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Did you guys see that Stephen Morris ran .01 second slower in the 40yd dash than johnny football. pretty impressive and nobody would think it looking at game tape.

What do you guys think?
 
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his senior season of h.s. at Michigan's camp he won fastest man. fwiw he's always been fast. the injury his soph season stayed in his head. that combined with his senior ankle injury made for a terrible running option at the qb position.
 
yeah i'm very surprised that even pre injury he didn't run more when plays broke down. always seemed to force the ball instead. looked to have a good burst the few times he actually ran it himself
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his senior season of h.s. at Michigan's camp he won fastest man. fwiw he's always been fast. the injury his soph season stayed in his head. that combined with his senior ankle injury made for a terrible running option at the qb position.
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I think this is more proof that hs is not football smart. A smart QB uses all of the tools at his disposal to get the best possible result on each play, whether they be check downs, dump offs or scrambling for a few yards. He actually seemed to become a worse decision-maker his Senior season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got enamored with himself after all of the talk of his draft potential, big arm and his showing at the Manning camp. I think he was too locked into the idea of going down field and fitting the ball into tight windows.

This might sound crazy, but other than size, I don't think Winston is more physically gifted than Morris. He just has much, much better football smarts.
 
gfer1988 said:
Did you guys see that Stephen Morris ran .01 second slower in the 40yd dash than johnny football. pretty impressive and nobody would think it looking at game tape.

What do you guys think?
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i think morris will set an all time low for the wunderlich test..
 
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i do agree that he did not appear to have high football IQ, but sometimes i do wonder how much of that is due to player development. my biggest issue with morris was that he was a 1 read qb and if that receiver wasn't open, he panicked. sometimes that is a result of coaching. our last 4 or 5 starting qbs have had the same problem with some of those guys (if not all of them) being 4 star recruits coming out of high school with kyle wright even being a 5 star. wouldn't it be too much of a coincidence that all of these highly touted recruits happen to be busts? i also think the new system under coley did not benefit morris and for whatever reason he struggled picking up the scheme.
terra99pin said:
I think this is more proof that hs is not football smart. A smart QB uses all of the tools at his disposal to get the best possible result on each play, whether they be check downs, dump offs or scrambling for a few yards. He actually seemed to become a worse decision-maker his Senior season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got enamored with himself after all of the talk of his draft potential, big arm and his showing at the Manning camp. I think he was too locked into the idea of going down field and fitting the ball into tight windows.

This might sound crazy, but other than size, I don't think Winston is more physically gifted than Morris. He just has much, much better football smarts.
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gfer1988 said:
i do agree that he did not appear to have high football IQ, but sometimes i do wonder how much of that is due to player development. my biggest issue with morris was that he was a 1 read qb and if that receiver wasn't open, he panicked. sometimes that is a result of coaching. our last 4 or 5 starting qbs have had the same problem with some of those guys (if not all of them) being 4 star recruits coming out of high school with kyle wright even being a 5 star. wouldn't it be too much of a coincidence that all of these highly touted recruits happen to be busts? i also think the new system under coley did not benefit morris and for whatever reason he struggled picking up the scheme.
terra99pin said:
I think this is more proof that hs is not football smart. A smart QB uses all of the tools at his disposal to get the best possible result on each play, whether they be check downs, dump offs or scrambling for a few yards. He actually seemed to become a worse decision-maker his Senior season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got enamored with himself after all of the talk of his draft potential, big arm and his showing at the Manning camp. I think he was too locked into the idea of going down field and fitting the ball into tight windows.

This might sound crazy, but other than size, I don't think Winston is more physically gifted than Morris. He just has much, much better football smarts.
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Since 2005 we have had 6 different offensive coordinators, who presumably all teach the position differently. So no, I don't think there is something happening at Miami that is "causing" these guys to be busts, except for possibly a lack of continuity with all of the coaching changes.

Having Coley come in with a new system could have hurt Morris this year. Then again, a smart QB would adapt to it, imo.
 
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He could have been dynamic but wanted to be a pure passer. I think it's little to late for him now. Though I think he is playing catch up also game speed is different then straight speed.
 
I think we can all agree Morris did not lack the physical skills.
 
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Stephen Morris is pretending to care about football today. How sweet.
 
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Well I hope he does well at the combine and is drafted. Did not perform as well has expected at Miami, but his success in the league could work for our benefit. ***recruiting***
 
There is a huge difference between straight line running speed in nice comfortable shorts while running without any one around you...and actually being "mobile".

Homeboy has zero quickness which is much more important for a QB when escaping the pocket.

Nevermind kid has no feel for the game and doesn't know the correct time to run either.

Waste of a draft pick for anyone that selects him...what he has can't be fixed.
 
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