re: Great article summarizing Burrow's arm strength vs current players & draftees

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Accuracy is a stat that seems to translate from one level to the next. Good indicator of decision making and risk tolerance

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I have heard it said more than once that you can't really teach accuracy. You can improve it some but for the most part a QB either has it or he doesn't.

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Yep, Joe’s mental processor is what makes him so good, and allows him some time others don’t have in the pocket.

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The commentators were talking about Mariuci's analysis on Burrow and his quick decision making back during the playoffs. One thing that makes me feel better about Brennan is that you know he has gone through the same analysis and CEO/CSE have not wavered on Myles.

Let expand on what you said.

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Burrow's trigger time, i.e., his decision-making time is off the charts and when it is combined with his unreal accuracy, it puts him ahead of everyone else in the game, in my opinion. 

Having a stronger arm without the excellent ability to make quick and accurate reads and without Joe Burrow's level of accuracy is more or less useless. Not to mention that throwing a super fastball is also much harder to catch for receivers.

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Trigger+Release ft/sec
1Joe B 0.75 82.13
2Baker M 0.80 85.07
3Tua T 0.84 78.47
4Kyle M 0.90 83.60
5Haskins 0.97 82.13
6D Lock 1.00 85.07
6J Hebert 1.00 85.07
8J Love 1.16 86.53
9J Allen 1.20 92.40

Time it takes the football to go 20 and 40 yards in seconds
20 40
1J Allen 0.64 1.30
2J Love 0.69 1.39
3J Hebert 0.71 1.41
3D Lock 0.71 1.41
3B Mayfield 0.71 1.41
6K Murray 0.72 1.44
7J Burrow 0.73 1.46
7Haskins 0.73 1.46
9Tua T 0.76 1.53

Time to process+release+20 pass
1 J Burrow 1.48
2 B Mayfield 1.51
3 Tua T 1.60
4 K Murray 1.62
5 Haskins 1.70
6 J Hebert 1.71
6 D Lock 1.71
8 J Allen 1.84
9 J Love 1.85

Time to process+release+40 pass
1 J Burrow 2.21
1 B Mayfield 2.21
3 K Murray 2.34
4 Tua T 2.37
5 J Hebert 2.41
5 D Lock 2.41
7 Haskins 2.43
8 J Allen 2.50
9 J Love 2.55

Mahomes did not have a trigger time so I couldn't do a calculation.

When you add up all three which is what is actually going on during each play you see Joe is right up there as the best. You can't just focus on one metric as it does not tell the whole story of what it takes to make a completion during a play.

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Joe’s mental processor is what makes him so good, and allows him some time others don’t have in the pocket.

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Not only does Burrow take less time to make a decision, when he does, it’s a BETTER decision.

Put the wonderlic scores in.

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His arm reminds me a lot of Drew Brees

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Burrows arm is much stronger than Drew Brees arm has been over the last 2 or 3 years or so. Probably stronger than Brees arm ever was.

Great Article!

Myles Brennan’s velocity is nothing close to Mahomes or Love at 80+ yards longest throw, but he’s let them go exceeding 70 yards.

I’d love someone to do the exact numbers, but Myles is close to Justin Herbert in both Velocity and Release. Herbert threw a flat footed 62 yarder at NFL combine.

Myles trigger time is the unknown. His trigger time appears faster than Herbert, but that’s not a big deal because Herbert’s trigger time is too slow.

Anyone have SEC QB stats on these

Josh Allen is literally one of the most physically gifted QBs to ever play the sport. Absolute rocket launcher and very athletic, strong, and tough with great size.

Think about that.

Really shows how important brains and accuracy are.

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Anyone have SEC QB stats on these

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No, no stats on that exactly. But here are a few interesting SEC passing stats:
SEC Long pass stats - (over 20 yards in the air)

Yards passing (minimum 800 yards+) - Burrow 1546...... [no other 800+ yds QBs]

TDs (minimum of more than 10) - Burrow 23...... [no other QBs more than 10]

Comp percentage over 50% (minimum of over 10 attempts) Burrow 56% on 73 attempts...... [no other QB 50%+ on over 10 attempts]


LINK

My firm belief:

If Burrow threw the ball like many coaches demand (like Urban Meyer demands) - high velocity on almost every throw...

Then, no way in hell does Joe throw 76%, 60 TDs, and 5600 yards in the 2019-20 season.

Throwing hard is an inferior technique, Not a superior technique, IMO