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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Here's a hot take for you.
I'm out on Caleb Williams. I saw some interview with him, halftime or something, and someone asked him something about Mahomes, and he said (I think this is verbatum) "there really isn't anything he can do that I can't, so yeah."
A spoonful of humility does a career good, bud.
Then I watched the second half and he sure he threw some good balls off platform, he threw some good balls. He also threw some balls away pretty early. He also eliminated half the field really early in a lot of snaps. |
I don't know yet. I'm not sure I buy the 'generational' stuff, though. That's for sure.
What I think people lose sight of is how few mistakes Mahomes makes.
The difference between a good golfer and ME isn't the good shots. I can make a handful of damn near PGA caliber shots on occasion. Good flexibility means I can really whip the clubhead through.
But brotha I am a shitty golfer. Because for every 'Mahomes' shot I make, I duff 8 of 'em. I will absolutely rip an approach shot right down the middle and be set up for an easy bird - then I'll center the ball with a pitching wedge and hit it 60 yards over the green on a 12 degree launch angle. Or I'll just hit the top of it and roll it 15 yards.
I really don't give a damn how amazing a play a guy can make. Or how MANY of them he can make. It's how many mistakes he makes that matters.
Eli Manning said it best - 'When I'm bad, I can't be
that bad...' and for the
overwhelming majority of quarterbacks, that needs to be the thing they focus on. And it's real possible that a lot of really talented guys are going to lose sight of that fact and a lot of really bold front offices are going to get a few coaches fired with them...