What is a "strong arm" in football parlance? (1 Viewer)

[Poboy]

In different contexts it sometimes seems to mean different things. If a QB is said not to have a "strong arm" does that mean:

A) He can't make the deep throws.

B) He's a mediocre passer overall.

C) None of the above.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

The litmus test is the fifteen yard out - if a QB can't complete that one with some zip, they don't have a strong arm.

Beyond that you have the deep arm - some guys have to throw lollipops to get it more than 50 yards in the air (Matt Ryan is one of them), other guys have a deep ball that makes a nice arc and travels 65-70 yards in the air (Flacco, Russell)

You also have the "throwing the ball into small windows" test - can a QB thread the needle through zone coverage? This one comes down to velocity more than distance.

One other facet of arm strength is the ability to put zip on the ball from various throwing platforms. A lot of QBs have great arm strength when they have the room to step into their throw from the top of a seven step drop, but can they throw well on the run? how about when they are being hit? throwing off the back foot? Stafford excels here.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Quarterback armstrength has been quantified. The measuring unit is called a Favre. Favre is the only one to have ever measure a 1 on the scale. All others are a fractional rating. Most NFL quarterbacks are between 0.5 Favres and 0>85 Favres. The scale is an invention of John Madden. It replaces his dickslobber scale which for some reason never caught on.

 

[kbreaker]

My interpretation of that would be

A) He can't make the deep throws.

ETA: See Chad Pennington

 

[candymanvandyfan]

I'll play: 58 MPH or over

 

[-baller]

it's when you try to force your way on to a team that doesn't want you.

edit: or force your way off one that does.

 

[madd futher]

Strong arm (def): - a tactic often used by agents against management when they feel they have them by the gonads; as in Bus Cook strong armed the (Broncos/Packers/Tennessee).

 

[FantasyTrader]

So what we can glean from all of this is that it means nothing. Either you can play quarterback or you can't.

 

[bryan215]

So what we can glean from all of this is that it means nothing. Either you can play quarterback or you can't.

See the throw Tom Brady made to Randy Moss on 3rd down vs. the Giants at the end of SuperBowlthat = strong arm.

 

[fissure man]

Football parlance? Parlance?

That's a three dollar word right der!

 

[boubucarow]

So what we can glean from all of this is that it means nothing. Either you can play quarterback or you can't.

Wrong