re: Where does arm strength rank in your requirements for qb

Okay, but without good arm strength all of that is for nil

Take Sean White from Auburn for example.
He's extremely accurate. Good instincts and solid pocket awareness as well.... but he's got shite arm strength and struggles with passes over 20 or 25 yards.
Give him 2 inches of height and the arm strength of Nick Marshall and White is potentially a 1st round prospect.


And arm strength doesn't just effect your deep ball. It also effects how well you can fit short passes into small windows, and how well you can get the past the DL.
Arm strength us important on EVERY throw.

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It's very important as their are no good QBs with weak arms. It goes hand in hand with being accurate. You can't lack either or you aren't a good NFL QB

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Elite quarterbacks have elite arm strength and accuracy. Teams are just of the notion (probably correctly so) that you can teach accuracy but not arm strength.

Can they hit a 15-20 yard out pattern on the sideline....if yes, then arm strength is of no concern.. it's a throw not made very often but one that demonstrates required strength.. It also doesn't have to be a bullet but timed correctly.. it's the throw that cross references multiple measurables on the box and can be delivered differently..

There's a minimum amount of arm strength you have to have to be effective in the NFL. After that, there are a bunch of other things that are more important than the EXTRA arm strength.

Johnny U went to shite once his arm went.

You don't have to be Namath or Favre but you have to be way above average.

There's no substitute; it can bail you out and give you more options...once your arm goes, you can't freelance and can't make a pass late.

Joe Montana never had a great arm but he had great timing. He was a rhythm QB.

So arm strength all depends on type of offense you are running.

And what era.

Montana and Brady didn't need arm strength because of short passes being the majority of their offense...and let the receivers do the work for them.

But arm strength mattered for the Pack and especially for the Rams in the 80's...and Raiders in the 80's when the offense was send everyone deep.

Chad Pennington could throw like 35 yards and was good and Vince Young could throw 75 .. you tell me

Probably more important in NFL than college due to the speed of the game, but never as important as the mental side

Without a base level of arm strength a player simply cannot play in the NFL, and anything below excellent arm strength just makes it more difficult to play and necessitates that a player have excellent other traits. It tends to be relied upon because it is more easily measured and more difficult to develop than other QB skills, so it is seen as a rubric of potential in young players.

I admitted it matters what organization you play for, what offense and what defense.

Reading Ds is obviously #1 but arm strength can bail you out if you read wrong sometimes or the coverage was there.

See Favre

There isn't or wasn't a QB that ever lived that didn't wish he had a stronger arm or didn't think it would help him.