Lions Film Study: After seeing this, Tyleik Williams' grades make no sense at all

This is great. Williams first goes to engage #77 and then bounces off him to engage #55. When he chips 77, that takes him out of the possibility of trying to double-team Aidan Hutchinson. It leaves #71 alone with Hutchinson, and he gets beaten pretty easily, and Hutchinson gets the sack. This play doesn't happen without Williams chipping #77 off the double team. Really good stuff.

Clip 2: Shifting the double team over to open up a gap for Hutchinson leads to an interception

Williams doesn't do this alone, but he picks up a double team here as the line shifts to the left. DJ Reader comes in and takes a guy, and then Hutchinson goes over the middle and rushes into the gap and forces Joe Flacco to throw. D. J. Reed then picks it off. This doesn't happen if that gap isn't open, and Williams helped open it.

Clip 3: Taking on a double team allows O'Connor to win his one-on-one

Again, he takes on a double team here, and the Browns' offensive line is at fault for it. They're buying into some of the pressure that Williams is bringing, and we'll show those in a minute. But here the double team springs Pat O'Connor to get in and get enough pressure to force an incomplete pass.

Clip 4: Bringing the pressure

At the end of the day, they don't all work. In this case, Williams was spectacular and brought the pressure. Maybe a second quicker, and he's getting the sack, or at least half a sack there. At the end of the day, Flacco made a good pass, and these things just happen from time to time. Still, this was that solid push that Campbell was talking about. This is where those Alim McNeill comparisons make sense.

Clip 5: Pressure forces short throw

It's not as clean as the last one, but this short throw happens because of Williams. He's closing in here and pushes his man back into Flacco's face, and then Williams does the right thing by getting his hands up. It's unlikely he would have gotten the sack, but the pressure forces a checkdown, and that's still a big deal.

The final takeaway from this study is that the Lions got themselves a great player here, and when Alim McNeill comes back, Williams is going to be a luxury off the bench. I look forward to the days when Williams and McNeill are starting side by side. They could be a problem together.