Great quarterbacks make receivers better, and great receivers can make a great quarterback a Heisman candidate.
Quarterback Deshaun Watson eases the anxiety over losing Mike Williams for six weeks or more. Replacing him, as Clemson coaches said this week, isn’t a matter of whom.
Beyond the obvious numbers – 57 receptions in 2014 for a team-high 1,030 yards and 6 touchdowns, Williams was a walking mismatch for most defenses. At 6-foot-4 he’s taller than most players assigned to cover him, and with a serious vertical, he plays larger.
Clemson coaches don’t talk about “replacing” Williams because there’s not another like him.