PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 During practice TE threw a 70 yard bomb to Hardy. Well that shows some arm strength.
marauderswr80 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Did the ball travel 70 in the air or was it like 40 and he run 30?
ieatcrayonz Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Did the ball travel 70 in the air or was it like 40 and he run 30? It was pretty good.
PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 12, 2008 Author Posted August 12, 2008 Did the ball travel 70 in the air or was it like 40 and he run 30? Looked like Hardy ran 20 yards after the catch. It is on on Bills Round Up on buffalobills.com http://www.buffalobills.com/multimedia/index.html
Lori Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Did the ball travel 70 in the air or was it like 40 and he run 30? Not 70, but probably 45-50. Hardy -- who beat the coverage by a good five yards -- was definitely inside the 20 when he caught it.
PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 12, 2008 Author Posted August 12, 2008 Not 70, but probably 45-50. Hardy -- who beat the coverage by a good five yards -- was definitely inside the 20 when he caught it. But this took and shows Arm Strength, the thing people say TE is lacking.
HurlyBurly51 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 But this took and shows Arm Strength, the thing people say TE is lacking. Let's see him do it in a game.
Lori Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 But this took and shows Arm Strength, the thing people say TE is lacking. Not disagreeing. It was a pretty throw.
PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 12, 2008 Author Posted August 12, 2008 Not disagreeing. It was a pretty throw. This is something I have been wanting to see, even if it was in practice. I knew nothing about TE from college. I knew nothing about his arm strength, so when people started questioning his arm strength. I had nothing to to compare it against. I like seeing this in practice. I hope to see it in a game. I just like seeing him go deep. Lori did you see the play at practice?
kota Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 When people say crappy things about Trent's Arm strength it's because they are trying to compare him to JP's mutant arm. Trent Edwards has arm strength. i don't understand where people get that he doesn't. Does he have the arm strength of JP Losman? The answer is no. However, JP is considered to have one of the strongest arms in the NFL. I would say Trent is better then average if not good in the arm strength area. Last year Coach Jauron said he had a strong arm when asked about what his evaluation of Trent was. When the media asked Lee Evans about Trent's added muscle early on in camp and whether he thought it would help the deep ball Lee looked somewhat dumbfounded about the quesiton. He said Trent needed confidence in throwing the deep ball.
HurlyBurly51 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 This is something I have been wanting to see, even if it was in practice. I knew nothing about TE from college. I knew nothing about his arm strength, so when people started questioning his arm strength. I had nothing to to compare it against. I like seeing this in practice. I hope to see it in a game. I just like seeing him go deep. I agree with what you're saying. It's just funny how we all get whipped up into a frenzy over practice reports, then come game day they don't look anything like the practice field warriors we've been hearing about for 2 weeks. Anyways, I do believe TE has an NFL arm, just not elite. It's good enough, now if he can just get enough confidence to use it in a game instead of just dumping off.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Not disagreeing. It was a pretty throw. Very pretty throw. Trent has very adequate arm strength. It's not great but it's definitely good enough. His problem is more gauging the throws and the trajectory, rather than having a weak arm. That one looked perfect. He threw it on a line those 45-50 yards.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 When people say crappy things about Trent's Arm strength it's because they are trying to compare him to JP's mutant arm. Trent Edwards has arm strength. i don't understand where people get that he doesn't. Does he have the arm strength of JP Losman? The answer is no. However, JP is considered to have one of the strongest arms in the NFL. I would say Trent is better then average if not good in the arm strength area. Last year Coach Jauron said he had a strong arm when asked about what his evaluation of Trent was. When the media asked Lee Evans about Trent's added muscle early on in camp and whether he thought it would help the deep ball Lee looked somewhat dumbfounded about the quesiton. He said Trent needed confidence in throwing the deep ball. IMO, it's average, and would not be considered "good arm strength" relative to most QBs in the league, especially starters. Especially as far as the real deep passes. He throws a very tight spiral though, so his ball can sometimes get 40 yards in a hurry. But it's surely not weak, and it's surely strong enough to make the throws he needs to make to be a good or potentially great QB.
WellDressed Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Losman threw a 15 yrd out pattern to Ralph Wilson in his pajamas & gucci slippers
PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 12, 2008 Author Posted August 12, 2008 Losman threw a 15 yrd out pattern to Ralph Wilson in his pajamas & gucci slippers Thanks I was wondering about that
Lori Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 This is something I have been wanting to see, even if it was in practice. I knew nothing about TE from college. I knew nothing about his arm strength, so when people started questioning his arm strength. I had nothing to to compare it against. I like seeing this in practice. I hope to see it in a game. I just like seeing him go deep. Lori did you see the play at practice? Yup. Don't know if Chris Brown mentioned it in any of his reports this evening, but it was drizzling for most of the first half of practice -- including during that play -- so Trent and the rest of the QBs managed to get in some reps at throwing a wet football ...
Gavin in Va Beach Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Very pretty throw. Trent has very adequate arm strength. It's not great but it's definitely good enough. His problem is more gauging the throws and the trajectory, rather than having a weak arm. That one looked perfect. He threw it on a line those 45-50 yards. The best part of the throw, IMO, was not only was it fairly deep but also that it hit Hardy in stride.
VABills Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Yup. Don't know if Chris Brown mentioned it in any of his reports this evening, but it was drizzling for most of the first half of practice -- including during that play -- so Trent and the rest of the QBs managed to get in some reps at throwing a wet football ... But it wasn't cold. Don't you know Trent can't play in the cold. I read it hear numerous times.
#89 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Yup. Don't know if Chris Brown mentioned it in any of his reports this evening, but it was drizzling for most of the first half of practice -- including during that play -- so Trent and the rest of the QBs managed to get in some reps at throwing a wet football ... Lori And this is how you go to bed when you get home? Thanks for the ride to camp. I too stayed up to watch the USA get the Bronze - local news and more of the O-games. I'm at work but my eyes are not happy. That was #70 going to the hospital last night.(according to WGRZ)
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