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Three Top-10 picks in two years, but no draftee made Bill Belichick's All Rookie and Second-Year Team.
Williams, by the way, looks no closer to becoming the NFL passer scouts envisioned, but rather his college self reliving a lowlight reel on repeat; scrambling and scrambling and extending plays past their breaking point, all in the name of chasing the big play. Williams took nine sacks on Sunday, a franchise record for the Patriots, who aside from assigning an unexpected spy, basically let him unravel on his own.
Williams remains his own worst enemy, something that can’t be said about Maye. His game has matured.
Ja’Lynn Polk, everyone’s favorite punching bag since he started dropping passes like he was wearing boxing mitts, bounced back to catch the Pats’ only touchdown Sunday on a stroke of coaching genius. During the week, the staff discovered the Bears were susceptible to the type of play they called on Polk’s touchdown: a play-action pass in the tight red zone.
“We felt like that was one of their weaknesses and they bit on it,” Polk told me, “and we scored.”
Perhaps that weakness was exclusive to cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, who watched the run fake instead of eyeing Polk, who initially blocked right and then slipped past him for an easy touchdown. Or the Bears’ weakness was more widespread. Whatever it was, Polk cracked the NFL’s third-ranked red zone defense in the process, and by scoring, gave Maye one more touchdown pass than Caleb Williams has thrown in three games.
Yes, a guy who got sacked nine times "unraveled on his own". LolEven a sportswriter of the lowly 3-7 Patriots feels empowered to fire a few potshots on Poles' prized "generational talent":
Callahan: The Patriots’ win at Chicago showed us something new
In beating the Bears, the Patriots showed us something new. They, once again, were the tougher, smarter, more resilient team.www.bostonherald.com
while rubbing in the Bears' faces that they got figured out on BOTH sides of the ball:
This is where I’m at. I like Caleb because he has potential, but the plays must be designed to his strengths and to the weaknesses of the OL.Yes, a guy who got sacked nine times "unraveled on his own". Lol
Williams' worst enemy is his offensive line and his offensive coordinator.
Yes!You can tell Caleb is coached not to make a mistake. It's simple. Eberflus did it with Fields, and now he's doing it with Williams. You see the exact same tendencies happening.
This is why it was dumb to keep Eberflus beyond last year. He's in win now mode, while Caleb needs to be molded, and given the rope to make rookie mistakes. These 2 things were never going to work and was not going to have a positive outcome.
Hell, you hardly see Caleb leave the pocket much anymore to extend plays like he did in College. They're forcing him to be a pocket passer. They're neutering him.
This all points back to Poles and his emotional attachment to Eberflus clouding his judgement. Poles has done the one thing he couldn't do. He's supremely f**ked this up.
You can tell Caleb is coached not to make a mistake. It's simple.
I think I heard several analysts say 4-5 of the sacks were on CW not getting the ball out.Yes, a guy who got sacked nine times "unraveled on his own". Lol
Williams' worst enemy is his offensive line and his offensive coordinator.
I think I heard several analysts say 4-5 of the sacks were on CW not getting the ball out.
He's out.So no firing... And when we finally fire Waldron it will be too late.
Fox Sports was saying pretty much the same thing - said he's the 4th best rookie QB right now. Also conceded a lot of the issues weren't on him - but he's def been underwhelming given the hype.Six out of the nine, per an ex-NFL QB, as relayed by 670 The Score livestream going on right now.
They were also happy with their process that led them to keep Fields over Stroud, great decision that was, Poles comes off as totally arrogant, yeah he came from a winning org but how much of it was Reid/Mahomes magic and not him and the others in that FO
Not a great look, all around.
Not a great look, all around.