USC Football: Caleb Williams Chastised By Arizona Beat Reporter

Heisman-winning quarterback still getting criticism

Even though he added to his Heisman campaign with an outstanding performance against Arizona State Saturday, reporters from Arizona still do not believe in Caleb Williams' ability to be a great quarterback.

Following USC's 42-28 win in Tempe, people still have problems with William's performance. 

Williams went 20-31 for 322 yards and five touchdowns in Saturday's win. Still, Arizona Republic's Greg Moore had some criticism for the former Heisman winner.

Moore factored in ASU's past three games in his complaints for Williams. After being embarrassed by Fresno State last week, he was expecting a better performance by a better team.

This is the same ASU that barely got past

Southern Utah

, fell apart in the second half against

Oklahoma State

and was utterly embarrassed by

Fresno State

.

Williams should have had 300 yards and a pair of touchdowns by halftime. 

(Via Arizona Republic)

ASU's past is not the only reason Moore was critical of Williams.

The columnist blames most of USC's offensive mistakes on the quarterback. This includes the viral moment when Williams took a snap below the belt. 

Caleb Williams was not expecting the snap here 😂 pic.twitter.com/HViOasjPEI

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Moore was convinced that Williams' "poor performance" was because he was trying to show the Arizona Cardinals that he didn't want to be drafted by them.

Even his first touchdown run was evidence that Williams was tanking his shot to be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft for fear that he might get picked by the Arizona Cardinals.

Williams ran, dived for the pylon and barely broke the plane of the goal line. (

Kyler Murray

would have turbo-buttoned his way around the defense for an easy walk-in score.) 

(Via Arizona Republic)

No matter how well Caleb Williams will play, critics will always be downplaying the quarterback.