Jameson Williams has been on quite the tear the last three weeks, averaging seven receptions and 124.6 receiving yards while chipping in two touchdowns over Detroit's last three games. If those averages hold true for a fourth straight contest Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Williams will set new career highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns.

Williams set those benchmarks in a breakout season last year which saw him catch 58 passes for 1,001 yards and seven touchdowns. With three games remaining in the regular season, Williams has caught 52 passes for 936 yards with seven touchdowns.

"I'm proud of him," Lions head coach Dan Campbell said of Williams' game evolving this season. "He's grown so much. I mean he's a vet, he's a pro, the way he works, the way he digests the game plan, what it means to him. He loves to compete, he wants to win, and he's just taken off.

"And man, his details are getting better. When you've got the athletic ability he has and now the other things begin to come in — the discipline of your route depth and the width and how you stop and where you come back to the quarterback, what (Jared) Goff wants, what we're looking for, all these things.

"I mean that first dagger he caught on third down where he got his width back on it, I don't even know. I mean that's big time. That's huge because now Goff can anticipate it and let it go before the rush gets to him well before he's even getting into the break. Because now he knows that he's got the width to drop it in the window. And with his speed and ability to stop, it makes it very difficult. So, he's grown a ton. I'm proud of him."

Williams' 18.0 yard average per reception this season is a career high and the second highest average in the NFL this season behind Indianapolis' Alec Pierce (20.1). Since 2024, Williams leads all NFL receivers in scrimmage yards per touch (15.0), touchdown receptions of 20-plus yards (11) and touchdown receptions of 35-plus yards (9).

"It's exciting," Williams said this week of his game evolving. "It's just me doing what I was born to do. I'm a playmaker. I make plays. That's what I do."

INJURY UPDATES

Veteran center Graham Glasgow missed his second straight practice Friday with a knee injury putting his availability for Sunday's game against the Steelers at Ford Field in question.

Detroit's given Trystan Colon, Kingsley Eguakun and Michael Niese reps at center this week in case Glasgow can't go Sunday.

"We've kind of just hit all around and we're rolling the guards too," Campbell said. "So, it's really been a little bit of a revolving door trying to get a number of guys ready because there's a lot of flex going into this game right now."

MAHOGANY STATUS

How second-year guard Christian Mahogany feels after practice Friday is going to go a long way in determining whether he plays Sunday after missing the last six games with a leg injury.

Campbell said Mahogany looked pretty good but was sore Friday morning after going through his first full practice Thursday. The Lions participated in a walkthrough Wednesday. Getting Mahogany back at his starting left guard spot would give the Lions a boost, especially if they have to play without their starting center next to him.

TOUGH TASK

Maybe the only player on Detroit's roster who could come close to simulating what the Lions are going to face Sunday going against Steelers tight end Darnell Washington would be letting Penei Sewell get out in routes and have linebackers and defensive tackles try to tackle him.

Washington is listed at 6-foot-7, 264 pounds but he's admitted this season he actually tips the scales at over 300 pounds. He's a big, athletic man playing the tight end position who has 26 receptions for 313 yards and a touchdown this season.

Lions linebackers coach Shaun Dion Hamilton had a good line Friday when asked about Washington, saying his linebackers better pack a lunch and eat their Wheaties knowing they'll be tasked with getting Washington to the ground in space Sunday.

"You can see his length. He engulfs guys in the run game," Campbell said of Washington. "And then just the range that he's got from his length on the seams and catching the ball and the run after catch, the stiff arm, the running over guys. I mean he is — he's a load. He's a different style of player that there is in this league right now."