Hate to do this to the kid but he has a lot of Mahomes in him. Just Physical gifts galore.
I still dont love his game. He runs around and then dumps it off for a 4 yard sideline gain or an incompletion. Get it down the field young man! This is clearly where he is NOT Mahomes-esque.
I think he makes “5 out of 10“ difficult throws. Thats not great.
He makes some wow ones and then some awful ones. Hence the excessive 3 and outs we get and the bad quarters (or two) in games.
Clearly he Holds onto ball way to long.
But man can this kid jet. He’s literally unstoppable as a runner.
Still think Sam was/is more impressive as a passer. Not just the RB game but think of some of those throws Sam made in that game. I havent seen one of those from CW. Its more play design/scheme and catch & run. His thread the needle passes are often off.
Would like to see that stat showing passes beyond 20 yards.
CW is faster and more elusive than Darnold. A++++ vs A- tho.
He doesn't remind me of anyone. Certainly no prior Trojan quarterback.
Haven't seen a player be able to generate that much time for himself before, and then do nothing with it. Has his receivers not figured out they need to help him out? Not sure. It seems more that he knows what he wants to do and that's what he's going to do. He thinks he can always make the throw , cause he usually can. 31 td -2 picks.
A couple of times this season he has been like a star pitcher that didn't show up with his stuff. First quarter last night was an example. Then something clicks and he's spot on and can put it on a dime. Not sure I have seen that before either in an SC quarterback.
He's learned to throw the ball out of bounds. He's better at taking off and not taking on tacklers. He sure is fun to watch. The one play that concerned me most is that he didn't see that huge sack coming that he took right in the face. He was so focused on where he wanted to throw the ball that He didn't even look in that direction. He has to develop that awareness.
Glad we have him for another year. He has everything to be unstoppable. This fine tuning is up to him. The last thing he needs is a trip to new york. sc
Fair assessment. He doesn’t throw jump
balls or into tight windows. Darnold did a lot. Darnolds life since that magical freshman season indicates he might have had some serious help from the talent around him I like how Caleb is starting to take off more
He's like more like Russell Wilson than Mahomes. Just elusive and just fast enough for modern football. He'll be a very high draft pick. He's 1000x better than . Not just because of his talent. CW has 30 IQ points on Sam and CW is a natural leader. Sam has ZERO leadership skills.
Riley's route trees don't do him any favors, a lot of intermediate and deep routes w nothing underneath/ safety valves. This might be where losing dye is something of a blessing. The other rbs can't block so go to the flat as a check down.