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.
Same. I can’t even pretend to be a talent evaluator, especially QBs. It blows my mind how people say they don’t like Caleb anymore cause they look at some box scores these past several weeks. Like, just admit you don’t know what you’re talking about.. it’s ok!
There’s reasons not to like him, but only citing box scores in reference to that is dumb.