Ryan Leaf on Caleb Williams: “I don’t think he’s a starting QB this year” | NFL | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes react to Ryan Leaf’s criticism of the presumed #1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Caleb Williams. Leaf said: 75% of what made Caleb great in college is not transferable to the NFL. He also went on to say he does not believe Williams should be a starting QB during his rookie season. Nick, Wildes and Brou react to Leaf’s comments on Caleb.

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Ryan Leaf on Caleb Williams: “I don’t think he’s a starting QB this year” | NFL | FIRST THINGS FIRST

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Your reaction it’s just totally wrong just I just I I I like Ryan I respect Ryan it that sounds to me and I don’t think this is Ryan but it sounds like someone that has only watched the highlights the highlights are the college stuff and you know maybe a few

If you could in the NFL but it’s going to be hard cuz the the stuff that we run during the show they’re like oh my God he’s running around he’s doing crazy Johnny Manzel stuff yeah last year his down year in a clean pocket 292 pass attempts

75% 10 yards per attempt 22 touchdowns one turnover give me a break just give me a break now is there there’s some this is one right here yeah yeah this is one this is like a momes one and but also will that work in the NFL I get

That the only knock on Caleb other than the off the field which isn’t really off the field it’s just people are like you know trying to find ways to say I don’t think he’s man enough because he cried and because he paints his nails as an

Homage to his mother uh or they don’t like the fact that he made 10 million bucks and lived in a sweet ass condo in college but you know good for him um the other thing was and when I say momes esque Mahomes his last two years at

Texas Tech was sacked 64 times people were like oh he’s going to you know he takes too many sacks but if you listen to him talk about it or really the people around him talk about it was he knew if we don’t score we lose so I am I

Am going to try to hang in there and make every play Caleb last year was sacked 54 or the last two years was sacked Caleb was sacked 64 times Mahomes 54 times last two years pardon me both you know 27 a year versus 32 a year point being that Caleb’s doing the same

Thing USC’s evens was so bad that he had to try to make every play this idea that he can’t play from the pocket it just to me I watched him it’s not what I saw well no no I think you make some good points and I think he had to play like

That which is one thing I like and I think will help him at the next level is he didn’t have all the best receivers in the world the best offensive line in the country he had so he had to make a lot of those plays on his own all right I

Like that because I do think sometimes we’ll see if it continues with the Bryce Harper but sometimes Bryce young I mean Bryce young sometimes your receivers are so great your line is so great you’re at freaking Alabama and you know everybody’s wide open to first or second

Option right M jokes I’m just saying though so notice a lot of the top quarterbacks come from programs that aren’t the most touted in the country so I like that I do think Nick there is some legitimacy to like the the stuff about 75% of what he does can’t do any

Of no you can’t do it because we see Mahomes do it all right so we know you can do it but I do think Nick there is legitimacy to him being more on time like and it’s not that he hasn’t done it at all but I I think that’s going to be

One of the challenges or one of the things he has to learn and get better at is to be more of an on time passer in the NFL uh and then when you need to do that stuff that he does so well that’s when it’ll be good here’s uh Josh on

Time to throw Josh went to USC so this was a special graphic that he made uh under 2 and 1 half seconds uh 10 touchdowns one interception when he’s able to extend the pocket a little bit completion percentage goes down but 20 touchdowns and 4 interception so either

Way he’s excellent and again this was his down year yeah that’s the thing people and this is what is so frustrating to me there’s a great Mike Tomlin clip and shout out to Ryan Clark he did it with Ryan Clark on the pivot a couple years ago where Tomlin talked

About the draft and he’s like man I love when I hear other teams talk about anything other than pedigree and by pedigree he meant he didn’t mean like how many Star recruit you wore but he meant about tangibles your size your strength your athleticism he said because that means they’re focus on the

Wrong stuff cuz everything else is about coaching oh everything you know what I mean oh this guy has bad technique he’s like that’s coaching and I want to coach so when I am looking at Caleb Williams aside from the fact he might be an inch and a half shorter than is would be

Ideal but so is momes like I the um he checks every box on what can you do so then if it is hey in the pros get it out quicker don’t always hunt for the huge play that is coaching and I don’t think he’s a I think he’s a really sharp sharp

Kid so I think he will do that I think at times he he is being penalized right now for understanding what the limitations of his specific team were and that if I’m not you know making huge plays we can’t compete and so I think that’s part of what’s Happening Here I

Also think everybody knows he is going number one he’s the clear-cut best guy we got a lot of time till the draft so people are going to try to pick pick on that so here’s what else Ryan said about his development plan take listen Okay Brew your reaction look I I generally

Like when rookie quarterbacks sit the first year I mean it’s not for everybody like CJ stra didn’t need to do it but I do wish more teams would at least make that an option just because I drafted the guy number one number two whatever doesn’t mean I’m throwing him right in

The start okay Jordan love we see how he looks like he’s probably gonna be a star okay he sat obviously Aaron Rogers momes didn’t start his first year Lamar started you know come off the bench initially now here’s the so I I don’t hate that from Lion Ryan Leaf but all

Those situations I just named uh Rogers had Favre and Mike McCarthy love had Matt laflor and Aaron Rogers uh uh momes had they were playoff team Andy Reed and Alex Smith and Lamar had Joe flacko Super Bowl winning coach John Harbaugh Super well winning coach quarterback uh and a playoff team

So in that situation when you sit you’re going to learn okay but in Chicago they tried it with Justin Fields they remember Andy D was the starter if you’re in a bad organization at least has been with quarterbacks for 70 years or so all right then you I don’t know I

Don’t hate the idea but I don’t I hope he learns if he sits in Chicago is he really going to learn anything so I I think you actually do learn even if you’re not learning from the quarterback in front of you just from being in the

Meting well you know what I mean a good organization that they you know that they improved at offensive coordinator this offseason I so I actually don’t hate this idea for any of the parties which is if if it’s if the reports latest reports are right which is

They’re looking at maybe only getting a third round pick for Justin Fields I don’t hate the idea of the Bears drafting Caleb and saying hey you’re going to sit in the beginning behind Justin yeah and and and with the can I just can I let me just let me just

Explain why because this goes to somewhat of the pressure that we talked about the other day those fans in Chicago right now a lot of them want Justin and so I think if you sit behind Justin and he struggles mightily then they’re happy when you come in if you

Sit behind Justin and he plays decent and then the Bears all of a sudden get a much better draft pick in return and you take over then it’s better for all parties plays well if he play really really really well okay well that’s one of them as Marlo sanfield would say one

Of them good problems then the Bears have a bounty of assets to figure out what to do with and so I hear Look I think the bigger problem is and I and I will admit Justin will really have no choice but to try to play his best

Because you want to continue to play in the league but man that locker room I got to think that locker room would be a mess oh I I I mean I just think it’s human nature Justin Fields knows this is the guy they brought into replacement

They think he’s better than was a mess Alex Smith and Mahomes yeah but Alex Smith was a lot older and had proven he’s a mediocre quarterback won the division a couple years in a row like he he did his job he was a pro he could

Even see I don’t think they’re going to do it but I wouldn’t hate it Lakers must win and shenon highlights next thanks for watching subscribe here to get more from the show and to check out clips from other shows on FS1