How about Keiland Williams....

I still think Keiland is a bit players… Harrison is still the back up.

lets not get to far ahead of ourselves. Fact is Harrison and Williams are only hear to take the place of Leshoure.

I see Best as the undisputed no.1 rb. After that, it’s just role/situational guys, so saying no.2, no.3, etc. is pointless.

I think the role of Maurice Morris and Jerome Harrison is to relieve Best or be 3rd down backs and Keiland Williams is clearly a clock killer/goal line/short yardage. The only reason we have both Morris and Harrison is because they combine to give us what we had in Leshoure.

When Mikel comes back, he can be a lead back who can push piles, get tough/consistent yards, and limit Best’s carries to maximize his effectiveness. I see only one out of Morris, Harrison, Williams being kept around when Leshoure returns next year, and my money would be on Harrison or Morris, since they give us the most versatility if Best or Leshoure go down.

Either way, and to return to the OP, I think Williams is exactly the band aid we needed for the Leshoure injury. He adds to our RB committee that power that was lacking and I agree, CLF, he looks promising yesterday. I liked the limited action he got in Washington, lets hope he can build on it and be the guy that allows us to dominate time of possession and finish what we start.

Looks to be a very capable role player. An important role that we’ve been missing. My only concern with him remains that our coaches don’t utilize him enough, thinking Best is the best option to run between the tackles all game. As much as I like Best, and he has proven he can run between the tackles if it’s a counter or draw, we should sprinkle in the power run game throughout many of the games we play IMO

w this being MoMo’s last year on contract in Detroit and on his last legs in the NFL and more of a role player than someone who can start. After the Brown dumping and picking up Harrison and Williams it got me into thinking about the future of Detroit and what they are trying to set up. You would have to believe after losing Leshoure and drafting 2 young RB’s over the past 2 yrs we wont see another drafted especially since Leshoure and Best are suppose to be our 1-2 backs. So why not keep them young w/ a lot of legs underneath them?, Harrison assumes MoMo’s role and Williams becomes bruiser two if they can develop him over the year and he has the skill set they like.

has the potential to be an extremely valuable asset to the Lion’s run game. That said, I fear that Linehan and Schwartz wont use him to his full potential. Just a hunch…

1. Morris needs more time to fully heal.
2. Best can be a feature back.

 I’d like to see Harrison used more often, play extremly well , then traded by Mayhew for a starting G and a high draft pick, once Morris is healthy. Keiland and Logan can pickup the few extra snaps.

Keiland did fumble ,which was his last carry, but the Lions recovered the ball. Harrison came in after that.

No really I don’t care about what number he is as long as we utilize him. We were all waiting to see who we could find at the end of roster cuts and I think we found a good one.

Size, speed, good hands, blocking ability check. It will be interesting to see how our backfield shapes out next year. I would have ti think two

No really I don’t care about what number he is as long as we utilize him. We were all waiting to see who we could find at the end of roster cuts and I think we found a good one.

Size, speed, good hands, blocking ability check. It will be interesting to see how our backfield shapes out next year. I would think
 that two of them won’t be returning next year. besides not knowing our playbook and protections is there something that MoMo or Harrison does that KW can’t?

Also if Leshoure stayed healthy do any of you think we would have entered the season with Best, Leshoure MoMo and Brown as our backs?

KW looks to be the old square peg we love so much. I for one would like to see him get more action and help Jahvid stay rested. He may not be a feature back but should provide us with some valuable plays that the others can’t.

Sorry if this was sloppy, posting on my phone at work.

Williams looked good. I think he could be a better compliment to Best than Harrison. I would like to see him get about 5 to 10 carries a game, including goalline and certain shortage situations. Hell a 2 back formation, with Best going in motion as a wideout could be a nice wrinkle. But I certainly like the fact that he is that bigger, stronger runningback that missing in the Lions rotation.

I’m hoping for him to be capable of a variety of blocking situations. The problem is he’s new to that and my understanding is this is the issue of why he didn’t last under Shannys in WA. I hope to see either Heller, Williams or whomever in more blocking for Best runs.

I also would like to see Williams get plenty of carries and not only just in obvious short situations or garbage time. They seem to have really been hungry for a strong legged churning bruiser back so I can’t see him not getting expanded touches.

I worry about his dufusness tho. That ST play where he effectively blocked Titus because his man mountainess was just standing there scratching his ass wondering what to do. They value ST performance too much for that not to be whipped into shape or stand in his way for a place here past this season. Then again if he can block on O and thump LB meat around he still has a much needed skill set.

Best so far is doing an admirable job carrying the load, but someone like Keiland will come in handy in short running situations.

From what I can see already, he is far better than Harrison. I think Williams will emerge as our #2 guy and get about 4-8 carries a game—maybe more if we need to grind the clock out when we go up big. Best will remain our most dangerous Lion. I doubt we will see much of Morris or Harrison after a couple of more weeks.