J.T. O’Sullivan [former NFL QB and Founder of “The QB School”] watches about as much film as any Chicago superfan ever has especially last year
His specialty is evaluating QBs, but in the process analyzes everything else

His breakdowns last season showed a lot of details, some of which was unpleasant, like the baffling route concepts, D.J. Moore loafing, and Keenan Allen looking old and hurt
All of which carried over into the regular season
Cole Kmet looking like a stud in PS sadly did NOT carry over

The Score catches him a year later and asks “What went wrong?” J.T. seems like he pulls some of his punches but still offers some insight

Some notes.

1.‘How can this guy not have the resources to go out there and be successful? but also, if you’re unhappy, and you’re the guy, walk in there, put your fist on the table and demand help’

2. ‘I was in systems where the starter is responsible for watching film on corners- the backup would be in charge of watching film on safeties – the 3rd guy responsible for the nickel’
[Seems obvious this wasn’t the type of system Waldo ran though Warner puts film watching squarely on the QB]

3. ‘PS loafing was a big red flag for Eberflus’ culture.’ [as was skipping on Jalen Carter, but that’s for a future post]

Once the PS games kick-off, J.T. is someone you may want to follow

I found this curious. I actually don’t know exactly what to make of it since many believed Brock Purdy was Captain Checkdown and according to PFF, he is not

OTOH, Caleb Williams and Purdy went a combined 11-23 in ’24 season, so that isn’t ideal

Particularly when one considers that Caleb was terrible going deep, sacked a whopping 67 times and likely scrambled instead of checking down….meanwhile the 9ers just guaranteed Purdy a cool $185M! Go figure

So on top of pocket awareness, presnap reads, deep ball and consistency, Caleb also needs to work on the checkdowns [or throwaways to avoid sacks]

Fret not though. In 2022 Jalen Hurts [yes, the same who went bombs away in two SBs] checkdowned 3.3%, and if you read the comments, they’ll sound awfully familiar

https://x.com/JackPConnell/status/1530307608091017218

Needless to say, Caleb Williams, Ben or no Ben, has his work cut out for him in 2025