Jameson Williams on Wednesday
Many people have written off Detroit Lions Jameson Williams problems to being immature and irresponsible. They wonder if he’ll keep getting in trouble.
Williams, who returns to play this Sunday after a two-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance enhancement substance policy, confesses in comments Wednesday to the press in the locker room that he could do a lot better.
“What have I learned? Just to be smarter, I guess. Move smarter,” he said according to the Detroit Free Press. “Be a bigger person in certain situations and things like that. So I would say those would be the main, big things.”
He added, according to the Detroit News: “I had to miss time before. I have always been the same person. It don’t change me. Never will change me. Certain people want to see you with your head down … I always come out of every situation the same person. I’m always going to be the same person every day.”
Last year, he was suspended for four games (it was reduced from six ) for violating the NFL’s gambling policy. He also faces potentially more trouble for getting caught with a gun and not having a concealed pistol license (CPL), something he could have applied for and obtained. The gun was property registered. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is deciding whether to file charges.
Lions coach Dan Campbell said that he believes Williams will learn from this suspension.
“I think any time you don’t get to play this game I think you’ll always reflect and it just helps you to look at it — different vantage point,” Campbell said. “Because it hurts, it hurts not to play, and when you don’t have anybody to blame but yourself, it makes you look at yourself a little bit harder. And so, he’ll be fine, I really believe that, and I do believe he’ll learn from it. I think he — I mean, he was just out there today, in our walk-through we had. He’s locked and ready to go, so I think he’s going to come right out of this on top.”
