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StickyBun · 10-30-2019, 12:47 PM

So we hear about arm strength and how important it is or in some cases, how fans make such a HUGE deal about it. So guess which guy has the longest (ball in the air) connection so far this season in the NFL? Yep, Kirk Daniel Cousins. Not known as having a cannon like some other guys. Accuracy is much more important than arm strength, unless the arm strength is extra bad from a NFL perspective, but Cousins has always been underrated by some in this department. He's got plenty:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-top-connec...-Gen-Stats

10-30-2019, 01:41 PM

Quote: @StickyBun said:
So we hear about arm strength and how important it is or in some cases, how fans make such a HUGE deal about it. So guess which guy has the longest (ball in the air) connection so far this season in the NFL? Yep, Kirk Daniel Cousins. Not known as having a cannon like some other guys. Accuracy is much more important than arm strength, unless the arm strength is extra bad from a NFL perspective, but Cousins has always been underrated by some in this department. He's got plenty:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-top-connec...-Gen-Stats

I definitely agree with you that arm strength is one of the more overrated factors, just don't agree that there was some prevailing belief that Cousins doesn't have a strong arm. Maybe there is, but I haven't heard it. I'd always been under the impression that arm strenght was one of his strengths.

It's certainly on display here:

10-30-2019, 01:45 PM

60.51 yards

10-30-2019, 02:02 PM

I've heard the talk more than not about Cousin's arm strength, usually by media that doesn't know. Cousins throws a tight spiral, he gets really good RPMs on it. That helps his accuracy and maximizes his arm strength. But he doesn't have a gun and if you look at draft profiles, arm strength was never a strength. But he's got more than enough for sure. Its certainly not a weakness.

10-30-2019, 02:18 PM

what the fuck you all mean "arm strength is over rated for a QB"

yours sincerely offended,
Jamarcus Russel

11-01-2019, 09:11 PM

Cousins answered whether he could sling it week 2 @ GB last year.

The question in 2019 to me is , can he protect the ball and make the correct read?

Stats say, he's done it.

Can he do it against tougher competition over the next 8 weeks? IMO he can do it.