Working primarily on red-zone situations, Williams excelled throughout Monday’s practice. After connecting with DJ Moore for a touchdown in a 7-on-7 drill, the rookie quarterback generated a pair of highlight-reel TD passes in 11-on-11 work. He scrambled to his right and hit Keenan Allen in a tight window and then showed touch and accuracy in lofting the ball to Rome Odunze.
Asked about the TD to Allen, Williams said: “We had a quick game for blitz that I went to, and also just that’s where we’re starting right there in that progression … I felt the pocket collapsing and I felt a big gap open up, and I know Keenan is coming on the back line and I felt the defense push over and the ‘backer attach. The ‘backer was too low, and I threw it over his head.”
The TD to Allen was another example of Williams extending a play with his legs and buying time until a receiver gets open. It’s a special skill that the USC product has seemingly always possessed.
“It’s something that he’s been able to do at such a high level for so many years, we don’t want to hold back on that ability he has,” Waldron said. “The best part of his ability to move around in the pocket and scramble has been the downfield throws without getting turnovers as far as interceptions go.”
“I think part of it’s natural of playing other positions when I was younger,” Williams said, “and the other part is that I worked on it throughout the long days and long years that I’ve had of playing QB now. It’s a healthy balance of working on it and understanding, feeling the offensive line and where they’re going, the defensive line, the play, the scheme that you have been running, that play and getting after it and letting it rip.”
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