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Lions OC John Morton said he “failed” WR Jameson Williams, as he’s not been able to get the ball in his hands more often.
“I looked at everything, as far as that. I’m going to do a better job with that. But there has been opportunities where it just didn’t happen,” Morton said, via ESPN. “It’s not like we aren’t going to try to target him. So that was the biggest thing. “So I looked at everything, and I failed him. That’s what I told him,” Morton added. “I have to do a better job with that. But it’s a two-way street. We definitely looked at that.”
Williams said that Morton came to him apologetically for him not being a bigger part of the game plan but said that he’s most focused on winning games.
“He came to me and expressed to me how he felt, but with me, I really wasn’t taking it too far into thinking about it,” Williams said. “We was winning games and things like that, so I can never get myself too worked up with me getting the ball or me getting targeted or things like that. I know it’s gonna come. It’s a long season.”
Lions QB Jared Goff agreed that the team needed to get the ball into Williams’ hands more often, but reiterated that the most important thing is continuing to win games.
“We want to win the game, we want to score points, and I think that’s the primary for everybody,” Goff said. “But of course, yeah, we’d love to get him involved more, get him to rock in a million different ways. And he’s explosive. I know defenses are worried about him at all times, and we need to find ways to continue to keep him involved.”
Packers HC Matt LaFleur said he regretted not taking the points late in the game against the Panthers and instead went for a touchdown.
“Matt made a decision on that one,” Packers QB Jordan Love said, via The Athletic. “He wanted to try and put up a touchdown, and obviously it didn’t work out. They were playing their soft defense and were able to be underneath it. Started scrambling around and, at that point, you’re trying to find a way to make a play and you’re going to take a shot, throw it to the end zone and hope that somebody come up and make a play. Me and (Romeo Doubs), right there, weren’t on the same page. I don’t know if he was pushed out of bounds, too, or not, but just weren’t on the same page. Just got to find a way to try and put one in the end zone or past the sticks and make a play on that.”
Love said that the offense has been inconsistent and they need to play better down the stretch.
“I think it’s inconsistent,” Love said of his big-picture offensive assessment. “*I think we’ve had games where we’ve played...
