Green Bay Packers set for Jamaal Williams reunion as they face Detroit Lions in search of first win of 2021

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The locker room notices when an infectious personality like Jamaal Williams disappears, but the friendship will be pushed aside Monday night when Aaron Jones and the Green Bay Packers face off against their former teammate-turned-divisional contender.

Runback arrived in Green Bay with Jones in 2017 as a pick from BYU in the fourth round, when the couple became neighbors in the same apartment complex and then moved to the same duplexes as close friends off the pitch, stating that they are key counterparts. components of the threat for the attack by Packers.

“I really appreciated Jamaal, he was not only my teammate, he was like a brother,” Jones told reporters. “We became brothers during this time, and he was with me through a lot and just helped me develop as a player, helped me develop my game and pushed me, so we will do this every time we go out on the field, try to push a friend with friend.

“It will be a little different, I’m used to the fact that his locker is next to mine, he is wearing a yellow and green suit. Seeing him in a blue T-shirt will be different. “

Williams has raced 1,985 yards and 10 touchdowns and made 122 catches for 961 yards and eight points in 60 games (20 starts) over four seasons with the Packers. Both he and Jones were poised to become a free agency late last year when Green Bay struck a new $ 48 million four-year deal with the latter and picked A.J. Dillon as his back-up in the second round of 2020.

It may not be his own backyard anymore, but Williams hasn’t ruled out that he will produce another Lambo Leap if he finds the end zone.

“I could, honestly,” Williams told reporters. “I could just jump into some Lions fans.”

“I am very happy to play,” he said. “It would be great to see my boys, the teammates I just loved over the years. But this is different. I’m on the other side, so I need to go out and play as my Lions. first.

“Then we can chat after the game.”

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