They aren't misleading because it's a comparison of Worley and Dobbs, and Worley also threw an inordinate number of quick screens and, worse, three yard passes to a wideout who had to stand and wait on the ball. Dobbs is averaging more per completion running the same plays. His timing is better on those. You'll notice that Dobbs also has more 25+ plays than Worley with 100 less throws. Doesn't seem likely it's because he's THAT MUCH better than Worley on the quick hitters. (He is better, but THAT MUCH better?) Much more likely it's because when he hits a pass in the 15-25 range, we hear the "yeah, but..." excuses, and forget that they just gained 30 yards on a nicely thrown ball.
He made several plays in the South Carolina game that Worley wouldn't have had a hope of hitting, especially on the big drive at the end. He made wonderful throws in the Alabama game. It's true that he had a bad game throwing against Vandy. It's also true that no receiver could get separation (and no North, no Croom, no Malone), the patchwork offensive line was overmatched, and the coaches panicked. (When the guys aren't open and you have no faith in them making a play, you start trying to throw a perfect ball, which usually is disastrous.)
Bo Wallace was 13 of 30 against Mississippi State. He was also, btw, 13 of 28 against US. I didn't hear "accuracy problems"; I heard "he's not having his best day throwing today". I also didn't see Freeze panic. "Oh, no! What if he throws an interception?!" They ran plays to get receivers more open and kept cranking it. What we do is, stop trying anything past the line of scrimmage. Stop trying anything that might actually work. Cower in our bunker and hope to hang on. It's the same mentality that had Worley starting at the first of the year.
