09-14-2016, 01:19 PM
(09-14-2016, 11:13 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: Dalton does have a good NFL arm. It's not average. He has some of the best stats in the league when it comes to 20+ and 40+ yard completions. Pretty much all passes that are 75-80 yards through the air are hail marys. The hail mary Aaron Rodgers had against the Cardinals was only ~60 yards through the air. To say 75-80 through the air on anything other than a hail mary is just fooling yourself.
Let me help you understand the dimensions of the field
The width is 53.3yards the length is 120 yards
The numbers are 12 yards in from the sideline and 2 yards deep
The hash marks are 23.6 yards from the sideline and 6.2 yards apart.
Now that we have that established we can determine the distance the ball travels in Reality prior to completion.
Using the game you mentioned let's look at a couple plays
Rogers Hail Mary - from the GB 45 to -5 yards deep in the Arz end zone. That alone is 60 yards now he was roughly 2 yards from the top of the numbers and the pass was completed 3 yards inside the hash marks. That is about another 8-10 yards off his back foot falling away...68-70 yards in the air. A very strong arm.
Palmer completed a 15 yard pass to LF on the next series. The ball traveled 45 yards to get to LF. This just to show how many yards a short completion might travel.
Rogers to Cobb 77 yards in the air
In the playoff game between the Seahawks and panthers Wilson throws from 2 yard in side the hash to the sideline 8 yards deep in the end zone = 73 yards
Plamer to Nelson vs us last year. From the Arz 29 to the Cin 18 from the right hash to 4 yards from the right sideline = 75 yards
Can do this all day. Can't find any like that for Dalton. It's a skill set he does not possess. It does not make him a bad QB...why do you insist he has this skill or that others don't?
