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Green Bay Packers: 3 Players to watch vs. Texans in Preseason Week 1

By Joe Kipp

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 30: Andy Jones #17 of the Detroit Lions drops a pass in front of Tony Brown #28 of the Green Bay Packers during the first half of a game at Lambeau Field on December 30, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 30: Andy Jones #17 of the Detroit Lions drops a pass in front of Tony Brown #28 of the Green Bay Packers during the first half of a game at Lambeau Field on December 30, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 10: Dexter Williams #2 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish breaks a tackle on his way to a 58-yard touchdown run against the Florida State Seminoles in the second quarter of the game at Notre Dame Stadium on November 10, 2018 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 10: Dexter Williams #2 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish breaks a tackle on his way to a 58-yard touchdown run against the Florida State Seminoles in the second quarter of the game at Notre Dame Stadium on November 10, 2018 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

2. Dexter Williams, RB

Rookie running back Dexter Williams has a huge opportunity ahead of him with Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams each nursing a hamstring injury. Both haven’t practiced for over a week, which has allowed D. Williams to garner the majority of the first-team reps at running back.

In fact, the Packers are so thin at the running back position that they signed veteran free agent Corey Grant and claimed Keith Ford off of waivers from the Indianapolis Colts. D. Williams still figures to get all the first-team work, however.

Though he was just a sixth round pick in this year’s draft, the Packers have high hopes for D. Williams, who is a tremendous scheme fit in new head coach Matt LaFleur’s offense. D. Williams comes from a zone-heavy running scheme at Notre Dame, similar to what LaFleur wants to do in his outside-zone scheme.

It’s been apparent in practices so far that D. Williams is an ideal one-cut runner in this type of offense, and it actually wouldn’t be surprising to see him surpass J. Williams on the depth chart by mid-season. D. Williams should get plenty of reps in Thursday’s preseason game against the Texans, and it’ll be interesting to see how he performs as Green Bay’s No. 1 option.

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