I'm less worried about the throws than the reads. One or two bad throws that half wouldn't seem so crushing if the rest of the offense wasn't so dysfunctional.
But the reads are killing me. The second down play on the opening drive where he had two checkdown options and he just stared at the deep developing route that never came was the most Fieldsian he's ever looked.
At this point the lack of interceptions are a concern. He's crossed the line from good throwaways in tough situations to being completely unwilling to give his receivers a chance.
It's not zero on the offensive line.
But the biggest share of blame is always QB. Caleb Williams just hasn't been elevating anyone. He needs to be more decisive and more dynamic.
Even his completions have been one-read training wheels plays.
The funniest thing is that I think there's like a 20% chance that Poles is so committed to the slow build and stability concept that no one gets fired even if they lose out
Maybe something crazy will happen. Maybe the defense will get/stay healthy and miraculously keep us in the games. Maybe the offense will snap out of it.
But right now I think the most likely result is 3 divisional beatings in 11 days and it's going to completely break the will of the fanbase that I honestly thought was already broken.
I haven't flip flopped at all. I think he's an elite QB prospect, the best we've ever had, and is at least a Dalton-line QB in the NFL right now.
What's confusing you is that I don't feel the need to protect that opinion by not calling bad plays bad.
First sack was 100% on Williams. Second one I'm 50/50 on, I'll need to see the video. We're having to keep a lot of help in to block, which makes coverage so much easier on the defense.