ranking Bengals Qb's

[fredtoast]

(08-24-2022, 10:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't know how far Palmer could throw a football just like I don't know how far Aroldis Chapman could throw a baseball.  But Palmer could throw the ball as hard as anyone.  He could throw a 15 yard out pattern all the way across the field on a rope.

(08-25-2022, 10:46 AM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: You can't throw the ball far if you can't throw it hard.  Initial velocity is one of the core components of distance "flown", the other being intial angle.  Air resistance is also within the QB's control to some degree, in that a spiral will travel further than a wobbler, everything else being equal.

You are absolutely correct.  Aroldis Chapman could throw the ball farther because he could throw it harder.  But I had to judge Palmer's arm strength on something other than maximum distance because I did not know the maximum distance he could throw a ball.