05-05-2023, 04:55 PM
(05-04-2023, 08:55 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Finley has a good brain, but just lacks the physical talents to be competitive at the NFL level. I would think that a guy like him might migrate into coaching at some point.
Could be correct, Finley seemed smart and he will always be a good memory for Bengal fans when we beat those stealers with him at
the helm. That Gary Busey smile at the bottom of the pile will live in infamy.
(05-05-2023, 11:17 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: One of the funny things about Finley is that he didn't really have a noodle arm. His arm was perfectly capable. In fact, you can measure arm strength by just calculating the time the ball is in there and how far it travelled. In the Steelers game back in 2020, Finley had a ball that traveled 75 feet in .867 seconds, equivalent to 59 MPH. The hardest ball that Burrow threw in 2022 was 56 MPH. There was light wind that game, so the ball may have been wind-aided as well but he had an NFL arm.
The boring part of the conversation about arm strength is that most of these guys never, or rarely ever, have to rip it as hard as they can. Most passes you see are between 47-51 MPH for all QBs, including Mahomes and Allen. Both of those guys throw 60+ but they may only have a handful of passes per season that actually end up having that much velocity.
Surprising, cannot remember how many times a WR was open deep and Finley couldn't get the ball to them cause the ball was
underthrown. Never saw him overthrow anyone deep.
That is how I judge a QB's arm. Josh Allen has the biggest arm in the league right now in my opinion, he just doesn't throw long
bombs very often. Low percentage pass and all.
