Dan Orlovsky and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo joined Christine Williamson on First Take to debate if rookie quarterback Caleb Williams can have a CJ Stroud-type impact on the Chicago Bears.
Orlovsky, as a former NFL veteran quarterback, had this to say about the comparisons.
“I think there are two main reasons why I sit there and say while Caleb can have a really strong rookie year, it’s unrealistic to think let’s go do what C.J. did,” Orlovsky said on ESPN. “Number one, C.J. came from a much more ready, X’s and O’s intellect football-wise. When he was at Ohio State, Ryan Day ran a ton of pro-style stuff when it came to formations, personnel groupings, action after the snap and pass game. So C.J. stepped into a system with Bobby Slowik that he had a lot of recall from college of and a really good understanding of how pass-game concepts were gonna mirror each other.
“Caleb does not come from that. While Lincoln Riley is brilliant and his offense was brilliant, it’s very different from what he’s gonna run in Chicago with Shane Waldron, who’s their offensive coordinator.”
Check out more of this discussion below. Caleb’s Bears face Stroud’s Texans in Week 2 of the NFL season on Sunday Night Football. The comparisons are going to exist because that game will make it impossible to avoid them.
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