On the most recent episode of The Skip Bayless Show, Bayless was asked who he would choose between Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders with the first overall pick. Bayless chose to go against conventional wisdom here and decided to go with Sanders if he had the first pick in the 2024 NFL draft.
“Caleb’s the ultimate backyard quarterback,” Bayless said. “He is an escape artist of the highest order. He does get beat up and knocked around because of it, because he’s going to hold the ball too long, and he’s going to take shots. He’s going to shrug [defenders] off almost like Ben Roethlisberger used to. He’s going to tear away from those pass rushers, and he’s going to make a play. He’s going to make a throw that’ll take your breath away because he’s got a Howitzer rocket launcher of an arm.”
Shedeur is a little bit more of a pure passer than Caleb is,” Bayless said. “He’s taller than Caleb is. I think he’s a little more accurate than Caleb is. He doesn’t have quite the canon that Caleb has, but it’s enough of an arm because it’s a Brady-esque arm, clutch gene and Brady had plenty of velocity.
Caleb Williams is phenomenal but Sanders, Bayless said, showed more of an ability to be clutch in the biggest moments, such as his game-tying, 98-yard drive against Colorado State on Saturday that eventually set up a 43-35 Colorado win in double overtime.
Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders will get a chance to settle this on the field when USC takes on Colorado.
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