Matt Bowen: Caleb Williams needs to take more risks throwing the ball downfield

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00:00If you are facing a rookie quarterback who you know is I don't want to say afraid

00:05Necessarily, but very very very focused on not throwing interceptions, even though he had one in that series

00:12How are you scheming against him because I'm trying to figure out what he's being spooked by when it comes to

00:20Taking the risk that we knew he knew how to take right?

00:24Well, that's a great point

00:25Well, and that hasn't been discussed enough as well as everyone looks at the number of interceptions

00:30Caleb Williams is thrown but he also if you you know, really break down the games

00:34He doesn't put the ball in many adverse situations and sometimes you have to

00:39Sometimes you have to take risks

00:42You know a great example is what Sam Darnold has done this year, Minnesota

00:46Sam Darnold still takes a lot of risks. He met some poor throws yesterday, but he's being aggressive with the ball

00:52That's why they produce points

00:53That's why they create explosive plays down the field because he is so aggressive in the past game

00:57He goes hunting with the ball. Yes. He made a throw yesterday

01:01There was one of my favorite throws this year and I stopped the live game and I went back and I watched it

01:06It was the touchdown to Addison where it was a stop route

01:11It was it was pressure was coming from the right. He looked left the whole time

01:16He knew he sensed the pressure enough that he didn't tuck and run

01:20He just sort of bought himself a little time with it with a 45 degree angled climb and

01:26Then as he realized that Addison was coming out of the stop and going into this wheel route out of it

01:33That he threw it before he was even at the goal line

01:37I mean the trust and the accuracy and the conviction with which he made that throw I thought was outstanding

01:44I agree to be indecisive with your decision-making as a thrower, right? That's what you're doing in that situation

01:50Because there's not really a risk in that situation when you trust it so much when you're so confident when you have the chemistry with

01:55Your wide receiver and you know, you're gonna take the risk

01:58It's a calculated risk and that's what you have to do at times and Caleb hasn't done enough of that this year

02:02but Laila to answer your question a

02:04Lot of disguise a lot of late movement a lot of pressure

02:07I would go after him quite a bit try to speed up the process even more

02:12to stress his internal clock