Jamaal Williams was less concerned about the details of how it happened, he was just happy to see his Green Bay Packers pull out the 23-22 come-from-behind win over the Detroit Lions on Monday night.

“We just want the dub. All that matters is the dub,” Williams said in a postgame interview video posted on the Packers’ website.

The former BYU running back played for the first time since taking a scary hit to the helmet in the team’s week 4 loss to Philadelphia on the Packers’ opening offensive play. Williams left the field that night on a stretcher. 

“It felt good to get past play one. I’m just grateful to be out there with my teammates, be out there with the fans and just have fun,” Williams said about the win at Lambeau Field that improved Green Bay’s record to 5-1 and keeps them atop the NFC North standings.

The details, though, were in Williams’ favor in the primetime matchup. He had his second career 100-yard rushing game, finishing the night with 104 rushing yards on 14 carries to go with four receptions for 32 yards and a touchdown.

“He did a great job. It was nice to have him back out there. He always is going to give great effort, we know that. He’s going to run hard. He’s going to get the tough yards. I know, which speaks volumes to the rest of the guys, but they were happy for him as well,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said in his postgame press conference.

The 104 rushing yards was the second-most in his three NFL seasons, trailing only a 113-yard effort his rookie season in 2017 against Tampa Bay. The 136 yards from scrimmage was also the second-most in Williams’ career, behind a 155-yard day last December in a win over the New York Jets.

His 7.4 yards per carry was a career-best for Williams, topping his 6.3 ypc average last year against the Jets.

The 100-yard rushing night was punctuated by a career-long 45-yard run late in the first half when he burst through a gaping hole in the middle and scampered upfield before being tackled at the Detroit 10.

That set up a 37-yard Mason Crosby field goal with seven seconds to go until halftime and made it 13-10 Lions.

“Shoot, I was trying to go to the house but I didn’t know how close he was to me. These dudes love stripping the ball, so I was like, ‘They ain’t gonna get it from me. I’ll run down with two hands on it.’ I almost outran them. Aargh, oh I almost got them,” Williams said. 

Earlier in the second quarter, Williams scored his second touchdown of the season when, as the man in motion, he took a short toss from quarterback Aaron Rodgers, then used a stiff-arm to get past the first defender and a shifty move to slip by another at the 3-yard line before scoring on the 5-yard play.

That capped a 14-play, 60-yard drive for Green Bay that trimmed Detroit’s lead to 13-7. Williams also had three carries for 18 yards on the drive.

One of the most talked-about plays from Williams on Monday night, though, was his final carry that pushed him over 100 rushing yards. 

Green Bay, which had yet to lead in the game, trailed 22-20 and was facing a first-and-10 at the Detroit 11 with 1:36 to play and the Lions out of timeouts. Williams took a handoff up the middle and the Lions players appeared to be pulling up to allow Williams to run in for a touchdown, which would give the Detroit offense the time and opportunity to drive for a winning score.

Williams, aware of the timeout situation and the fact a field goal would win the game, alertly sat down at the 3-yard line and was downed at the 2 for an 8-yard gain. 

“We really went through situations like this before. I just appreciate our coaches getting us prepared for these type of situations,” Williams said.

From there, the Packers set Crosby up for a short 23-yard field goal as time expired, giving Green Bay the one-point win.

The Packers’ game-winning drive milked the final 6:46 off the clock, a 14-play, 77-yard march that forced Detroit to use all three of its timeouts to try and get the ball back. With veteran leadership, and Williams’ quick thinking, though, the Packers squelched the Lions’ hope of getting one more shot on offense.

“We thought about taking the knee. I just wanted to run it one time and see what happened. We have a name for that, a Rolex situation. We want the clock to keep running and not scoring. It was great communication in the huddle, led by Aaron letting the guys know, hey get down, don’t score,” LaFleur said. “And then we were able to take the knees, and Mason came through at the end.”