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In Jameson Williams\u2019 first two NFL seasons, the Detroit Lions got 25 receptions for 395 yards and three touchdowns in 18 regular-season games from the first-round draft pick.<\/p>\n

Then in 2023, the former Alabama All-American produced 1,001 yards and seven touchdowns on 58 receptions in 15 regular-season games.<\/p>\n

But John Morton, the Lions\u2019 new offensive coordinator, said Williams\u2019 breakout season is still ahead of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first got here, he came in to see me and we had a chat,\u201d Morton said on Tuesday. \u201cI painted a picture: This is what you need to do; this is how I see it. He has been unbelievable. Unbelievable in the meetings, attention to detail. I\u2019m so excited to see him this year. It\u2019s going to be a breakout year for him, so I can\u2019t wait. I just can\u2019t wait, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Williams arrived in Detroit as the 12th pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Morton was working as a senior offensive assistant for the Lions.<\/p>\n

Because he had sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his final college game \u2013 the CFP national-championship contest for the 2021 season — Williams wasn\u2019t able to practice with his NFL teammates until Nov. 21, 2022, and made his debut on Dec. 4, 2022, so Morton was around to see Williams for only 78 offensive snaps before departing to become the Denver Broncos\u2019 pass-game coordinator.<\/p>\n

Morton came back to the Lions as offensive coordinator after Ben Johnson left that position to become the head coach of the Chicago Bears. Detroit wide-receivers coach Antwaan Randle El left with him to become assistant head coach\/wide-receivers coach in Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Williams\u2019 new position coach is not new to the Lions. Scottie Montgomery had been Detroit\u2019s assistant head coach\/running-backs coach for the past two seasons. For 2025, Montgomery has switched position groups to wide receivers.<\/p>\n

Montgomery said he\u2019s already seen a change in Williams in the offseason program.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was here when I got back here, so that\u2019s a big deal to me,\u201d Montgomery said on Tuesday. \u201cWhen I came off the couple-week break we had, Jamo was already here. In the offseason, I didn\u2019t have to call him. Once I got the job, he knew exactly what it was. He just came up just to say hello to me because he knew what we needed to get done.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then now, two days ago or yesterday \u2013 I get my days confused \u2013 probably one of the better meetings I\u2019ve ever seen him in in that setting. It was a total offensive meeting, where you talk about the communication level and the questions and the football IQ and the acumen that he was asking questions about is what you really wanted to see. And that\u2019s what we got to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we where we want to be? No, we\u2019re not there. And I\u2019m not saying he\u2019s shown us something that he\u2019s not there, but we\u2019re going to take baby steps. If he keeps developing the way he\u2019s doing right now, he\u2019s going to get to a location that he really, really likes. Really satisfied with where he is right now, but we got a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams will have at least two more seasons to get to that location with the Lions. On April 25, Detroit picked up its option for a fifth season on the wide receiver\u2019s rookie contract. By doing so, the Lions guaranteed Williams a pay day of $15.493 million for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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