The Doctor Of Style wrote:
NME wrote:
Calebs height is fine -he’s eye to eye with Patrick Mahomes. Also, roll outs aren’t used because play callers need to make up for the height of a QB. They’re used to cut the field in half for easier reads, or scrambling purposes. Either way, roll outs are a part of almost every offense in the NFL so it’s weird to single the Bears out for implementing it.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2024 ... uarterbackQuote:
For all of Williams’ unique playmaking ability, he stands only 6-1. Standing still in the pocket, Williams has to throw over blockers and rushers who are taller than he is. He has had more passes tipped at the line of scrimmage during camp than Fields ever did.
On Saturday, the Bears gave Williams another challenge. During seven-on-seven drills, they had four staffers stand at the line of scrimmage and hold blocking pads in the air to simulate the arms of defensive linemen with him in the pocket.
‘‘There’s real throwing lanes in real football,’’ Eberflus said. ‘‘We started to implement those pads just to simulate passing lanes and different arm angles he might have to use during the course of 11-on-11, team [drills] and then in the game.’’
This is an admittance that his height is a problem.
1st off, most O-linemen and D-linemen are taller than just about any given QB on the field so this isn’t saying much.
2nd..

^Here he is standing next to CJ Stroud, and Strouds height is never mentioned as an issue.. because it’s not. And I’ll point out again that Patrick Mahomes is the same height as Caleb. You’d have more of a dog in this fight if Caleb was 5’10 or something along those lines but that’s not the case.
As for Caleb having ‘more passes batted down than Fields’.. well, there’s a lot of variables there. Was Justin rolling out in practice more? Was Justin even being asked to throw it as often as Caleb.. is the reporter making this statement even accurate? Did he literally have a count of how many times Caleb had passes tipped Vs Fields? Point is, this is all subjective meaningless banter with no factual basis attached to it. They’re observations and passing comments as far as I can see, nothing more.
Caleb didn’t have an issue at the college level with passes getting batted down and in early returns during the preseason hasn’t had issues with it either. His height is fine, he’s over 6 feet tall and is roughly the same height as some other very successful QB’s in the league. This is a nothingburger of a talking point tbh.