Jamaal Wlliams - Former Packer - Lion and current Saint's RB
Strengths: Short Yardage Runs, Competitive Toughness as Runner, Ball Security, Hands
Weaknesses: Foot Speed, Home Run Ability, Patience on Zone Runs, Explosiveness, COD
Scheme Fit: A Gap scheme offense that has a balanced run/pass mix where he can contribute in the run game, passing game, and on special teams
Projection: Roleplaying back you can win with, good competitive toughness and aggressive running give him a good ability to convert in short-yardage situations, along with solid contact balance, low pad level, and good foot drive that helps him push piles to pick up first downs. Solid contributor in the passing game, has good hands to catch the ball and creates YAC by getting quickly upfield, and can break tackles from smaller-bodied defensive backs. Has adequate long foot speed and isn’t going to be a home run hitter, has adequate patience on zone runs, and needs a hole to develop early.
AA: Good height, solid weight, solid arm length, and very good hand size. Solid upper frame with well-defined arms, lean and muscular core, good-sized thighs, and solid calves with thinner ankles. Adequate AA with solid contact balance, solid quickness, solid lateral agility, adequate COD, adequate foot speed, and adequate explosiveness.
Context: 4th year RB who has started in 20 of 58 career games, including 2 in 2019 (Packers named him and Aaron Jones starters twice) a drop from previous seasons with Aaron Jones emerging as the featured back. 2019 was his first season under HC Matt LaFleur and OC Nathaniel Hackett in their Zone run-heavy offense featuring quick throws and shots via play-action. Used as a rotational back splitting series with Aaron Jones and sometimes coming in on 3rd downs and short-yardage situations.
Can: Solid mental processing in running game to recognize different fronts/blitzes and adjust his path on Zone and Gap runs. Solid vision on IZ to press the hole and hit cutback for positive yards, solid vision on OZ to take outside when T makes his reach, and solid vision to hit cutback when a hole opens up, solid ability to improvise using solid lateral agility, and a solid Power cut to make DL miss and create a positive or neutral play on broken plays. Solid vision on Gap runs, shows patience on Duo to let blocks develop and cut off of blockers, good willingness to hit the hole hard in short-yardage situations running plays like Iso and Dive, running with good low pad level, good foot drive, good play strength, and solid contact balance to push forward for positive yards. Solid contact balance allows him to create a couple of yards after contact on inside runs, pushing through arm tackles of DL and LBs to push for a couple of extra, on the outside he can break tackles from LBs and defensive backs that try to tackle him high, using a stiff arm and solid contact balance to stay up. Solid blocker with solid processing to understand protection and blitzes, willing to mix it up with LBs and DL, using his hands and solid pop to slow the pass rush, can get LBs to ground with good cut block, and willing to chip DEs when going out for a pass. Solid back in passing game, primarily runs slants, hooks, outs, and hitches, good hands with good manual dexterity, and solid ball tracking to catch the football, looks the ball and then moves to quickly get upfield, can find soft spot in zone coverage with solid recognition, can create YAC with solid cuts to make defenders miss, and solid contact balance to break arm tackles. Very good ball security as he covers all the pressure points gets both hands-on in traffic and has no career fumbles. Good competitive toughness shown by being a tough runner, being used and converting short-yardage runs on crucial downs, and being used on Punt as a protector, on KOR as a blocker, and had a couple plays as a lead blocker on Jet runs.
Cannot: Marginal ability to break tackles from DL, and all defenders can take him out tackling below the knee, doesn’t attempt to hurdle ankle biters. Isn’t going to hit home runs in the run game, adequate recognition on Zone and Gap runs of defenders getting displaced or leaving gap responsibility, shows adequate patience on Zone runs as he takes first thing in front of him, when a bigger play could potentially develop, and has adequate foot speed that prevents him from making bigger plays. Adequate burst at 2nd level, cannot separate from LBs and DBs, and shows adequate COD and explosiveness after making a defender to miss to burst upfield and create even more yards. Slow to get out on check-downs, lacks the recognition to trust the protection and get into his route, adequate COD, adequate foot speed, and adequate explosiveness limit his ability as a route runner, will have to be schemed open rather than relied upon to get open.g., Buy Now or Subscribe.
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