The same familiar blue and gold thunderbolt greeted Mike Williams as he drove through the welcoming Southern California streets. But a modern facade of a new practice facility gave the receiver a sure sign that these Chargers are not the ones he left.

Wide receiver Mike Williams is back with the Los Angeles Chargers after a year away. He returns to the team that drafted—and then cut—him after what was, by his own admission, a “terrible” season away.

It turns out you can go home again, and Mike Williams feels he's better for it. The wideout returned to the Los Angeles Chargers this week after a season away. In his introductory news conference, he made clear leaving had never been his intention.