My thoughts are the same of what I said before the year started. Williams is a fraud. Yes, Chicago’s offensive line is bad right now. However, ALL we heard before the year started was “Caleb Williams is coming into the best possible position for ANY rookie quarterback.” You don’t get to now change the narrative and say “Well, it’s the offensive line’s fault.”
Caleb’s passing yards were classic Stat Padford. Remember, Indianapolis literally has the worst defense in the NFL. Remember that they also lost their best defensive lineman. Remember, they were playing Anthony Richardson, who him and Bryce Young are the only 2 starters playing worse than Caleb.
If there was any game where Williams was supposed to win, it was this one. Caleb basically just had to not lose the game. He then proceeds to throw terrible picks, and let Indy build a lead. Caleb’s “damage” came when Indy started playing prevent defense, which is hilarious because they literally can’t prevent anything.
Here is the quick answer. Caleb is still trying to do the Johnny Manziel, run around and throw up prayers. Yes, the offensive line is playing badly. You know who else is causing those pressures to happen? Caleb Williams, holding the ball for WAY too long. You know who is missing WIDE open throws that any NFL QB has to make? Caleb Williams. You know who keeps running backwards and spinning in circles giving up tons of yards? Caleb Williams.
Right now Caleb’s only true positive “offense” is throwing seam routes to Kmet, and throwing prayers to Odunze. Caleb’s first TD pass was good, nice fade route. That was solid execution. The second TD was more Indy’s defense being Indy and was a WIDE open throw, again in garbage time.
Chicago took the cheese, and believed that once again ONE player could turn their whole franchise around. Instead of continuing to develop and build a team that already has a borderline and I will say top tier defense, they went out and got splash guys. A fancy QB, a WR compliment, traded for Keenan Allen, signed Swift. They chose to spend all of their resources on outside perimeter players. What they didn’t do was fix what everyone said has been a main weakness, the offensive line. This was also why I didn’t want Harbaugh to go to Chicago, the first thing he would build there is their offensive line.
Caleb’s issue that will kill him in the NFL is his attitude. He has a piss poor attitude, and poor work ethic. He is a mental midget, and teammates see stuff like that. Coddled Caleb has a lot to learn about life in the NFL, and right now people making excuses for him is only going to make it worse. He needs to learn how to play NFL QB which is stop running backwards, stop throwing prayers into triple coverage, and learn how to read a damn defense.
Quick side note: I do find it funny that Mahomes name was brought up for a stat comparison. That says nothing about Caleb Williams, and everything about how shitty the Chiefs offense has been. Which, I’ve been saying since before the season started. As I said, look at the numbers from last year. Mahomes has been more Meh-homes or Mid-homes. Hell, he was getting outplayed by Russell Wilson, who is 3rd string in Pittsburgh.
