Mr. WEO Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 His arm was an absolute cannon. Physically he compares well to Aaron Rogers. So I'm guessing that was what they liked. Ah yes, the mythical arm. JP had to heave the ball straight up in the air to get it to travel over 40 yards downfield. A "cannon arm" would be found on Mike Vick. Long passes on a rope with the flick of his wrist. I thought Levi brown made good progress and looked very dynamic, mobile, good arm, ran uptempo offense. But alas he was an unheralded, late round pick and wasn't "Chan's guy", Fitz was and Chan wanted a " proven experienced backup" like thigpen instead. This is good sarcasm... NE has pretty much sucked without Brady. He is their franchise. Losman and Collins would have sucked anywhere. The fact that Losman has one serviceable year as a starter is amazing. The fact we could go 7-9 starting Edwards/ Losman is a minor miracle. Didn't they go to the SB a few years before Brady was drafted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ah yes, the mythical arm. JP had to heave the ball straight up in the air to get it to travel over 40 yards downfield. A "cannon arm" would be found on Mike Vick. Long passes on a rope with the flick of his wrist. This is good sarcasm... Didn't they go to the SB a few years before Brady was drafted? Yup and they went to one with Tony Eason. The Panthers went to a SB with Jake Delhomme. NE's franchise record is 438-373-9 (.53%). Brady's record is 148-43 (.77%). So NE's record without Brady is 290-330-9 (.46%). For Comparison, the Bills' all time record is 376-436-8 (.46% ). So yup, the PAts are the Bills without one of the greatest QBs ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ah yes, the mythical arm. JP had to heave the ball straight up in the air to get it to travel over 40 yards downfield. A "cannon arm" would be found on Mike Vick. Long passes on a rope with the flick of his wrist. There's a litany of things one could criticize about JP Losman...arm strength is literally the only one that seems folly with which to pick nits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ah yes, the mythical arm. JP had to heave the ball straight up in the air to get it to travel over 40 yards downfield. A "cannon arm" would be found on Mike Vick. Long passes on a rope with the flick of his wrist. It's been long established that JP sucks, so accept this for what it is -- he did have a rifle of an arm. In his rookie preseason the Bills played the Broncos on national TV and JP threw a frozen rope to a receiver on the sideline on a deep out, right in front of Shanahan. He was miked and you heard him say something to the effect of, "looks like we have a football player." He was impressed with the throw. It was the kind few QBs can make. And then, of course, it went all downhill. I would also refer you, however, to the game against Houston in which JP hit Evans for two long bombs. Those were hardly tosses up into the air -- they were also ropes. But again, I completely agree he was a pretty terrible NFL QB -- with a cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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