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As many others have said, if it was as simple as drafting the guy with the best stats, then no one would ever miss on QBs. You would draft the guy with the best college stats, and create some threshold for not drafting guys below that stat line.
But it doesn’t work that way. I’m not going to pretend to be a talent evaluator or have watched every snap of Williams this year, but when I watch him, he’s just different.
Also, Williams’ stats from this year are fucking awesome considering it’s a “down” year for him. Speaking from my friend group text and what I see on Reddit, it’s just “cool” and in vogue to hate on Williams.
This is just wrong.
This is nonsense. Mahomes had a losing record in college. Brady didn’t dominate college. There are plenty of QBs that were elite in the NFL, but did not dominate in college.
Williams has been a highly sought-after prospect since being 12 years old.
Outside of them holding onto the ball long, they aren’t comparable players. I can only imagine what stats Williams could put up if you dropped him on that OSU team. Williams had a very productive year playing with a terrible defense, and outside of him, a bad offense. The OL was bad. His receivers were bad. The game plan was basically, make a first read and if its not there, scramble around to buy time until someone might get open. Honestly, outside of both being black, I don’t think they are remotely similar players.