Comments on: Source: Radar gun says Kaepernick had Combine’s strongest arm

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:18:28 +0000

@realfootballfan

besides Ryan Fitzpatrick

starters from last couple years not from BCS conference and I am including the MAC because they are not from BCS. That is like saying name all the starters from small school and SEC. Not a legitimate argument. Anyway

Brett Favre – 1 superbowl win
Kurt Warner – 1 superbowl win
Ben Roethlisberger – 2 superbowl wins
Jake Delhomme – 1 superbowl appearance
other notables:
David Garrard, Chad Pennington, Joe Flacco, Tony Romo

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:08:15 +0000

charly0418 says:
Feb 28, 2011 2:54 PM
Probably gave Al Davis a boner

I doubt that it still works

By: charly0418

charly0418 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:54:32 +0000

Probably gave Al Davis a boner

By: kellyandersonwright

kellyandersonwright — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:42:51 +0000

If you don’t know who Colin Kaepernick is, pay attention: Kap is the first NCAA player to pass for 2000 or more yards AND run for a 1000 or more yds. for 3 straight seasons. He’s the first guy in NCAA history to throw 9000 career passing yds. AND 4000 career rushing yds. In short, he can throw AND run! Don’t think his phenomenol pass speed is important? Boise did! Kap’s arm and well-executed pistol offense led Nevada to upset Boise, win the division and move Nevada up to 11th in the nation. Still not impressed? Well, how about Kap’s 40 time? At the combine, he beat ALL the big name QBs, posting the second-best 40 time of 4.53 secs. Jake Locker, Cam Newton, Gabbert, Portis, Ponder and Johnson all followed him! Only Tyrod Taylor beat our #10, woo-hoo! Way to go, Kap! SF 49′ers, are you watching? ~ Kelly Wright in Reno, baby!

By: lionsfan54

lionsfan54 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:34:09 +0000

You think that if a QB starts to lose velocity in the 4th qrtr they’ll bring in a reliever now?

By: realfootballfan

realfootballfan — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:24:49 +0000

Let’s get real. This is a great story, but these small team guys rarely go onto great success in the NFL although there’s almost always one or two hidden “gems” as the “experts” tell us about in every draft.

If he didn’t play big time college football, I’ll wait until he gets cut a couple of times and surfaces 5 years into his career or so before I try to take a flyer on him. Run down the NFL starters, they’re amost all from big time programs from big time conferences except Ryan Fitzpatrick, who’s team is picking 3rd in the draft….and I’m not including the MAC because those teams play legit competition at times.

By: jhorton83

jhorton83 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:33:12 +0000

Wasn’t Jake Locker’s lone positive supposed to be his arm strength? So much for that. He didn’t even make the top 3. Overrated arm strength AND poor accuracy. A winning combination. Good luck to any team that takes him in the 1st round.

By: wetpaperbag2

wetpaperbag2 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:32:23 +0000

The kid is legit. I saw him a couple of times and I immediately thought, “where have I been?!…this kid is pretty damned good!” Then I saw him and Nevada play Boise State and was convinced that he was going to do big things in the NFL.

His only problem is the conference he played in. Had he been in a BCS conference, everyone would have been talking about him along with the likes of Locker, Mallett, and Newton.

By: phinfan

phinfan — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:11:45 +0000

Henne did… and you see how that worked out

By: radrntn

radrntn — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:44:05 +0000

GO PACK!

By: gocaps8

gocaps8 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:31:20 +0000

Anyone who has ever thrown a football knows that a gun number in and of itself is not an accurate measure of arm strength.

A quarterback’s mechanics and torque are generated from the legs and, in some cases, from the shift of body weight during the throwing motion (see Jimmy Clausen).

Unless you’re a scout watching the guy throw, a gun number is useless information, as is the connection to a baseball pitcher, who relies even more heavily on the shift of body weight.

By: kpierce12

kpierce12 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:27:56 +0000

laddies and gentlewoman i give you the most useless drill of the combine . even scouts have forgotten the art of the touchpass.. its not about how hard you can throw . what seperates the donavan mcnabbs ‘ jamarcus russells mathew staffords between the matt schaub phillip rivers and tom brady is the realization that .. in order to suceed and be an effecient qb its about throwing the best kind of throw for your recivers to catch throwing a fireball would make even the elite recivers anoyed . its not how hard you can throw how far you can throw its about doing what ever the hell it takes to win on sundays .

By: dbellina

dbellina — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:13:36 +0000

Next stop, Vikings!

By: bluvayner

bluvayner — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:10:40 +0000

Arm strength is probably one of the least important things for evaluating an NFL quarterback. Ninety percent of playing quarterback in the NFL is between the ears.

By: mashoaf

mashoaf — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:10:17 +0000

You’re not going to give props to Silva for projecting him going in Round 1 to the SeaChickens.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:48:50 +0000

For perspective Jay Cutler was timed at 49 mph. Back in the old days.

By: jonanthans

jonanthans — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:47:57 +0000

kid is going to be a steal for someone. Hes Ryan Mallett with a brain and more athleticism and no off-the-field-issues.

By: universalcynic

universalcynic — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:47:47 +0000

This guy will be the best QB out of this draft. Book it.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:47:41 +0000

Nice to see these guys respect the speed limit without holding up traffic.