Why has it taken so long for Caleb Williams to be exposed as a Bust? Smells like the Jets Zac Wilson.
This is where I'm at in regards to evaluating his play. Particularly last year, it seemed when the going got tough he didn't rise to the occasion at all. Granted as someone living in SoCal I get to deal with a bunch of local USCw hype every single year, and as somewhat of a UCLA fan (nowhere near as much as I root for UF though, especially in football, I actually follow them a bit more in basketball but I also don't watch too much college basketball outside the tournament anyways) I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy their yearly collapse.
Talent wise though he's got the physical tools and I have no idea how much his production in those big games is on coaching and/or just being outmanned by the opposing defenses as opposed to his actual decision making. I will say that think he's a much more polished project than Anthony Richardson and he ended up going number 4 overall. I'm not sure I would spend the number 1 overall on him but I'm also not an NFL talent scout nor will I be sitting in on the interviews they put all of these guys through.
This is an even bigger problem to me than the supposed character concerns:
I think he's a great talent but he's not victor webanyama either as an infallible prospect.
This is where I'm at in regards to evaluating his play. Particularly last year, it seemed when the going got tough he didn't rise to the occasion at all. Granted as someone living in SoCal I get to deal with a bunch of local USCw hype every single year, and as somewhat of a UCLA fan (nowhere near as much as I root for UF though, especially in football, I actually follow them a bit more in basketball but I also don't watch too much college basketball outside the tournament anyways) I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy their yearly collapse.
Talent wise though he's got the physical tools and I have no idea how much his production in those big games is on coaching and/or just being outmanned by the opposing defenses as opposed to his actual decision making. I will say that think he's a much more polished project than Anthony Richardson and he ended up going number 4 overall. I'm not sure I would spend the number 1 overall on him but I'm also not an NFL talent scout nor will I be sitting in on the interviews they put all of these guys through.