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Instead of arguing who was better and where they ranked among the rest of our QBs in the last decade, I would prefer to speculate on how good Morris could be this year. Oh and I brought stats with me too. I rewatched all of the games from 2012 and logged all the drops, low throws and Overthrows. If the bad throw resulted in missed touchdown, the number would be in (*1). {i.e. Drops: 7(*1) would be 7 total drops and one of those drops was in the endzone for a touchdown}
Below is how Stephen Morris performed for 2012.
Stephen Morris: Pass Comp: 245/421 Yards: 3345 CMP %: 58.2 TD: 21 INT: 7 QB Rating: 138.1
Morris was erratic at times, even more than I thought he was. I was chatting with Dwinstiles(sp) about Morris and the fact that he got much better in the last four games with his consistency and these numbers definitely reflect that. However In the last for games, Morris overthrew 5 guys for sure touchdowns. Overall he missed 13 TD opportunities because he has trouble putting a little air under the ball. Out of the 13 overthrows, only 3 were less than 25 yards. Imagine what his passing stats would have been if he connected on just half of those. The ND and UNC game losses along with the NCST were the worse games for our receivers logging over 5 drops/game during that three game stretch.
For having 421 attempts, 61 Errant throws really isn't good but it also isn't all that bad. Averages out to be ~14% of time, Morris is good for a really bad throw. I'll take 86% chance of success to Las Vegas any day. (Btw, I did not include any pass breakups for under/overthrown balls even if throw was considered to be suspect but catchable.)
If Morris can take a little bit more time on the 3 step drop dump offs to fix the low throws and puts a little more air under his passes on the deep ball, I really think Morris could have a season for the history books next year. 11 TD and Zero INTs in the final four games was pretty impressive. As for whether Morris can be the next Dorsey.... I say let the next season play out and we can revisit these numbers once we have two full years of stats with Morris as the starter.
Below is how Stephen Morris performed for 2012.
Stephen Morris: Pass Comp: 245/421 Yards: 3345 CMP %: 58.2 TD: 21 INT: 7 QB Rating: 138.1
| Drops | Low Throws | Over Throws | TD | INT | |
| BC | 7(*1) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| KSU | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BCC | 3 | 3 | 2(*2) | 1 | 1 |
| GT | 4(*1) | 6 | 7(*3) | 2 | 1 |
| NCST | 7 | 1 | 3(*2) | 5 | 1 |
| ND | 6(*2) | 3 | 1(*1) | 0 | 0 |
| UNC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| FSU | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| VT | 0 | 3 | 3(*1) | 2 | 0 |
| UVA | 1 | 2 | 3(*2) | 3 | 0 |
| USF | 3 | 1 | 2(*1) | 3 | 0 |
| DUKE | 4 | 1 | 3(*1) | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 48 (4 Missed TDs) | 27 | 34 (13 Missed TDs) | 21 | 7 |
Morris was erratic at times, even more than I thought he was. I was chatting with Dwinstiles(sp) about Morris and the fact that he got much better in the last four games with his consistency and these numbers definitely reflect that. However In the last for games, Morris overthrew 5 guys for sure touchdowns. Overall he missed 13 TD opportunities because he has trouble putting a little air under the ball. Out of the 13 overthrows, only 3 were less than 25 yards. Imagine what his passing stats would have been if he connected on just half of those. The ND and UNC game losses along with the NCST were the worse games for our receivers logging over 5 drops/game during that three game stretch.
For having 421 attempts, 61 Errant throws really isn't good but it also isn't all that bad. Averages out to be ~14% of time, Morris is good for a really bad throw. I'll take 86% chance of success to Las Vegas any day. (Btw, I did not include any pass breakups for under/overthrown balls even if throw was considered to be suspect but catchable.)
If Morris can take a little bit more time on the 3 step drop dump offs to fix the low throws and puts a little more air under his passes on the deep ball, I really think Morris could have a season for the history books next year. 11 TD and Zero INTs in the final four games was pretty impressive. As for whether Morris can be the next Dorsey.... I say let the next season play out and we can revisit these numbers once we have two full years of stats with Morris as the starter.
