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Old 03-31-2023, 11:46 AM   #103
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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi View Post
If we didn't have Mahomes and we had the top pick I'd be going insane banging on the table for Stroud.

Accuracy is the most important aspect in a QB if you want to win a Super Bowl. Processing speed is probably second. Arm strength and running ability is like, five or six ranks lower.
Arm strength has been called overrated for so long that it's become wildly underrated.

A weak arm means you have to nut up to drive a ball into a window as it closes and when you nut up, you're less accurate. As those windows get tighter and the maelstrom more intense at the next level, you need arm strength to fit balls in there. And when you're a QB with marginal arm strength, many of those balls get deflected.

And that's to say nothing of the time involved. I've done this math 'round here before but the difference between an elite arm (Mahomes) and an average arm (Watson) when throwing something as routine as a 15 yard out becomes something along the lines of .15 seconds. Now if you're a WR that runs a 4.45 you're a pretty fast WR. If you run a 4.6 you might just be a UDFA.

So what good does all that speed do you if your QB gives it all back by throwing a slow-ball on an out route? That .15 seconds is an eternity for NFL DBs. That's not just enough to get a hand on it - it could be enough to house the damn thing.

Mentioning arm strength in the same breath as running ability is folly. Additionally, mentioning accuracy in game action as though it's completely independent of arm strength is likewise mistaken.

Citing Brees is like citing Maddux - citing the exceptions that prove the rule don't get you anywhere. To be a great QB you need at least a good NFL arm. Not average and damn sure not below average. Because when it counts and you NEED that ball that Mahomes threw over the middle to MVS against Cincy with a collapsing pocket and no base, no amount of accuracy or processing speed in the world will get it there. Those will give you the wherewithal to make the throw but only arm strength will give you the ability.
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