Drew's arm strength over the years

His arm zip has dropped drastically

Go back and watch some 09 or 11 highlights

Drew used to be an animal

Drew has aged well only because as he lost zip he has perfected accuracy

He almost always puts the ball in the right spot. Sean adapted with him and everything is about reads and timing now vs mismatches and other stuff

Yes that is well said. I agree.

He obviously can't throw the deep ball like he used too ,but he is smart enough to pick his spots.

I think there’s been a drop off, but not nearly as much as some people make it out to be.

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I wonder just how much Drew has lost in arm strength

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You can see Drew’s arm strength in his passes over the middle to Cook today. He zipped them on a frozen rope - which is perfect. You can’t throw floaters over the middle or they get picked and your WRs get killed.

Drew puts a little more air under it on corner routs to allow WRs to run under and make a play.

I thought he looked good today.

I thought today was the best he's looked all year

He still drops some absolute dimes in there.


That one today was gorgeous

Another excellent post.

Drew has about 5 throws today alone that showed his declined arm strength. He’s in his own head now when it comes to a deep ball.

He did put one to Ginn on a dime, but that’s where our lack of a WR outside of Thomas reared it’s ugly head againn

Drew is still deadly accurate within 25 yards. He’s one of, and even arguably the greatest QB of all time, but there is no denying our offense is limited, and the back 3/4 of the field are out of range based on his arm strength before the ball is snapped.

I love Drew, every Saints fan does, but I’ve said it a few times now we better enjoy him this year because it might be his last. Even deadly accurate short to mid range, which a lot of QBs cannot do, it’s hard to justify paying a QB $25M+ when the field is shortened by him