Ellicottraven
Ravens Ring of Honor
True but neither Ray Lewis or Ed Reed were the choices they'd have made if other higher ranked players on their board were available too. So, sometimes there is glory in missing out!
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Lamar Jackson
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Their hate turns to fear while our anxiety turns to excitement. If we continue on the current trajectory then I legitimately feel bad for Josh Rosen. Have a strong feeling he’s going to get the Nate Peterman treatment in his Dolphins debut at home. One my best friends from college is a Dolphins superfan and he won’t even talk about football these days. We absolutely own that team.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
NaturalBornHitters
Veteran
Yup, I was at the practice on Sunday and he was making the same kinda passes as what BR.com has been showing us. And like you, I try not to buy into the hype, but man is it hard not to.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
The reason for me why it’s so hard to temper expectations is because we KNOW he only needs to be an average passer and complete like 15/23 and make maybe one of those a big play(which should come easy based on our scheme) to be a serious weapon.
QuothTheRaven
Veteran
On a lot of the highlight videos of Lamar throwing, the ball looks pretty wobbly. It gets where it needs to though, so I gotta ask you guys who have been watching this game much longer than me: does the wobble matter?
Willbacker
Ravens Ring of Honor
It makes the catch a little harder and it also slows the speed of the football down. As far as accuracy its still the same imo.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
In strong winds the nose will catch the wind and sail away, on deep hangtime passes the wobble usually gets out of control at the arc.
Which is why it was very smart to get pass catchers with big catch radius and/or the ability to separate.
Tank
Hall of Famer
Like Joey said, definitely not good in bad weather/wind.
Tank
Hall of Famer
Thinking that’s ideal no matter who is at QB. No?
JO_75
Hall of Famer
Jamison Hensley
@jamisonhensley
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Lamar Jackson continues to exceed expectations with how well he’s throwing the ball. On Saturday, Jackson threw a lot of strikes downfield and even completed a pass with a Mahomes-like sidearm toss.
Wo
wobble matters alot like someone punting the ball to you lol
QuothTheRaven
Veteran
Thanks for the answers guys. I understand the aerodynamics part of it - what i should have asked is: is there a history of QBs who come into the league with wobbly passes either learning to fix it or having success despite it? How severe is Jackson's wobble? In highlight videos, both RG3 and McSorley have tighter spirals than Lamar.
looking at the way mark ingram and brandon carr look and talk about jackson and the way the team talks about him really makes me feel good
this video too is incredibly well put together: https://www.baltimoreravens.com/video/inside-the-ravens-jaguars-joint-practices
Jimmy clauses, jake delhomme and Tim Tebow are the three most famous examples of QBs who had not thrown great spirals (unfortunately) Kurt Warner however was the other one, but I remember an interview or a video about it— when he could get the right grip he had one of the best toughest spirals in the game but when he couldn’t or was rushed he would throw wobbles...
Now this last part is only pure speculation, but Kurt was good in a dome both times.. when he sucked? He was in New York. Of course the domes were only 9-10/16 games a year, (and this would be something fun I might look into more later) but I’m very curious if the lack of wind really helped him (or more so if wind hurt him??) Other than that, almost every nfl QBs had a tight zip that I can think of.
Billy Kilmer never through a spiral