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Hester & Flynn on, "Can Burrow grip the NFL football" - Say, "Easier to grip the NFL ball"
Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:27 am
Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:27 am
Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn DESTROY the bullshite myth that the NFL ball is harder to grip (easier, in fact).
Flynn:
Hester:
The ball is almost exactly the same size (It is the exact same size on the largest allowed circumference - and exactly the same weight), and the quality of the leather grain is off-the-charts better in the NFL ball.
Pretty sure Hester and Flynn have more experience with the difference than the Colin Cowherd types.
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Flynn:
quote:
If his hand can grip a college ball, he can EASILY grip an NFL ball. The NFL ball is like... if God could come down and make a football, it would be the NFL football. The college football is like poo poo compared to the NFL football... the ones you play with on Sunday are unbelievable!
Hester:
quote:
It is SO much easier to grip. It has a natural tack to it.
The ball is almost exactly the same size (It is the exact same size on the largest allowed circumference - and exactly the same weight), and the quality of the leather grain is off-the-charts better in the NFL ball.
Pretty sure Hester and Flynn have more experience with the difference than the Colin Cowherd types.
At 1:44 LINK
This post was edited on 3/3/20 at 11:17 am
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Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:39 am to Buckeye Jeaux
I guess the NCAA is too poor for good footballs.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:42 am to Buckeye Jeaux
quote:
It is SO much easier to grip. It has a natural tack to it.
I don't think it is so much that they have a "natural tack" to it as much as it is the QB's make sure the ball are broken in to their liking.
When I was in HS we would get 3-4 brand new balls each week that were designated as "game balls" and I HATED them. They were always over inflated and slick. The easiest balls to throw were the ones that were 2-3 years old and been used a ton in practice.
As long as the ball is "sticky" Joe will be just fine. The NFL has guys on staff who will spend days just throwing new balls back and forth to break them in.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:43 am to Honest Tune
quote:Probably a very limited supply of the highest quality grains that the NFL specifies.
I guess the NCAA is too poor for good footballs.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:45 am to Alt26
quote:
I don't think it is so much that they have a "natural tack" to it as much as it is the QB's make sure the ball are broken in to their liking.
Pretty sure Flynn and Hester know WTF they are talking about. It is a FAR superior ball.
And the QBs do get to pick their favorites. So it is the best of the best on Sundays
This post was edited on 3/3/20 at 10:48 am
Posted on 3/3/20 at 10:58 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Did they change from "the Duke"? cause that thing was like throwing a watermelon
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:00 am to Higgysmalls
quote:Flynn makes the point that the so-called "NFL ball" available to the public in stores is NOTHING like the ball they use in the NFL.
Did they change from "the Duke"? cause that thing was like throwing a watermelon
at 2:09 of the video
This post was edited on 3/3/20 at 11:02 am
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:10 am to Alt26
quote:
The NFL has guys on staff who will spend days just throwing new balls back and forth to break them in.
Guidance counselor didn't mention shite on this.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:14 am to Buckeye Jeaux
quote:
Pretty sure Hester and Flynn have more experience
Put this on the OT I bet you will get some real advice on this subject. I know I didn't have any problems spinning the NFL ball when I was in the league well except when I blew out my knee on that one fumble.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:23 am to Alt26
quote:
The NFL has guys on staff who will spend days just throwing new balls back and forth to break them in.
what? Nobody is on an NFL franchise’s payroll to throw new balls back and forth. They’re tacky because they’re extremely high quality material that’s been treated properly, unlike your high school balls
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:25 am to Forever
I would assume this is one of many tasks an equipment manager does.
Have to assume NFL teams have those.
Have to assume NFL teams have those.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:38 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Anyone have first hand experience of the
Poo Poo vs NFL ball?
Poo Poo vs NFL ball?
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:46 am to AustinKnight
quote:
Anyone have first hand experience of the
Poo Poo vs NFL ball?
Matt Flynn and Jacob Hester? 12 combined years in the NFL & 8 combined years at LSU?
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:54 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Wasn’t saying them I was talking Ranters who might have experience
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:55 am to AustinKnight
quote:
Wasn’t saying them I was talking Ranters who might have experience
I know what you meant.
This post was edited on 3/3/20 at 11:57 am
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:57 am to Alt26
We always put them in a clothes dryer
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:59 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Matt Flynn threw 6 tds in a game once with the footballs he is talking about.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 11:59 am to Alt26
quote:
Alt26
Not sure if you're getting downvoted to oblivion because of who you are, or what it was you said, but I joined the dog pile.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 12:02 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
I wonder if both were in the league long enough to get a pension and how much.
Posted on 3/3/20 at 12:24 pm to Tigerpride18
quote:
We always put them in a clothes dryer
NFL kickers used to do that until the league banned them from it. They had a special ball just for FG’s.
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