Gronk Sets World Record with 600 Foot Catch

[Nextmanup]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/sport/rob-gronkowski-nfl-guinness-world-record-spt-intl/index.html

 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Leodis McKelvin: "Hold my beer...oops!"

[H2o]

1 minute ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Leodis McKelvin: "Hold my beer...oops!"

Dang,  more art work in the front yard to follow. 

[Virgil]

***** him

[Mr. WEO]

11 minutes ago, H2o said:

***** Dang,  more art work in the front yard to follow. 

 

 

fixed

[teef]

8 minutes ago, Virgil said:

***** him

i came here to post exactly this. 

 

 

***** him...right in his ear.

[Buftex]

Interesting. I remember Peyton Manning throwing from the top of a skyscraper to Chris Carter, on "Peyton's Places" a year or two ago. Not sure what the distance was, but it took numerous attempts...and apparently it was pretty painful for Carter... I remember hearing him (Cater) on the radio not long after, and he said he seriously thought he had broken his hand.

 

[BADOLBILZ]

 

So they spent the money on a helicopter but didn't get a radar gun to measure the velocity of the ball when it got near the ground?

 

  

 

 

[H2o]

7 minutes ago, teef said:

i came here to post exactly this. 

 

 

***** him...right in his ear.

 

[Milanos Milano]

14 minutes ago, teef said:

i came here to post exactly this. 

 

 

***** him...right in his ear.

Unsportsmanlike conduct. 15 yards will be assessed after the kickoff. 

Edited April 26, 2021 by IronMaidenBills

[sherpa]

11 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

So they spent the money on a helicopter but didn't get a radar gun to measure the velocity of the ball when it got near the ground?

 

  

 

 

 

Wouldn't need to.

The old formula still applies.

On earth, a free object accelerates at 9.8 meters per second squared.

Simply time the fall and you'll have the velocity.

[RobbRiddick]

27 minutes ago, teef said:

i came here to post exactly this. 

 

 

***** him...right in his ear.

***** him in his other ear

 

[TH3]

21 minutes ago, sherpa said:

 

Wouldn't need to.

The old formula still applies.

On earth, a free object accelerates at 9.8 meters per second squared.

Simply time the fall and you'll have the velocity.

Until air drag overcomes A...which likely happened and means V was not that impressive. 

 

A human terminal velocity is like 120 mph...I bet a foot ball is way less

 

Update - Terminal velocity football somewhere between 60-70 mph.......so.....the whole thing is BFD

Edited April 26, 2021 by TH3

[sherpa]

9 minutes ago, TH3 said:

Until air drag overcomes A

 

And that is called terminal velocity.

An object, unpropelled, ie., dropped, will accelerate at 9.8 meters per second squared, until it reaches its terminal velocity, which is the point that atmospheric drag will prevent further acceleration.

For the human body, that is about 120mph at sea level.

For a football, probably a bit less, but not much.

[Chewmylegoff]

10 minutes ago, TH3 said:

Until air drag overcomes A...which likely happened and means V was not that impressive. 

 

A human terminal velocity is like 120 mph...I bet a foot ball is way less

 

It quite clearly had less heat on it than a pass from Josh Allen.

[RiotAct]

would have been a shame if he got nailed in the head instead of catching it

[Draconator]

32 minutes ago, sherpa said:

 

Wouldn't need to.

The old formula still applies.

On earth, a free object accelerates at 9.8 meters per second squared.

Simply time the fall and you'll have the velocity.

 

Can you calculate that for me? (I dropped out of Math in 10th grade). 

[Billy Claude]

I doubt very much that a the speed of football that Gronk caught was any higher than the speed of a football coming out of a a big arm QB.   Someone on Reddit (don't know how reliable) claims the terminal speed of a soccer ball is about 55 mph, I would guess that of a tumbling American football would be similar or even less.

 

Josh Allen threw 62 mph at the 2018 combine.

 

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by Billy Claude

[Solomon Grundy]

I’m still pissed at Buddy for not drafting Gronk. Why do the Bills keep letting the “homegrown” talent slip by? There were some talented players born/bred from the area the Bills had the opportunity to select and passed by for some clunkers. 

[Sherlock Holmes]

52 minutes ago, IronMaidenBills said:

Unsportsmanlike conduct. 15 yards will be assessed after the kickoff. 

Also 3 compensatory picks awarded to the Patriots at the top of each round for the next 25 years...