Lions head coach Dan Campbell is expecting a lot out of his veteran edge rusher Sunday as he hits the field for the first time in nearly 11 months.
"Very excited. Can't wait to watch him, too," Campbell said. "He's put in a lot of time, a lot of effort, a lot of hard work to get back to where he's at right now. When you have the game taken away from you for whatever reasons, it just gives you a little extra motivation to come back. So, I'm excited to watch him. He's going to be ready to go. He'll be ready to go.
"I just feel like he's improved himself even from last year. Just his ability to bend, his mechanics with his hands, his hips. There are tricks of the trade you learn along the way as you grow, and I do feel like from a flexibility standpoint, and then just continuing to hone his own skills, I think you can elevate yourself even a little bit more. I just feel like he's done that."
Wide receiver [Jameson Williams](https://www.detroitlions.com/team/players-roster/jameson-williams/) has been impressive all offseason and through training camp. He's incorporated a lot more of the route tree into his game, and Lions assistant head coach and wide receivers coach Scottie Montgomery said Tuesday the thing that's stood out to him about Williams' development this offseason was his added strength.
"This offseason, where I think he grew the most, is I really talked to him about strength and getting better and stronger, his lower quarters, and changing his body," Montgomery said. "Even if you don't change weight-wise, you can change strength-wise. And he's gotten a lot stronger.
"There were a couple of carrots dangled to get stronger. To be able to get out of the breaks, you've got to have stronger lower quarters. And, man, he came back, and I could immediately see the difference in his body type and also his movement skills. It became not just explosive, but it became to a point where now I can go be explosive and still stop on a dime."
Williams' ability to put his foot in the ground, transfer his weight, and come back to the quarterback has been huge for him because defenders must respect his straight-line speed.