In a breakdown of Caleb Williams' rookie passing statistics, it was revealed that he had a tendency to throw frequently behind the line of scrimmage and deep downfield, trailing behind his peers in short and medium-distance throws. This behavior aligns with Williams' big-play hunting reputation from college. The analysis suggests that his play calling and rookie apprehension may have contributed to his struggles, particularly in the more defensively crowded short to medium zones where risk of interception is higher.
In terms of target frequency, Williams generally threw it behind the line of scrimmage and deep at pretty high rates, and threw to the short and medium depths less often than his peers.
Williams was known as a QB who liked to go big-play hunting coming out of college, and we see that here in the high rate of deep passes.
Behind the line of scrimmage passes are mostly schemed up, which reflects more on the offensive play caller than the QB.
The short and middle zones are going to be areas that have more defenders, so this may have been a case of a rookie QB trying to avoid putting the ball at risk.
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