We predicted it would happen. Everybody predicted it would happen. So it was no surprise today, Sep. 8, when the Saints announced they’d be calling up running back Jonathon Williams from the practice squad to be the team’s third running back for Sunday’s season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Jonathan Williams story has been a little confusing over the past couple of weeks. He was the team’s leading rusher in preseason not named Taysom Hill and was seen by most analysts and fans as being the hands down fill-in for Mark Ingram during Ingram’s four-game suspension.