Full disclosure: I'm still pulling for Fields and I don't watch college football.
With that in mind, if we do move on from Fields, I wanted to get my head around how the basic stats of Williams & Maye compare to recent #1s overall.
Main Takeaway: Statistically speaking, vs prior #1 picks, Williams is middle of the pack and Maye is bottom in almost every main category.
Follow-up Questions for those of you who know and watch college football:
- Can someone explain why Caleb Williams is talked about as being "generational" or a can't pass up?
- Can someone explain why there is so much love on Drake Maye? Honestly, his figures are extremely similar (maybe worse) than Trubisky. Given they went to the same school, that is quite concerning.
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As many others have said, if it was as simple as drafting the guy with the best stats, then no one would ever miss on QBs. You would draft the guy with the best college stats, and create some threshold for not drafting guys below that stat line.
But it doesn't work that way. I'm not going to pretend to be a talent evaluator or have watched every snap of Williams this year, but when I watch him, he's just different.
Also, Williams' stats from this year are fucking awesome considering it's a "down" year for him. Speaking from my friend group text and what I see on Reddit, it's just "cool" and in vogue to hate on Williams.
Agreed, dudes that post this stuff need to go watch videos of Williams making fucking ridiculous throws. I mean throws that I don’t think a lot of NFL qbs can make.
I can’t remember who USC was playing but it went to OT and on a two point conversion Williams extended the play with his feet and proceeded to fit a ball in between like three fucking defenders. He put it a window not much bigger than the ball itself. Hit the WR right in the hands and it was dropped. Probably because the WR was triple covered and never expected the ball to come to him.
His arm is absolutely electric, he has a quick release and throws very well off platform. Physically the only real knock on him is that he's a little short (but he is well built/stout - he's not a little guy like Bryce Young)
Yep, what worries in his game is that he have a kind of hero syndrome, trying to make big plays every time when he just needs to be in pocket and make a simple play. He'll have to adapt that to the NFL level, otherwise he won't last long
Blake Bortles made ridiculous throws in college, how did he work out in the NFL?