Tyleik Williams said he'll be on the field Sunday, Oct. 11, when the Detroit Lions play the Arizona Cardinals in their final game before the bye.
"I’m ready to go," Williams told the Free Press on Thursday.
Williams suffered what he described as a bruised foot in last week's loss to the Carolina Panthers.
He was listed as questionable on Friday's injury report, but said his foot feels "good."
"Little bruise, nothing," he said. "I was just taking care of it, being smart."
Williams, the 28th pick in last year's draft, is off to a strong start and one of the few bright spots on a Lions defense that ranks last in the NFL in yards per game through four weeks.
He moved
from three technique to nose tackle this offseason and has teamed with Alim McNeill to make the Lions one of the toughest teams to run up the middle on in the NFL. Williams has 14 tackles in four games, four fewer than he had all of his rookie season, while McNeill has eight tackles and three sacks.
"I’m 6-3, 328, something like that," Williams said. "I just think I move well, I’m big enough to hold the doubles and three tech more like a little guy position [for] Alim and Sky [Gill-Howard] and all them. I stay in the middle."
The Lions officially ruled out Brian Branch, Cade Mays and Rock Ya-Sin for Sunday. Branch is on the nonfootball injury list rehabbing from a torn Achilles tendon and Mays is on injured reserve with a broken wrist. Both are expected back after the bye.
Ya-Sin did not practice this week because of a hamstring injury he suffered against the Cardinals.
Dave Birkett covers the Lions for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on Bluesky, X and Instagram at @davebirkett.
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