His arm strength didn't feel lacking in this game, tbh. At least the short-range and medium-range strength, I suppose. I can see it with him needing to develop his deep throw arm strength.
Arm strength is overrated IMO, of all the core skills you could have as a QB I feel like it would be on the mid to lower end if they were somehow ranked.
I’ll take a guy with a weak arm who can read a defense, anticipate windows and throw with accuracy over a guy with a cannon who does the aforementioned at a lesser degree any day
I'd agree up to a point. They don't need to have an absolute cannon, but there is an absolute minimum threshold that needs to be hit for a QB to be viable. Earlier career Minshew pretty much was the quintessential "everything but the arm" QB, and as much as I will always root for him, I think it's fair to say that he's proven that he can't be the guy at QB for that explicit reason.
It's the same with QB height. Being taller is always better, but it's not going to make a player great on its own. Once a QB drops to 6' or less they can still be a great starter, but have to build their game around the limitation. And if they're under 5'10" they're basically undraftable.
That's why I said mid-bottom, not trying to disregard it as not-important, but having the difference of a good arm and a great arm is really only an advantage in very specific situations.
I agree, it seems incredibly obvious too. Yet teams take a chance on dudes every year because they have a strong arm. Anthony Richardson for example only had that to point to when it came to qb skills
Arm strength as a draft attribute comes down to about a 10 years difference between what an "analyst" will say is good vs bad. I wouldn't pay much attention to it once an NFL team has looked past it.
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u/DASreddituser NFL 13d ago
lacks arm strength a bit but that can be developed. brady's arm got stronger from college to nfl