Anthony Herron

But also, he could layer his passes.

He could turn the nose of the football over in a really rapid manner to get it beyond the linebacker, in front of the secondary.

And that...

was why I thought the physical gifts, that whole draft class that came out, because when you think about it, like top to bottom where you throw Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson into that class that began with Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen in that mix as well, a bunch of first-round QBs.

But Sam Darnold was the one who was –

the most total package with the skills that he brought to the table.

Because his arm didn't have the horsepower of Josh Allen, but he was also super mobile, and he did have a really strong arm.

But he could pass with more nuance, more touch, more focus to how the football was being delivered, throwing receivers open.

And he and Caleb are really evenly yoked in that manner.

Caleb has always protected the football at a higher level than Sam Darnold, though.

So that's why Sam Darnold wasn't number one, why he was number three, a bunch of turnovers in college, and why his NFL career got off to a slow start, part of it being with the Jets, but then getting to the point where he could balance that playmaking ability with more of the mundane skills.

of just being a precise and consistent quarterback, snap in and snap out.

And once he did get around Kyle Shanahan and some of these offense on Kevin O'Connell, and now this situation he has right now that he's in with Clint Kubiak, he's been in offensive systems that take some of that load off of him, and he's just had an opportunity to evaluate players

more football because he was also a three-and-done guy who only started for two years in college and then came to the National Football League.

So he's been in the league since 2018, but he's only 28 years old.

So there's a lot of similarities between Sam Darnold and Caleb Williams, and Caleb is already on a much faster track to his excellence than where we saw Sam Darnold early in his career.

And Darnold is a guy who still, I don't believe, has reached his ceiling and has already led a team to an appearance in the Super Bowl.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

But not only because of Sam Darnold.