Here, I'm bringing this over from the draft thread for those that don't hang out there:
http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost....&postcount=393
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Key figure for the 'arm strength isn't important' crowd:
The difference between Watson's velocity and Mahomes velocity on a 20 yard throw (or about a 15 yard out by the time you factor in the lateral range) is 4 feet. When Mahomes throws that ball, by the time it gets to his WR, Watson's pass is still 4 ft behind it.
In temporal terms, it takes Mahomes about .15 seconds less time to get from hand to target than Watson. If that's a WR, a .15 second 40 difference gets him killed but what good is that extra speed if the QB gives it all back?
That 4 ft makes all the difference between a first down and a pick 6. Think of how many windows close just as the DB gets there and how many times that ball gets batted/taken away if the ball is 4 feet further back at that same point in time.
Arm issues are leading to some of these picks for Watson. There's a very good argument to make that he simply doesn't have NFL arm strength.
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And that's on a simple 15 yard out; it's a throw that you HAVE to be able to make. Moreover, that requires that you cut down half the field. That same distance to the far hash is about an 8-10 yard out. So you're effectively eliminating half the field with Watson because if he has to throw an out route to the far side, anything past 10 yards is going to take 4+ seconds longer to get there than a QB with a strong arm and that ****er is getting housed.
That's an INCREDIBLE amount of time and folks are just ignoring it.