Dalton's Arm Strength

CincyCracker9 · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 2546 Location: tall cotton

i remember rodney harrison sayin somethin last weekend about Red Rifle's arm strength being an issue.
he's got some zip on his short/lower-intermediate throws, but doesn't have the arm to make all the throws, imo.
but...i think he has in it him to continue developing his arm.
what say you?
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ochocinco4pres · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:04 pm Post subject:

I agree. He has great arm strength for the throws we are asking him. If you notice when he throws the deep ball, AJ usually has to make a good adjustment to catch it. He doesnt hit him in stride down the sideline like you would like him too. But he can make the seam throw 15-20 down the field and the deep out. Just not the big arm, but that is okay.

Arm strength is overrated
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CincyCracker9 · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 2546 Location: tall cotton

i really don't worry about dalton's deep ball. it's rusty now, and a work in progress, but i don't think deep ball's are even directly related to arm strength really.
it's the 20-30 yard outs and curls, etc on the other side of the field that limit dalton. not a big deal, since there aren't too many qb's that make that throw consistently anyways.
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INbengalfan · Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 4677 Location: Richmond, IN

Arm strength is overated, IF the offensive coordinator designs routes that fit the abilities of the QB.

Gruden fits the scheme to player abilities. No reason to worry about arm strength or Rodney harrison.
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futbudds · Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 1409 Location: Neptune Beach Fl

The deep ball looks more like a accuracy issue than arm strength imo, hopefully more of a mechanical thing than anything else. I might be wrong but I thought Andy's Intermediate throws had good speed on them especially the long third downs in the last three weeks.

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Dcreek · Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Posts: 202 Location: Parts Unknown

He's perfect for the Bengals scheme, its all good.

theJ · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 15889

BTW, Dalton threw three great deep balls yesterday, on the money. Two to Simpson, one to Caldwell, all in stride.
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duke2056 · Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 7731 Location: Cleveland area

Arm strength is VERY important, but it's more than just being able to throw far or throw rocket passes.

For example, a guy like ROthlisberger or Peyton Manning can have guys draped over their legs and not be able to step into a throw at all, but still be able to fire the ball 20-30 yards down field to a WR. Dalton can not do that, neither can our guy Mccoy.

It's not all that often that the QB gets to take a nice full stride into a pass. It is a very nice skill for a QB to be able to still fire strong passes when they have to double clutch, pass while falling backwards, or pass while guys are hanging on them.

Is it necessary??? no. But it's a nice competitive advantage to have that ability.
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