Heard on Mike and Mike this morning (1 Viewer)

[pantherclub]

Is that possible or was he embellishing? Seems kindof absurd to think anyone can throw the length of the field.

 

[FBGPoker]

If he can honestly throw the ball 100 yards i don't know how Oakland can pass on him.

I gotta see it to believe it though, that would be unreal.

 

[Warpig]

I heard it was 120 yards from his knees! :holy####:

 

[jgb95]

I think he said he could throw for a 100 yards in a game with that offensive line in OAK.

 

[massraider]

I heard Jamarcus say 83 or 84 yards.

That's nice for those offseason QB contests, but I'm moreinterested in how he does in his private workout.

 

[FTRWRTR]

I wouldn't give this a second's thought...there are only a few NFL qbs who can throw the ball over 70 yards and that's only if they put all their behind their throw, no way a guy can throw thirty yards further than eveyone else who's ever played the position

 

[Andy Dufresne]

"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains? ..."

Kyle Boller was similarly legendary in his arm strength. It's meaningless.

 

[LHUCKS]

oh boy

 

[Despyzer]

Ritz cracker?

 

[Hawkeyeskin]

"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains? ..."

Kyle Boller was similarly legendary in his arm strength. It's meaningless.

 

[GroveDiesel]

I did hear that he can throw the ball 80 yards with a step. But 100 yards? I think this is just BS. Clayton is a hack. The ESPN guys are old and an embarassment at this point. Adam Schefter of NFLN and Jay Glazer of FOXSPORTS have far surpassed Clayton and Pasquarelli at this point. Heck, even Mike Florio is more useful than those two geezers at ESPN now.

 

[Despyzer]

I did hear that he can throw the ball 80 yards with a step. But 100 yards? I think this is just BS. Clayton is a hack. The ESPN guys are old and an embarassment at this point. Adam Schefter of NFLN and Jay Glazer of FOXSPORTS have far surpassed Clayton and Pasquarelli at this point. Heck, even Mike Florio is more useful than those two geezers at ESPN now.

Old? Geezers? Greeny is barely 40, and Golic is merely 45. This is relatively young in the world of national sports announcing.

 

[saintfool]

i don't really care about that kind of arm strength, honestly. if he can throw it 80 yards from his knees then bully for him. accuracy and touch are every bit as important. there are plenty of guys with cannon arms - harrington is all fastball, same with brooks - but it's the finesse part of their game which distinguishes the men from the boys....

 

[Kleck.]

Doesn't matter how far Russell can throw if he goes to Oakland. Even from a shotgun with the long snapper in, Russell would need to drop back 11 steps to have time to get the ball off. But by that time Moss would have given up on the play. Incomplete.

 

[Alluro]

The Vortex?

 

[Riffraff]

Can Moss/Porter/Curry/Gabriel run the 100 yards in 3 seconds or less that the OL provides?

 

[redman]

I'm about as impressed here as if someone was touting a Long Drive Contest champion for the U.S. Open.

Is this supposed to impress me because of the need to throw Hail Mary's in Oakland to even have a chance at winning games?

 

[Doug B]

I've read that former Atlanta QB Steve Bartkowki could throw 100 yards as a high-school senior. I'm sure it was a huge running start ... something of a gimmick throw very different from gametime conditions.

EDIT: Long-time NFL assistant and then Cal-Berkely assistant Paul Hackett might be the source of this factoid ... except he seems to have said Bartkowski made those long throws while in college.

 

[ATC1]

Can Moss/Porter/Curry/Gabriel run the 100 yards in 3 seconds or less that the OL provides?

I think Russell puts so much air under the ball that they would get there by the time it lands. Sometimes it's his down fall. He allows CBs to catch up.

 

[Ryan_21]

I wouldn't give this a second's thought...there are only a few NFL qbs who can throw the ball over 70 yards and that's only if they put all their behind their throw, no way a guy can throw thirty yards further than eveyone else who's ever played the position

Didnt ya'll see that powerade commercial where Vick threw the ball completely out of the stadium? Sheesh......100 yards aint all that hard. I mean 3 or 4 sips max out of a powerade and I could probably do it.

 

[Rev]

"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains? ..."

Kyle Boller was similarly legendary in his arm strength. It's meaningless.

I was going to drop that quote if you hadn't. Some one really had to on this thread. I don't care if the dude can pee 100 yards. It has very little to do with his NFL success, especially since he will never have time to actually throw the ball that far in a game.

 

[BlackHole]

I think Marc Wilson consistently threw the prettiest, tightest spiral in Raider history. Of course once the camera angle showed the ball flying over the WR's head and into the stands or the safety's hands, the reality of how much that mattered would settle in quickly.

 

[SofaKings]

SI reported last week 82 yds with one step.

Taking one normal step, has thrown the ball 82 yards.

 

[ThePittbully]

I've seen him throw the length of the field pretty much one time. It was probably somewhere between 80 and 90 yards, I could totally believe he can launch one another ten on top of that. Ive seen him play many times, kid has a cannon

 

[massraider]

i don't really care about that kind of arm strength, honestly. if he can throw it 80 yards from his knees then bully for him. accuracy and touch are every bit as important. there are plenty of guys with cannon arms - harrington is all fastball, same with brooks - but it's the finesse part of their game which distinguishes the men from the boys....

True dat. Luckily Russell has both accuracy and touch.

 

[cobalt_27]

i don't really care about that kind of arm strength, honestly. if he can throw it 80 yards from his knees then bully for him. accuracy and touch are every bit as important. there are plenty of guys with cannon arms - harrington is all fastball, same with brooks - but it's the finesse part of their game which distinguishes the men from the boys....

True dat. Luckily Russell has both accuracy and touch.

Yeah, I'm sure he's your trusty GPS on those 80-yard bombs.

 

[massraider]

i don't really care about that kind of arm strength, honestly. if he can throw it 80 yards from his knees then bully for him. accuracy and touch are every bit as important. there are plenty of guys with cannon arms - harrington is all fastball, same with brooks - but it's the finesse part of their game which distinguishes the men from the boys....

True dat. Luckily Russell has both accuracy and touch.

Yeah, I'm sure he's your trusty GPS on those 80-yard bombs.

Hmmm, afraid I don't understand that one. Over my head.saintfool was making the point that accuracy and touch are more important than ability to throw it 80 yards. I was agreeing, and mentioned that lucky for Russell he has both qualities.

 

[GroveDiesel]

I did hear that he can throw the ball 80 yards with a step. But 100 yards? I think this is just BS. Clayton is a hack. The ESPN guys are old and an embarassment at this point. Adam Schefter of NFLN and Jay Glazer of FOXSPORTS have far surpassed Clayton and Pasquarelli at this point. Heck, even Mike Florio is more useful than those two geezers at ESPN now.

Old? Geezers? Greeny is barely 40, and Golic is merely 45. This is relatively young in the world of national sports announcing.

Mike and Mike are radio personalities, not actual reporters like John Clayton and Len Pasquarelli. I was referring to Clayton and Pasquarelli since they are ESPN's top football reporters. And they're both old and both hacks. It's pretty clear that their connections in the league are drying up and that they're not doing a whole lot to make new connections. They rarely break stories anymore and have essentially zero meaningful analysis. ESPN's relationship with Scouts, Inc. is probably their most valuable football resource now and of course all of their stuff is Insider material.

 

[BigJim®]

How funny if he's drafted by Oakland, whose OL would only give him time for 3 yard routes.

 

[Verbal Kint]

I'm having visions of Randall Cunningham from Tecmo Bowl

 

[Emmitt Smith]

I used to be able to throw it 70 yards. Should I enter the draft?

 

[Harry Beanbag]

Andy Dufresne nailed it when he mentioned Kyle Boller and his touted arm strength. Taken from this article written prior to the 2003 draft.

Chicago

April 1

Boller worked out for the Bears under very, very windy conditions. General manager Jerry Angelo was supposed to watch but did not attend. New quarterbacks coach Greg Olson led the workout, which lasted 35-40 minutes. At the end, Olson asked Boller to stand flatfooted and throw the ball as far as he could. Boller threw it 68 yards with the wind and 61 against it.

Anyone clamoring to get to Kyle Boller and that rocket arm these days????

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Andy Dufresne nailed it when he mentioned Kyle Boller and his touted arm strength. Taken from this article written prior to the 2003 draft.

Chicago

April 1

Boller worked out for the Bears under very, very windy conditions. General manager Jerry Angelo was supposed to watch but did not attend. New quarterbacks coach Greg Olson led the workout, which lasted 35-40 minutes. At the end, Olson asked Boller to stand flatfooted and throw the ball as far as he could. Boller threw it 68 yards with the wind and 61 against it.

Anyone clamoring to get to Kyle Boller and that rocket arm these days????

Another name that is triggered in the memory banks when "rocket arm" is mentioned is Billy Joe Tolliver."Who?" you say?

"Exactly?" I say.

 

[Banger]

Accuracy>>>>ability to throw more than 60 yards

 

[grind]

Accuracy>>>>ability to throw more than 60 yards

Dan McGwire anyone???

 

[massraider]

Heh.

Russell can throw it 80 yards? He must suck.

 

[Sabertooth]

Can Moss/Porter/Curry/Gabriel run the 100 yards in 3 seconds or less that the OL provides?

This is the pertinent question? Basically they need to be able to run 100 yards before a defensive end can run 4 yards.

 

[redman]

Accuracy>>>>ability to throw more than 60 yards

Please remove a few ">'s".-Danny Wuerffel

 

[Gr00vus]

I think Marc Wilson consistently threw the prettiest, tightest spiral in Raider history. Of course once the camera angle showed the ball flying over the WR's head and into the stands or the safety's hands, the reality of how much that mattered would settle in quickly.

Geoff George has a rocket arm too. I wonder if he'll get a new Raider playbook this year for his mantlepiece to match last year's.

 

[One]

Sweet, now somebody actually draw me up a 100 yard play. Then draw up a scheme for the Raider OL to block for it.

Makes no difference what the chub can do. His head's not in it.

 

[massraider]

I think Marc Wilson consistently threw the prettiest, tightest spiral in Raider history. Of course once the camera angle showed the ball flying over the WR's head and into the stands or the safety's hands, the reality of how much that mattered would settle in quickly.

Geoff George has a rocket arm too. I wonder if he'll get a new Raider playbook this year for his mantlepiece to match last year's.

Hopefully this years playbook will be larger than the pamphlet he got last year.I got a Raiders playbook in the mail last year by accident. I thought it was a greeting card, so I chucked it.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I don't care if the dude can pee 100 yards.

If this were the case, the Vikings would be moving up to draft him I just remember Jeff George moved from late round 1 to the 1st pick of the draft based on his ability to throw 70 or 80 yards in the air. We all know how that turned out. Arm strength is nice, but as long as the QB's arm isn't ridiculously weak, I think there are much more important considerations.-QG

 

[Native]

I think Marc Wilson consistently threw the prettiest, tightest spiral in Raider history. Of course once the camera angle showed the ball flying over the WR's head and into the stands or the safety's hands, the reality of how much that mattered would settle in quickly.

Jay Schroeder also threw a beautiful long ball for the Raiders. Same result though. Am I sensing a pattern here?

 

[flufhed]

If he can honestly throw the ball 100 yards i don't know how Oakland can pass on him.

 

[cobalt_27]

Heh.Russell can throw it 80 yards? He must suck.

No, I think folks are just reminding you that the ability to throw 80 yards <> "successful QB". The pro game is so much about information processing, making the right reads, and physically executing the decisions you want to make. That he can chuck it down the field is virtually irrelevant and far too glorified by people who don't really understand what has made certain QBs succeed in the NFL versus those who have not.

 

[Yitbos69]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ly_1gj5I-Bk

 

[massraider]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ly_1gj5I-Bk

What a gyp. I never saw him throw it more than 60 yards in that reel.

 

[MelKiperJr]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-TWy-YgT4

 

[Yitbos69]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ly_1gj5I-Bk

What a gyp. I never saw him throw it more than 60 yards in that reel.

Sorry I thought the thread had moved on from the 100yard pass to.....is Russell a total package player not just a guy with a big arm.And he tossed it 60 yards like it was nothing!

I am not an LSU fan or a Russell fan but I thought he looked pretty good in those clips.

 

[massraider]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ly_1gj5I-Bk

What a gyp. I never saw him throw it more than 60 yards in that reel.

Sorry I thought the thread had moved on from the 100yard pass to.....is Russell a total package player not just a guy with a big arm.And he tossed it 60 yards like it was nothing!

I am not an LSU fan or a Russell fan but I thought he looked pretty good in those clips.

Yeah, I was being smart alecky. The Russell bandwagon is lonely at the moment.