After some eye-popping early success, the vaunted QB class of 2024 is experiencing growing pains, especially top draft pick Caleb Williams.
It's far too harsh to call it the 'rookie wall,' but this year's much-praised class of first-year quarterbacks — led by the Commanders' Jayden Daniels, the Broncos' Bo Nix, the Bears' Caleb Williams and the Patriots' Drake Maye — has seen its precocious start drop off a bit from its peak a month ago.
Patriots second-rounder Ja'Lynn Polk has 80 receiving yards all season, Jets third-rounder Malachi Corley has 6 yards, and Steelers third-rounder Roman Wilson, limited by injuries, has played in one game, with no catches. Colts second-round pick Adonai Mitchell had also struggled for much of his rookie season. Entering Sunday's game, he had just 12 catches on 32 targets — that's a 37.5% catch rate, third-lowest in the entire NFL behind Polk and Packers receiver Dontayvion Wicks .
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