Lions head coach Dan Campbell says the plan is to get D'Andre Swift in the game vs. Green Bay and "see where he's at."

Related Players: Jamaal Williams

From an outside perspective, you would think that the team would like to nurse their most explosive offensive weapon instead of giving him touches to "see where he's at," but we're here for fantasy takes. If the team is unsure about the running back's health, you can likely take that as a negative when trying to project his Week 9 workload. Jamaal Williams' stock as an RB2 this week receives a positive bump.

D’Andre Swift was back in action for the first time in more than a month this past weekend. But the Detroit Lions running back wasn’t 100% while dealing with shoulder and ankle injuries.

Related players: Jamaal Williams, Craig Reynolds, Justin Jackson

And now, according to the story, head coach Dan Campbell openly regrets how much work the team gave Swift during the team’s loss against the Miami Dolphins in Week 8. Campbell told 97.1 The Ticket’s Stoney & Jansen that “he’s not back” and they should’ve spread more of Swift’s work around. Obviously this isn't great news for owners going forward as the Lions will likely reduce his workload until declared fully healthy. Be sure to monitor his practice status this week.

Lions’ RB D’Andre Swift is off this week’s injury report and is expected to play Sunday vs. Miami, WR Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable.

Related Players: Jamaal Williams

Both Swift and St. Brown should be in fantasy lineups if they're good to go Sunday, in a great bounce back spot against a leaky Dolphins defense.

Lions RB D'Andre Swift (shoulder/ankle) is out, and WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (ankle) is questionable for Sunday against the Patriots.

Related Players: Jamaal Williams

Jamaaal Williams is once again a top-10 RB option in one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL.

Lions coach Dan Campbell says they'll give a number of guys rest today. They're still day-to-day with D'Andre Swift and Amon-Ra St. Brown, but Campbell says they're "better."

Related players: Jamaal Williams

Both players didn't suit up in Week 4. Swift was projected to miss "some" time so his return for Week 5 isn't a lock. Williams remains a nice play if Swift is out in Week 5. St. Brown's ankle injury wasn't considered serious so the hope is the team was being cautious with him in Week 4 and he'll have a better shot to be back for Week 5.

Frank Ragnow, Jonah Jackson, T.J. Hockenson, Amon-Ra St. Brown (ankle), D'Andre Swift (shoulder) among the long list of players who won't practice today.

Related players: Jamaal Williams

St. Brown and Swift are "day to day" the tweet went on say. But reports have said Swift is likely going to miss time, possibly two weeks leading up to the team's Week 6 bye. Williams would be a solid fantasy option at running back with Swift possibly out. St. Brown doesn't appear to have a serious injury but isn't a lock for Week 4 yet, but seems to have a better chance to go than Swift. Both players would probably need to log practice time to have a chance in Week 4.

D'Andre Swift suffered a shoulder sprain during Sunday's game against the Vikings but is not expected to require surgery.

Related Players: Jamaal Williams, Craig Reynolds

Considering how the Lions choose to divvy the workload between the backfield (Swift 32 snaps, Williams 35, Reynolds 13), it appears that they were heading into the game with their RB1 on a snap count due to an ankle issue. Instead of simply resting him and allowing Williams more run, they now have an even bigger issue on their hands. With the offensive scheme and an above-average offensive line, Jamaal Williams can instantly be considered a borderline RB1 option in fantasy.

Though the team seems to be system-agnostic when running their offense, the Lions have been highly gap-heavy this year and have focused on pushing the ball down the field through their running backs. Detroit is second in the league with their 372 yards on the ground and is eleventh in the league with 84 receiving yards to the RB position. D'Andre Swift (RB3) and Jamaal Williams (RB19) have performed as top-20 options at this point in the season.

Per the article, the Lions are first in yards per carry (7.15), third in explosive runs (seven), and also second in EPA per rush and rushing DVOA, Football Outsiders’ opponent-adjusted efficiency metric. What's scary for opposing defenses; they've accomplished all of this while dealing with a slew of offensive line injuries. They may just be getting started.

So far this season, on a combined 43 rushing attempts by D’Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams, the Lions have used five separate run concepts at least six or more times each (numbers via Sports Information Solutions).

The Lions are averaging 7.2 yards per rush so far this season. The concepts talked about in the story feature the usual diet of zone plays, but also man-blocking components like duo and having different players pull on counter (their most heavily used concept), power and trap plays, the story said. The Lions utilize all those personnel groupings and formations, plus shifts and motions, to get the most advantageous looks possible.

D'Andre Swift practiced on Friday after missing the previous two days' activities with an ankle issue. He is officially listed as questionable per head coach Dan Campbell.

Related Players: Jamaal Williams

The Lions came out in Week 1 splitting touches heavily between Swift and Jamaal Williams, with the former leading the latter 18-13. Williams would shoot way, way up the rankings if Swift happened to miss this, or any other, week.