Let’s Talk About Throwing Deep

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(12-30-2018, 07:03 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: No. Stop it. It only takes 2.5 to 3 seconds to release the ball and have it travel 40+ yards down field. An average WR would run a 4.5 second 40. An average QB can release the ball at 2.5 seconds, and when you combine the time it takes the ball to travel in the air, it would arrive at a spot 40-50 yards down field at the same time an average WR would get there. 

Quite possibly one of the worst counterpoints I've read on these boards.  A WR very rarely runs a 4.5 second 40 in game conditions - he'd have to be totally uncovered.  WR's are either bumped at the line or have to redirect their routes on go patterns.  A 40-yard dash is just that, a straight line dash from one point to another.  A pattern is never a straight point A to B.  Just a silly counterpoint.