So, remember those concerns raised before the draft about the presence of Caleb Williams’ father, Carl Williams, and how he could become a nuisance for any organization that drafted the quarterback? It didn’t take the man long to validate those worries. The elder Williams doesn’t have a strong social media presence, but he does have a Twitter account that follows all of his son’s exploits. Earlier today, it retweeted a video of Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Joe Whitt lamenting how the team never should’ve been in the situation to throw a Hail Mary at the end.
Mr. Williams put two hashtags above it.
The timing of this can’t be a coincidence, given that head coach Matt Eberflus is under fire for his mistakes in Sunday’s loss and seemingly refuses to hold himself accountable for them. Williams spoke to Shane Riordan of 670 The Score shortly after, insisting it had nothing to do with Eberflus. However, the fact he deleted the tweet mere minutes after posting it suggests otherwise.
Caleb Williams’ relationship with Eberflus is becoming a question.
Before the season, there were grumblings in some circles that the quarterback wasn’t giving his head coach enough of his full attention or respect. A video clip from Hard Knocks illustrated this with Eberflus taking notes in a private meeting and Williams sitting with his arms crossed. People didn’t think much of it at the time. There were other clips where the quarterback jotted things down. However, recent events suggest there might be something going on between those two.
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It is not necessarily a beef or tension. It is more like Caleb Williams has concerns about Eberflus’ competency. Two instances suggest this might be the case. One was on the final two plays in Washington, where Williams had to pull his head coach back from committing a penalty by walking onto the field. Then, it was his failure to call a timeout when it was clear Tyrique Stevenson wasn’t paying attention to the Hail Mary play. Secondly, there was this quote from his recent presser.
“OK teams, nobody leads. Good teams, coaches lead. The great teams, players lead.”
Downplaying the importance of the head coach like that might be telling. Williams won’t start any drama, but his father’s recent actions suggest there is some discontent.
Bet your ass Papa Bear wouldn’t put up with one of his player’s parents stirring up all this bullshit, weather as owner or coach. Dude should shut the fuck up and mind his own business. CW needs to be a man and tell him so. This isn’t a high school football team.
Barry and I are tied for the lead. We beat Kay. Byron’s comment seems so British. Mutiny on the Bounty! Both Flus and Shane should walk the plank with a ball and chain. Use a pitchfork to move them along, Mr. Poles.
Now you can all commence with downvoting the objective data that I have collected and tabulated in five minutes while sitting on the toilet. If shooting the messenger were a sport, there are like 15 of you on here who’d be goat at it.
I’m sorry, I know this post will probably get me banned from this entire website, but I just compared Justin Fields’ performance last year through the first seven games to what Caleb has produced thus far this year. It’s … not great! Through the first seven games, Fields produced slightly more net yardage (1,711 to 1,664) and 30% more touchdowns (13 to nine) last year than Caleb has this year. This, we can all probably agree, was not supposed to be the outcome of using the most valuable draft asset in the history of professional sports to replace a QB1… Read more »
The crew is taking over the ship folks, question is do they put Flus afloat.