By A to Z Sports,Mike Payton

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A lot of Detroit Lions fans wanted an edge rusher in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, and the Lions went with a defensive lineman, but not an edge. They went with Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams. After four games and four starts, Williams has looked pretty good. Lions head coach Dan Campbell had some very good things to say about him on Tuesday morning in his interview with 97.1 The Ticket.”Well, he’s just, he really, he’s gone about his business. It’s been quiet production. I mean that in a good way. He’s another one of these guys that does so many things that maybe not everybody sees, like, you can’t move the guy in a run game. Between he and Reader, you’re not moving those guys. But he does a ton. He’s got really good feet. He plays with leverage, strong hands, and, man, he can bottle up the freaking runs, man. And then he’s got sneaky push in the middle. He can get an edge and push, and in the pass game, so he’s been a guy that man, he continues to get better. And there again. You don’t always see it in the stats, but he’s doing so much that’s helping all these other guys with their stats. And that’s what this game is about. That’s what defense is about. It’s the unselfishness, and he has to do a lot of his dirty work. And he’s doing a damn good job with it.”There’s no doubt that Williams can bottle up the run, but I wanted to see what that quiet production looks like against the pass, so I went and looked at the tape, and here are some of the clips I came away with that show Campbell is right. Williams is affecting things.

Clip 1: Taking on the double team opens up for an Aidan Hutchinson one-on-one win