As good as Hunt is, teams had the book on how to shut him down - stack the box and shadow him at all times. Now this opened up the rest of the offense, so not a bad thing. But sometimes you'd really like to have a running game - IE when you have the lead.
It remains to be seen if teams get a book on stuffing Williams - but so far it seems like he opens up more options and maybe forces Reid to be a little more creative.
Also the speed - that screen pass TD against the Pats it really looked like the defender had the angle to get him at the 5 - but Williams just blew right through it. Williams may have that extra gear in the open field that Hunt didn't.
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