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Stephen Morris

db305 said:
kendallcanes said:
He played injured and it showed. He wasn't a running threat. IMO, he shouldn't have played but we don't have a quality backup..
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first of all, his gimpy leg does not negate lock-on eyes, throws into double coverage, and inability to put any sort of touch on the ball.
second, we don't know if we have a quality backup or not. williams did pretty well given the situation against unc and otherwise hasn't had a chance to prove himself.
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Agreed. But lack of practice will do exactly that against the fastest D we have played to date. He already had those problems and they were exaggerated by his lack of practice.
 
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He's been playing like the qb I expected to see. Staring receivers down, throwing half his balls in the dirt, throwing as hard as he can at guys two yards away. He's also a tough kid, with tons of heart, who will make some big plays happen here and there, just inconsistantly. He's a so-so qb. He is who we thought he was.
 
bathtubgin said:
He's been playing like the qb I expected to see. Staring receivers down, throwing half his balls in the dirt, throwing as hard as he can at guys two yards away. He's also a tough kid, with tons of heart, who will make some big plays happen here and there, just inconsistantly. He's a so-so qb. He is who we thought he was.
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I'm hoping that a full spring with Fisch can help fix some of those issues. Kid has a cannon, but you pointed out needs to learn when to put touch on the ball and allow his WR's room to make plays after the catch.
 
His ability on short and intermediate passes is severely lacking. He has zero touch or understanding of coverages. He routinely skips balls into the dirt to wide open guys. He did last night in the flats to a wide open Duke. He also throws everything 600 mph even when a guy is 5 yards away from him.

He has one skill - the deep ball. Unless a guy is wide open downfield and all he has to do is turn his brain off and let it rip, he struggles mightily.
 
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my girl is a Texas Tech fan, so we watched that and then the Miami game. She was like man Doege would be dropping those throws in all over the place, and she was really surprised how inaccurate Morris is.

I don't really care too much about arm strength, I want a qb who can progress through the reads and buy a little time with his feet in order to make plays happen when things break down.
 
guppycane said:
my girl is a Texas Tech fan, so we watched that and then the Miami game. She was like man Doege would be dropping those throws in all over the place, and she was really surprised how inaccurate Morris is.

I don't really care too much about arm strength, I want a qb who can progress through the reads and buy a little time with his feet in order to make plays happen when things break down.
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true. I'm tired of seeing Morris throwing at our receivers feet. Last night wasn't the first time....
 
Exactly, plus Morris holds on to the ball to long. He is not very good at processing. He's the Clint Longley of the Miami Hurricanes.


nope44 said:
His reads are downright dog ****. If anyone wants to debate that and say otherwise, I invite them to rewatch the game play by play and see how many wide open receivers he missed on screens. Just look at the plays we lined up on trips to the right and twins left in column stack. Wide open receiver past the first down and he checked down to a covered back.
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Larry said:
He's just not very good.
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this, over and over, yet folks here refuse to believe it. Week after week it's either the scheme, the receivers or he's hurt. I'll say it now, he'll never be as good as Jacory was. I hope Olsen can take his job and I'll live with the losses knowing that we're building for the future.
 
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bathtubgin said:
He's been playing like the qb I expected to see. Staring receivers down, throwing half his balls in the dirt, throwing as hard as he can at guys two yards away. He's also a tough kid, with tons of heart, who will make some big plays happen here and there, just inconsistantly. He's a so-so qb. He is who we thought he was.
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This.
 
where are all of the apologists? anyone who brought this up a couple weeks ago got bombarded for being haters and delusional. nothing has changed with him except for wins and losses. he's making the exact same mistakes as he has been all season and has shown zero progression this season. guess what, he's started 8 games this year and still can't throw a slant or an out to save his life, can't look for secondary routes, and doesn't know situational football.
 
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He's streaky just like Jacory.

He doest have the lows of Jacory though IMO. But when Jacory was on he could make all the throws. Morris shoots himself and the team in the foot when he can't make the touch pass.

I still take him over Jacory though.
 
db305 said:
where are all of the apologists? anyone who brought this up a couple weeks ago got bombarded for being haters and delusional. nothing has changed with him except for wins and losses. he's making the exact same mistakes as he has been all season and has shown zero progression this season. guess what, he's started 8 games this year and still can't throw a slant or an out to save his life, can't look for secondary routes, and doesn't know situational football.
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They're still here but have shut their traps or continue with the excuses. Morris throwing in the dirt has nothing to do with scheme not fitting him.

Jacory made big improvements over the first 8 or so games last yr onlyh to go rogue and collapse completely so maybe we can and should expect improvements from Morris but he ain't turning into the NFL QB people here say he is.
 
Our O-line did not do him any favors last night. FSU dominated our OL and Morris felt it. That being said, he clearly wasn`t on last night and our O continues to struggle with any team that has a D.
 
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Man as soon as Morris threw for 500 yards we had guys jumping on him how good he was,now he is struggling with an injury,we back off? I am first to admit I said Morris will have growing pains and I wanted to bench him earlier,but he's tough,a leader and if this is our qb then I will ride with him till we die....and as a young team we are not dying,just simply getting beat by mature teams
 
The throwing the football super hard no matter where the receiver is reeks of something...

I wonder if anyone from the coaching staff or even his receivers tell/ask for him to take a little off the ball?

Anyway Morris is an extremely limited QB. I'm looking forward to his pro football weekly scouting report (if he even gets one because at this point he is not a Pro Football prospect, Dmoney is like Mike Bakas with his football player evaluations ie: Turrible)
 
What I can't stand about Morris is he only has one type of throw. He never throws the ball with loft and that hurts when some guys are 3 yards away from him
 
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