Charean Williams shares thoughts on A&M/Clemson, Aggies in the NFL

Key notes from Charean Williams interview

• It was a great football game. You hate to see a loss but Jimbo has the program headed in the right direction and that’s exciting to see. I wasn’t sold on Kellen, even after week one, but I don’t think anyone left that stadium saying that we hadn’t found our quarterback. He threw for 400 yards against that incredible defense and made it onto the Davy O’Brein watch list.
   
• We all thought that the ball went out of bounds on the Quartney Davis play. I understand Jimbo’s point that the call needed to be in A&M’s favor on the field and then go overturn it on replay. The replay wasn’t “definitive” but I know all of us as Aggies think that ball went out of bounds first.
   
• To me he is ahead of Ryan Tannehill at this point in his career. Jimbo has done a great job teaching him. You see Kellen go through all his reads and get to his third and fourth options which is incredibly difficult. To do what he did against one of the best defenses, maybe all time, really shows his growth and progression. You’ve got to see it in more than one game. You can’t be a one game wonder, and I don’t think he is. We’ve seen what Jimbo does with quarterbacks and I think Kellen is going to continue to grow.
   
• I still think their defense will be pretty good. They held the Panthers to 16 points which should be good enough to get you a win. The offense is struggling though, they were held under 200 yards passing for the seventh time in the last nine games. Looney blocked well but what you miss with Frederick is that pre-snap leadership and communication.
   
• I do think it was time for Dez to go. He was getting a whole lot of money and no separation. Having said that, there is no deep threat right now on this time. None of these receivers scare the defenses. The problem is you can’t just go draft one and expect that production right off the bat. Normally it takes a couple of years to develop.
   
• Myles had a very impressive rookie season and had a good game, but Von dominated with three sacks, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. It’s not easy to sack Russell Wilson and Von did it three times. And you mentioned Mike and Justin Evans with the Bucs. That was a great week one and the Bucs may be the biggest surprise in the NFL.