Dave Wannstedt on Caleb Williams: 'The kid gets it'
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00:00I don't know if you can be fine with Caleb Williams because he did not play to a level
00:05that we expected and to a level that we should probably hold him to that standard, a higher
00:10standard to be okay with his play.
00:12He wasn't good.
00:13Okay.
00:14He missed some throws.
00:15I will say that.
00:17But let me tell you, I was more of a fan of his after hearing this press conference than
00:22I was before the game.
00:23I really was.
00:24He handled it well.
00:25This kid gets it.
00:26He gets it, he understands, and he's going to bounce back real strong.
00:32But guys, you be the quarterback, David.
00:36I want to be the quarterback if it's 2nd down and 5.
00:39Let me be the quarterback.
00:41I don't want to be the quarterback if it's 2nd and 9.
00:44I don't want to be the quarterback when it's 3rd and 8.
00:47I want to be the quarterback when it's 3rd and 3, 3rd and 4.
00:51That's when all of a sudden that pass rush.
00:54How do we slow down a defense?
00:57These guys were coming after us, man.
00:59How do we slow them down?
01:01You run the ball and you make them play the run and the pass.
01:05They weren't concerned.
01:07What was our halftime average running the ball?
01:10Two yards a carry.
01:11Yeah.
01:12Wasn't it?
01:13I think at halftime it was two yards a carry.
01:15Yeah.
01:16I mean, that's embarrassing.
01:17You went into the fourth quarter and I believe the quarterback and the wide receiver had
01:22the longest runs of the game.
01:24You end up getting a 20-yard run out of your running back.
01:28But if it weren't for that, he'd have finished with 9 carries for 10 yards.
01:3216 rushing yards, 8 carries at halftime.
01:34Good memory.
01:35Yeah.
01:36Okay.
01:37I mean, to me, that's all I'm talking about.
01:38I'm not talking about Caleb.
01:40We'll figure him out.
01:41I'm saying, guys, don't tell me about we're not getting big plays.
01:45You know why we're not getting big pass plays?
01:48Because when it's 2nd and 10 and 3rd and 10, everybody's playing pass.
01:54You're not going to trick anybody.
01:58That was the one area that really disappointed me.
02:02And we got to be careful that we don't fall into a trap and say it's going to be Caleb
02:06and great receivers and Caleb and great receivers.