a hell of a player. And we should probably give it to him sooner than later because [the price] is only gonna go up." Alas, the Cowboys actually cannot pay Pickens anytime soon. The deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign a long-term deal with their team passed back in July, and Pickens signed his franchise tag. He will play this season on a fully guaranteed, one-year, $27.3 million contract, and the Cowboys won't be able to give him a long-term deal until after the Super Bowl . Prescott is correct, though, about the price only going up. The wide receiver market has exploded over the last few years, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba set a new high-water mark at the position with the four-year, $168.6 million contract extension he signed this offseason. If Pickens comes anywhere close to replicating what he did in Dallas last year, when he caught 93 passes for 1,429 yards and nine touchdowns and was named both a Pro-Bowler and Second Team All-Pro, he is going to get paid at or near the top of the market by somebody, whether it's the Cowboys or another team. That is going to happen. (Unless the Cowboys use the franchise tag on Pickens for a second time.) As we wrote earlier this week, investing in both Lamb and Pickens on long-term deals wouldn't exactly be unheard of. The Bengals paid both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins , the Lions paid both Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams , the Dolphins paid both Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle before later moving on from both of them and the Eagles paid both A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith before trading Brown this offseason. The difference, of course, is that the secondary receivers among those duos got paid quite a bit less than the No. 1s, whereas if Pickens has a season that's even close to representative of his talent, he might earn a contract that pays him even more than Lamb. Paying two wideouts at that level would be somewhat unprecedented -- and somewhat complicated for a team that is also paying Prescott, Tyler Smith and the recently-extended Quinnen Williams near the top of the market at their respective positions. Still, the Cowboys can absolutely afford to do it if they want to. We've seen plenty of teams pay numerous players at or near the top of the market for their positions by massaging cap hits with bonuses and void years, kicking the can down the road on the cap.(The Eagles are experts at this, and the Lions will soon have to be as well, given how many players they have paid in recent years.) The salary cap can be manipulated in pretty much any way you want to do it in the short term, as long as you're willing to eat dead cap hits somewhere down the line. Jerry Jones himself admitted that it's realistic for the Cowboys to pay Pickens. The only open questions here are whether Pickens will keep his head on straight and perform like he did last year, and whether the Cowboys will be willing to open the checkbook if and when he does
The Lions came into training camp expecting a big jump from wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa in his second season, but the signs of them have been hard to find this summer. Reporters at the team’s practices have not seen TeSlaa impress against Lions defensive backs and he had a shaky game against the Bengals on Thursday. TeSlaa did not have a catch on three targets that included a drop and a pass that went off his helmet for an interception. TeSlaa came into camp ticketed for the third receiver role behind Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams and head coach Dan Campbell gave no indication that the uneven play has the team questioning his spot in the pecking order. “All it takes is a couple of wins ,” Campbell said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press . “Just a couple of wins at critical times against some guys in practice and then in a game to all of a sudden — boom — skyrockets. It goes back up. So sometimes with a young player, it’s a little bit of that pendulum swing, so he’ll be fine. He’s going to be just fine.” Campbell said he doesn’t feel a need to say anything to TeSlaa other than to “just stay the course” as he tries to adjust to his new role on the team. Should that fail to solve the issues, the Lions might have to revisit their plans come the end of the summer
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Detroit Lions running back Isiah Pacheco (knee) is dealing with a sprained MCL, but head coach Dan Campbell told the media that the team still feels good about his Week 1 availability, according to beat writer Nolan Bianchi. Pacheco signed a one-year deal in the offseason but having now missed a string of training camp practices, the Lions have leaned on third-year back Sione Vaki to handle an expanded workload as three-time Pro Bowler Jahmyr Gibbs ramps back up from an early training camp hold-in that resulted in him becoming the league's highest paid running back. After splitting the backfield with David Montgomery for his first three seasons, Gibbs is expected to handle close to a bell cow role in 2026, limiting Pacheco's standalone value but making him one of fantasy's most important handcuff backs and a player who can generally be found in the closing rounds of drafts as RotoBaller's RB44
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