Editing Episode 613 (section)

=== PFF and Caleb Williams ===
The interview opened on the controversy around PFF grading Caleb Williams 22nd in week one despite him finishing third in EPA per dropback, fifth in passer rating, and third in success rate. The primary issue was a play nullified by offside: Williams threw a red-zone interception to a defensive lineman who appeared to be lined up offsides rather than jumping. PFF graded it minus-1.5; Sam Monson suggested minus-1.0 would have been more appropriate. Cox confirmed: the issue was less the individual play evaluations and more the conversion from PFF's plus/minus system to its 0–100 scale, which amplified small disagreements into a much larger final grade discrepancy. Williams' adjusted grade (correcting the two contested plays) would likely place him around 11th–13th, not 22nd. His percentage of positively graded plays was 17th; his percentage of negatively graded plays was 15th best. The play-by-play reality was a smart, decisive game built on checkdowns and completions rather than heroic throws, which the 0–100 conversion struggles to capture.