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Why so much Caleb Williams hate? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Final_Surround_1556@alien.top to c/bears@nfl.community

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A few weeks ago, you saw people saying he was a generational talent, that they would pick him (as a prospect coming out of college) over Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, John Elway, comparing his game to Patrick Mahomes. He has lost a few games this year but Jesus, his defense gives up 33 PPG, 420 yards of offense per game and they let people score 94% of the time in the redzone.

He has 119 total touchdowns over 3 years with only 13 ints. This year he is completing almost 70% of his passes. Are you guys genuinely concerned about his ability to play at the next level or is it just nit picking at this point?

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[–] doggoploggo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Some evaluators labeled him "generational" which led to a bit of a hate circle-jerk overcorrection as soon as he started struggling. He has strengths and weaknesses just like every other prospect, but Caleb is a lightning rod for hot takes because of who he is, where he plays, and how much he was hyped up.

[–] PUfelix85@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

For me it has nothing to do with him, and everything to do with the Bears Organization's track record with quarterbacks. This franchise has not shown any ability to develop a QB in the past 50 years, and I don't expect that to change. Many good QBs have come through Chicago only to leave a shell of what we were promised. I believe Caleb may be the next great NFL QB, however, I can't see that being true in Chicago.

The Bears Organization is built on a "defense first" mentality. And without a drastic change in coaching and management philosophy, we are not going to see that change anytime soon. Poles may be a smart GM, but would you trust Getsy, Eberflus, or any of the rest of the coaching staff to develop a young talent like Williams? How would you feel about having a new QB and a new OC and/or HC? Do you really trust the McCaskey's to hire the best coach for that young talented QB? Because I DON'T.

[–] AdStreet2074@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The bears only drafted one early first round pick for a QB, the others are Rex who is a late round pick and fields who dropped hard in the draft and was only drafted by a desperate Ryan pace. Good teams keep trying to draft their QB and not cling on to bust qbs

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