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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.They weren’t throwing to receivers. So it didn’t judge accuracy. So they just hucked the ball down the field. It didn’t judge the velocity of the ball and how fast it down field.
Any NFL quarterback can throw for distance. The difference between a QB with a strong arm and a weak one is how fast the ball moves down the field on a deep pass and whether they can hit a receiver in stride 30-40 yards down field. The QB Challenge didn’t judge either.
Besides, half the QBs probably didn’t even take the competition seriously and were just there for the free trip to Hawaii.
I get that but unfortunately that's not how GWD and 4QC are measured. Maybe we can add another stat like GAWD & 4QAC. Brady would probably be tops in those also since our D lost many leads after an almost come back.
Including Brady only 6 QB's participated. Completely bogus event.
I'm not sure why people feel the need to make silly posts in an attempt to minimize Brady's arm strength. "They didn't just accuracy". No ****, because it was a distance contest.
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Which probably factored into Belichick's decision in an odd way as well. Yes, it made the kick from Folk harder, but if you have confidence he can make it (which to be fair, he VERY nearly did), then Tom has to either score a touchdown in less than a minute, or the TAMPA kicker has to make a tough kick in the rain as well. Basically, Bill gambled that his kicker was better in the rain than Tampa's. Didn't work out, c'est la vie.
Not silly at all. What's silly is to use a QBs challenge skills competition as proof as anything in terms of a QB's skills. Seriously, what does 2-4 throws in a QB Competition tell you? Really? You are literally judging his arm strength of his peers based on four throws against a bunch of QBs on vacation in Hawaii. The QB Competition was nothing more than the equivalent of a scratch golf game of a bunch of friends on vacation. It was entertaining to watch, but meant nothing.
You watched those things. The old, well paid QBs barely seemed interest in competing for what $10,000? They are all joking around and having a good time. It was a vacation.
Can we talk about Mac Jones being the best scrambling QB in the NFL because he ran for a 65 yard TD in the Pro Bowl?
Wouldn't put something like that past BB but I'd think we'd know better than to compare a rookie QB playing the 4th NFL game of his life against the defending champs with the GOAT.I think BB intentionally yanked Mac and put Folk out there so if they lost, the blame would be on him, not Mac. It was obvious BB did not want a Mac vs. Brady comparison to fester for a long time.
Wouldn't put something like that past BB but I'd think we'd know better than to compare a rookie QB playing the 4th NFL game of his life against the defending champs with the GOAT.
Your first post was mostly irrelevant. because you were injecting accuracy into a discussion about general arm strength This post of yours is just flat out stupid.
Your first post was mostly irrelevant. because you were injecting accuracy into a discussion about general arm strength This post of yours is just flat out stupid.
BTW, here is what Sam Munson says about being able to throw the deep ball and arm strength:
Mac needs to improve his arm strength but it's for this ...
... not for his deep ball. Sure it'll help but he wins deep bc of timing, anticipation and accuracy. Velocity will help but "arm strength" is more for out routes, tight window passes, far hash - far sideline.
It's an issue but again I'm more concerned with floaters he tosses at times. You can see it on some deep(er) stuff,
(floater)
for me it’s the intermediate stuff bc that's his bread n butter.
I got np with the decision. Saf is in cleanup duty, he'll snag a tipped ball but isn't directly involved. He's close though.You know better than I, but that last throw to me looks more like an anticipation/read problem more than arm strength. Maybe there's an angle on the all-22 that clears it up, but even if that ball gets there a half second earlier, those defenders looked REALLY close to Bourne. Felt like that was more bad read than floater, but again, I'm definitely not an expert.
Mac needs to improve his arm strength but it's for this ...
... not for his deep ball. Sure it'll help but he wins deep bc of timing, anticipation and accuracy. Velocity will help but "arm strength" is more for out routes, tight window passes, far hash - far sideline.
It's an issue but again I'm more concerned with floaters he tosses at times. You can see it on some deep(er) stuff,
(floater)
for me it’s the intermediate stuff bc that's his bread n butter.
Yup I talked about it a lot pre-draft and got killed for it. I said it a few times but thought his mechanics could improve and could possibly unlock some gas on his passes. That's where velocity shows up though. The deep stuff is a but overrated in terms of arm strength. Very rarely will you see balls travel farther than 40-50 yards. It's just not something you see a lot. It helps but this is where it shows up. Especially for a QB that likes to work the MOF.Exactly. It's the tight windows that require more velocity on the ball. Look at this 25 yard pass. There's no apex on the throw, it's a rope.
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Mac needs to improve his arm strength but it's for this ...
... not for his deep ball. Sure it'll help but he wins deep bc of timing, anticipation and accuracy. Velocity will help but "arm strength" is more for out routes, tight window passes, far hash - far sideline.
It's an issue but again I'm more concerned with floaters he tosses at times. You can see it on some deep(er) stuff,
(floater)
for me it’s the intermediate stuff bc that's his bread n butter.
Exactly. It's the tight windows that require more velocity on the ball. Look at this 25 yard pass. There's no apex on the throw, it's a rope.
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