A comment made in another thread made me look. (We won't be look at rushing stats)
Tyson Lee's 2009 passing stats:
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Nick Fitzgerald 2018 passing stats:
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Will Nick Fitzgerald, the leading rusher in the history of the SEC finish this season with better passing stats than Tyson Lee's 2009 campaign? Also, is Moorhead a carpetbagger or is Dan Mullen the QB developing Midas?
A note about carry distribution:
I understand that many indicate that there are inherent flaws in the system because of the volume of carries that Fitz gets Going back to the 2009 season (Moorhead spent time as OC & QB coach so I'm not sure if he was ceiling the plays) there has only be a single season where any player was within 100 carries of the primary RB. In 2016 Barkley had 214 carries and McSorley had 145. Every other year, there was a clear hierarchy of who got the most carries. I'm not sure what has happened to force such a radical shift in 2018 but as we all know Fitzgerald has one more carry than both Williams and Hill combined.
I completely understand that that QB isn't the only issue, but the square peg that everyone keeps talking about feels like Fitzgerald. Everything else has ebbed and flowed - protection has gotten better, pre-snap penalties (outside of the double down to star the game) have gotten better, don't really even have enough sample size to indicate improvement from the WR group. They were open a couple of times and Fitz sailed some throws, or just acted like they didn't exist.
Tyson Lee's 2009 passing stats:
| Games | Comp. | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | INT | Rate |
| 12 | 130 | 221 | 58.8 | 1444 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 4 | 14 | 107 |
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Nick Fitzgerald 2018 passing stats:
| Games | Comp. | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | INT | Rate |
| 6 | 69 | 147 | 46.9 | 768 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4 | 7 | 90.3 |
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Will Nick Fitzgerald, the leading rusher in the history of the SEC finish this season with better passing stats than Tyson Lee's 2009 campaign? Also, is Moorhead a carpetbagger or is Dan Mullen the QB developing Midas?
A note about carry distribution:
I understand that many indicate that there are inherent flaws in the system because of the volume of carries that Fitz gets Going back to the 2009 season (Moorhead spent time as OC & QB coach so I'm not sure if he was ceiling the plays) there has only be a single season where any player was within 100 carries of the primary RB. In 2016 Barkley had 214 carries and McSorley had 145. Every other year, there was a clear hierarchy of who got the most carries. I'm not sure what has happened to force such a radical shift in 2018 but as we all know Fitzgerald has one more carry than both Williams and Hill combined.
I completely understand that that QB isn't the only issue, but the square peg that everyone keeps talking about feels like Fitzgerald. Everything else has ebbed and flowed - protection has gotten better, pre-snap penalties (outside of the double down to star the game) have gotten better, don't really even have enough sample size to indicate improvement from the WR group. They were open a couple of times and Fitz sailed some throws, or just acted like they didn't exist.
