I started a thread on this in the second quarter yesterday. Manning clearly was throwing the ball a second too early so that he would overthrow his receivers. Vinny Testaverde did the same thing late in his career. He would know deep down that he doesn't have a fastball anymore, so he would throw the ball too early, hoping nobody would notice that he is weak, and he'd overthrow everybody in the process. Peyton was so worried that his pass wouldn't beat the safety, or would be underthrown down the sideline, that he'd get the snap and throw it way too early and push it downfield to make it look as if he's overthrowing his receiver.
I've been watching Peyton all year and he's definitely lost at least 25% of his arm strength (or ability to throw deep and powerful short throws) over the past 7 weeks. Possibly because of his leg injuries, but who knows?
I started a thread on this in the second quarter yesterday. Manning clearly was throwing the ball a second too early so that he would overthrow his receivers. Vinny Testaverde did the same thing late in his career. He would know deep down that he doesn't have a fastball anymore, so he would throw the ball too early, hoping nobody would notice that he is weak, and he'd overthrow everybody in the process. Peyton was so worried that his pass wouldn't beat the safety, or would be underthrown down the sideline, that he'd get the snap and throw it way too early and push it downfield to make it look as if he's overthrowing his receiver.
I've been watching Peyton all year and he's definitely lost at least 25% of his arm strength (or ability to throw deep and powerful short throws) over the past 7 weeks. Possibly because of his leg injuries, but who knows?
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