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I see a lot of the "Drew Brees lacks arm strength" meme here and I honestly think everyone repeating that is, well, repeating it. If you watch Brees throwing in games he doesn't have elite NFL arm strength but he has a strong arm and can make long passes and get the ball into tight coverage. Anthony Jennings looks like a good find, but he doesn't have the strength that Drew Brees has. When I made the comment that the ball floats a little when he throws it that's the same thing as in baseball where the ball stays up in the zone. A stronger arm and the ball has a flatter trajectory, get's there quicker, and will enhance accuracy. When the ball doesn't have as much on it it will tend to flutter a little more and stay up a bit, that's what I saw from Jennings. He doesn't have the arm strength Mettenburg has, or really that Flynn or Jefferson had either. Doesn't mean he's a horrible person or I wish they had not recruited him, but I doubt he has a future in the NFL, and I don't think he's on par with Drew Brees level of arm strength either.

And you know all this about AJ based on a one minute drive?

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Posted by tigerballs

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Posted on 12/24/13 at 4:59 pm to Laman1978

His arm is plenty strong for college. Flynn, Lienart, arron Murry, Johnny football, kelen Moore, Tebow, ... There is a long list of college championship level QB with similar arm strength.

On the drive against Arkansas, he did float the ball out to the flat that was a bit scary. But, he came back with good touch and accuracy on the TD pass. He made a great throw out of the end zone to the tight end in traffic on the run. I have a lot of hope for this Jennings. I think some of us are shell shocked still from Jefferson/Lee years. On phone so excuse typo.

This post was edited on 12/24/13 at 5:02 pm

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