Jamaal Williams wanted to score. Of course he did. A game-winning touchdown would’ve been the perfect capper to this night, an emphatic punctuation to the message he’d sent, a reminder the Green Bay Packers had not just one good running back, but actually two.
He wanted to score as soon as he took the handoff at the 15-yard line. He wanted to score when the Detroit Lions defense parted like the Red Sea, practically pleading for him to go right ahead. He wanted to score as he dashed inside the 10, a pair of linebackers watching him, standing still.
“I thought about it so bad,” Williams said. “Oh, I wanted to.”