NFL’s landing chief Jamaal Williams says Lions’ supply was ‘disrespectful’

Jamaal Williams could have led the NFL in touchdowns, but it surely does not appear the Detroit Lions cared a lot to deliver him again.

The 27-year-old rushed for 17 touchdowns final season after scoring 13 in his earlier 5 seasons, however he left Detroit for the New Orleans Saints.

The Saints gave him a three-year deal price $12 million. And the best way Williams spoke on what the Lions supplied, it wasn’t comparable.

Jamaal Williams of the Detroit Lions rushes for a landing throughout a recreation towards the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field Jan. 8, 2023, in Green Bay, Wis. The Lions defeated the Packers 20-16. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

“They been completed with me, I may inform,” Williams stated about his time in Detroit, through The Detroit News. “The supply they gave me, I really feel prefer it was very, simply disrespectful, simply displaying that they actually, you recognize, did not need me to essentially be there like that. But, it is all love. I do know my teammates; all people there on the Detroit Lions has love for me and all that. At the identical time, we could not come to phrases with issues.

“You can have the best season of your life, and persons are all the time simply going to search out one thing to be destructive about,” Williams continued. “I do not actually fear about it, as a result of on the finish of the day, I do know I’m my greatest critic. And I do know what I can enhance on to be higher. I’m simply going to maintain doing that. I do not actually fear about what different folks say. I take discover to it, simply to have it within the space and concentrate on my environment, however I do not actually let it have an effect on me as an individual.

Jamaal Williams of the Detroit Lions reacts after a play towards the Dallas Cowboys throughout the first half of a recreation at AT and T Stadium Oct. 23, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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“Well, I do take it private, as a result of I take it as a private problem for me, simply to get higher. At the top of the day, I identical to proving folks flawed. You assume you recognize me. You do not know me. I’ll present you.”

Williams additionally set a profession excessive with 1,066 yards speeding on 262 makes an attempt for Detroit. 

The Lions changed Williams with former division rival David Montgomery.

Detroit Lions operating again Jamaal Williams appears towards followers after scoring a 1-yard landing throughout the first half of a recreation towards the Jacksonville Jaguars Dec. 4, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Williams joins Alvin Kamara within the Saints’ backfield. If Kamara faces any self-discipline from an alleged assault, Williams may play an enormous function early within the season.