Preseason Week 1 takeaways: All the 1st round rookie QBs looked pretty good in debuts

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable.

Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week.

The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. Caleb Williams probably looked the best of the group. Drake Maye was the straggler, because he threw only three passes. J.J. McCarthy and Bo Nix took strides toward getting starting spots. Preseason debuts aren’t always pretty, but it was a pretty clean week for the highly drafted rookie quarterbacks.

A review of all the quarterbacks leads off our takeaways from some notable teams in Week 1 of the preseason:

Caleb Williams looked like the real deal. it doesn’t mean he’s going to the Hall of Fame, but every bit of Williams’ skill set was on display. Through Saturday’s games, Williams wasn’t just the most efficient quarterback from the first week of the preseason in EPA (expected points added) per dropback, it wasn’t particularly close.

Williams was everything the Bears wanted him to be, albeit through just a couple of possessions. It should get everyone excited for what’s to come.

“He did good,” receiver D.J. Moore said, via the team’s site. “First two drives, it was amazing. He went out there with a bunch of confidence and he did good. … He was loud and precise with the calls, and everything was great.”

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was sharp in his preseason debut. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

The Commanders were safe with Jayden Daniels, handing off with him a lot. They are thin on the offensive line due to injuries at tackle and didn’t want to put him in harm’s way, but also wanted to get him some live reps. He played for one 11-play drive and threw it just three times. But he did have a gorgeous deep pass to Dyami Brown and ran for a touchdown, which you’ll see a lot of this season.

The Commanders haven’t named Daniels their QB1 for Week 1, which is…

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Publish date : 2024-08-12 13:32:33

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