Leaving the only NFL team he'd ever known wasn't easy, but for Jamaal Williams, there was no other option.
Williams signed a two-year free agent deal with the Detroit Lions this spring after the Green Bay Packers decided to invest in Williams' longtime running mate, Aaron Jones, instead.
Jones signed a four-year, $48 million deal with the Packers in March, just as Williams' rookie contract was expiring.
"It ain’t hard for them to say 'bye," Williams said Thursday. “They let me (go). Y’all act like I left on my own, golly. I didn’t do it.