Attempting to flee from the right side, Emanuel Wilson encountered a sea of people.
With that, the rookie running back for the Green Bay Packers planted his foot, turned, and went left.
Wilson tricked a Cleveland defender five yards in and forced him to miss. He outran a linebacker, turned the corner, and flashed speed to the edge.
Wilson was eventually shoved out of bounds by a Browns safety twenty-three yards later.
Granted, last Saturday Wilson was inflicting harm on Cleveland’s reserves—many of whom will not be in the league for two weeks. Yet that run, along with a few more, definitely caught people’s attention, and Wilson is now vying to be Green Bay’s number-two running back behind bellcow Josh Jacobs.
Following the Packers’ 23-10 victory over the Browns in their preseason opener, coach Matt LaFleur stated, “I thought there was a lot of good things out there.” “I believed he was sprinting quickly. I believed he had lowered his pads.
When Wilson unexpectedly made the 53-man roster for Green Bay in preseason, he led the NFL in rushing yards with 223 yards. Given the depth and talent of the Packers’ running back corps, he will require a similar showing this summer.
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