Detroit Lions first-round pick Tyleik Williams has seen his playing time take a significant dip since the return of Alim McNeill in Week 7. The rookie defensive tackle averaged 30.5 defensive snaps per game over the first six weeks of the season. His playing time over the last three games? • 22 snaps against the Buccaneers • 11 snaps against the Vikings • 8 snaps against the Commanders

Obviously, the return of McNeill has a big reason to do with Williams’ decrease in snaps, but it is a bit curious as to why he’s repping behind backup nose tackle Roy Lopez, who has out-snapped him in each of the last two games (14 and 12 snaps, respectively).

On Tuesday, during his weekly radio appearance on 97.1 The Ticket, Campbell explained why Williams hasn’t gotten a lot of playing time thus fa

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