I know nothing about Caleb Williams' father, but I'd have a lot of skepticism for anything from Outkick in general, especially something placing a young, black athlete and his father in a negative light.
It sounds just a recycled version of Caleb Williams is going to demand equity in whatever team drafts him
Williams seems to have all the markers for an epic bust. The Netflix doc in 15 years will be incredible. Knowing that, I’m still going to be obnoxious as hell about Chicago drafting Mahomes 2.0 come April 25.
saw the same vid but my skepticism is skewed by the reports he was trying to enter the supplemental draft to circumvent getting picked by Chicago...that could've been bs too but it does seem like there's a theme with this fucking guy
I'm not sure why it's Caleb's fault that people spread false rumors that catch on for easy engagement on Twitter
And in his case, they aren't just false rumors. They're bizarre, nonsensical things that can't even happen. And then when they don't happen they still stick to him even though they were clearly fabricated.
now the cumulative effect of the bullshit rumors are just as damaging as any of them individually, if not more. We've reached the point that even people acknowledging it's probably not true are still out on Caleb due to the sheer totality of BS out there about him You'd think he was running for president or something
A highly successful minority QB that has a confident and charismatic personality has character issues
It's not weird when you figure there's multiple large college fanbases who hate the guy (jilted Oklahoma fans, Notre Dame fans because of fingernails, Oregon fans because...Oregon fans) plus he's an effervescent black QB aka "not one of the good ones" to the sunglass selfie in the truck segment of social media
Asdie from the fuck utah nail painting (moments before Utah stomped them) I dont have any reason to dislike williams. But the bears is where QB prospects go to die
I'm built different but I am very pro Caleb and also big-time pro Rome Odunze. Receipts are there and everything
Scrambling 60 yards on a bum hammy against Utah in 2022 pretty much solidified, to me, that the dude is both tough and cares a lot about winning.
Not sure if this was posted ITT previously but this seems like pretty big news. Could see this knocking him not only out of the first round, but possibly out of the top 50 range given how tough these kinds of injuries can be to project with guys coming back. On top of not getting the testing stuff in at a position where testing numbers seem to matter a lot more than most.
I wonder if he goes through with that and gets the surgery before because it seems dumb to delay the surgery if the goal is to be ready for the season.
Bama's corners just haven't seemed impressive the last 4-5 years, I haven't watched them closely but it feels like they get hyped up/overdrafted because they're the best corners Bama had.
I don't know how good Arnold and McKinstry are going to be. But Bama's had two CBs drafted in the first 3 rounds since 2018 and they were Surtain (top 10) and Diggs (late 2nd round). And I think both of those have turned out pretty well.
Jeff Okudah, Eli Apple, Damon Arnette, Garon Conley all first rounders and trash. Even a quality player in Denzel Ward is over drafted at 4th overall. You can have Lattimore.
I believe the Athletic article from a day or two ago did confirm his dad asked about potential future ownership as part of compensation and if there was any way around the rookie wage scale and fifth year option etc and was told they were bullet proof.
I think that goes for a lot of guys at Bama, UGA and OSU over the years. And that's not a knock on any of those schools, either. It's just top 10 caliber recruits are going to perform like top 10 caliber recruits a lot of the time.
Agreed. Jalen Carter was going to kill someone in a car race and go first round no matter where he went to school. But we have developed some 3*'s with that.
this is insane knowing Patrick Surtain exists Edit: sorry should have kept reading, this was handled by like 12 posts
Michigan should get credit for developing guys like Hutchinson, Ojabo and Paye. But Gary was drafted 12th (I think) in spite of UM as much as because of it.
You nailed it. There’s only two teams that have any chance to draft him. Why should he have to give any private information (especially information that is protected by both state and federal laws) to 30 other teams and however many people that would get access. This and not working out at the combine are only red flags for the people that already had their minds made up about the kid.
I think Arnold is gonna wind up the better pro out of the two this year which would have been crazy to say 2 years ago
Eh he was striking the Heisman pose on opponents when things were going well and then refused to shake hands after multiple games when they weren’t. Chalk it up to being young and immature and it shouldn’t/wont have any bearing on his potential as a pro but his “likability” issues are self inflicted
Rankings from before the season mean nothing but it's wild that King was being talked up as possibly the best CB in the draft six months ago and seems kind of likely he won't go until day three.
Did he get torched at the Senior Bowl week too? Feel like I remember Tice and or Brugler suggesting such in passing but I may be confusing him with someone else