Arguments are great when we can settle them on the field or in any other realm of competition where we can empirically test a claim or thesis.
Many people felt during the 2022 Pac-12 football season that Dorian Thompson-Robinson was the best quarterback in Los Angeles.
After the Utah game on Oct. 8, that might have been true, to be fair. However, Caleb Williams then played a great game against Utah on Oct. 15, while DTR was solid but hardly spectacular for UCLA against Oregon a week later on Oct. 22. Entering November, Caleb Williams and DTR were on relatively equal footing.
The last two weeks, and especially this past Saturday, the argument ended.
Caleb 1, DTR 0.
Best in Los Angeles, best in the Pac-12.
Let’s go through some of the details on how Caleb Williams separated himself from DTR, while also ranking Pac-12 QBs for 2022: