Everybody loves comparing Caleb Williams to Patrick Mahomes. It makes sense. The crazy out-of-the-pocket plays he made in college were a near spot-on impersonation of the Kansas City Chiefs superstar. However, the Chicago Bears quarterback has been quick to correct people about that. While he has the utmost respect for Mahomes, he isn’t the one Williams works hard to emulate. That would be Aaron Rodgers. The former Green Bay Packers legend and future Hall of Famer was somebody he idolized growing up.
Tom Brady might be the G.O.A.T, but Rodgers was the player Williams felt did things no other quarterback could. As his own football career started taking flight in high school and college, Williams worked hard to incorporate parts of Rodgers’ style into his own game. He spoke to Matt Spiegel and Mark Grote on 670 The Score about what he seeks. Williams stated that a few things with Rodgers stood out. His playmaking ability out of the pocket was a big one. Then, there were two other assets.
One was his accuracy, and another was his ball spin.
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Caleb Williams needed to know why Rodgers was great.
Even casual fans understood just by watching every Sunday. However, if the former Heisman winner wanted to carve his own path to greatness, he needed to learn the details. Rodgers once explained to ESPN one of the secrets behind his incredible success as a deep-ball thrower. People automatically assume it stemmed from his considerable arm strength. He shot that down immediately. Arm strength importance is one of the biggest misconceptions about deep throws. Touch and spin are where you find the most success.
“Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It’ll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit. You want the point of the ball to come down, because if you put enough on it and spin it enough, it’s going to be very catchable.”
If you watch Caleb Williams, he has a similar approach. He never tries to throw the ball on a rope to his receivers on deep shots. He makes sure to put proper loft on them, spinning it to give the receivers a chance to make the play. His bomb to Tyler Scott in the second preseason game is a great example. The trajectory of the arc allowed the receiver time to run under it. If the defender hadn’t interfered, it would’ve hit Scott in stride. There is no telling how far Williams will go in his career. Yet one thing is clear. Choosing to model your game after Rodgers is never a bad idea.
Spot on Dr. and I’m not going to reveal to which Dr. I’m referring.
Yes, as long as he gets his vaccines and stays away from ayahuasca and Egyptian shamans, Caleb can copy Rodgers as much as he likes. Oh, and also try to avoid the almost always losing in NFC championship games thing (Rodgers is 1-5 in NFC championship games).
Of course, to have that problem, Caleb has to get to one first, ….
What I found somewhat interesting during hard knocks (in a good way) was the footage of Caleb was all football at Halas hall. Hard knocks showed Bagent out and about the city and with the other guys at sears tower. But Caleb it was just football stuff. Which I like. I feel Caleb is more of an introvert than most people realize. A lot of the interviews are him talking about hanging at his house. So far he’s not this attention seeker that Rodgers is and that the media has portrayed him to be. Here’s to hoping that doesn’t change… Read more »
Sally took too many blows to the head…maybe CTE explains the rambling nonsense
No, A perfect example was/is Jordan Love his first year. He takes mustard off his intermediate to deep throws for his accuracy. If he figures out what Caleb seems to already know, I think it would greatly enhance his passing.