Redskins Acquire QB John Beck (for CB Doug Dutch)

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

I find that very hard to believe.

I was surprised too when i read it that's why it stuck in my memeory, i watched a few of Beck's college games and he played in a QB friendly pass offense at BYU where he didn't often fire the ball in there and i figured he didn't have a strong arm but it was a bias i developed based on the scheme that turned out to be false:

I was gonna post this w/ my earlier post but got caught up at work/practice.

http://www.testsportsclubs.com/cms/L...g%3D&tabid=94& mid=682
MAXIMIZING MOTION
BY JENNY VRENTAS
AND ANDRE MALOK

When quarterbacks do their position drills at the
NFL Combine, team scouts and personnel
are eager for a live look at how they
throw the football. Quarterbacks are
taken through a battery of drills that
assess attributes such as their grip on
the ball and their footwork.
They are also clocked with a radar
gun to measure the velocity with
which they throw on an out
route. Basic physics can
show us how velocity
translates to the
football field, using
the 20-yard out as a benchmark for a
quarterback’s pro-readiness.
At the 2008 NFL Combine, Ravens first-round
pick and TEST client Joe Flacco — who had a
meteoric rise up the draft boards last spring —
set the mark for throwing velocity at 58 mph.
“He separated himself from just about
everybody by the velocity of the ball,” said
Flacco’s agent, Joe Linta, “though it’s really one
factor in the whole process.”
The flight of a football can be calculated using
equations for projectile motion, if air drag is
neglected.

Originally Posted by craveonline

He[Beck] recorded the 2nd highest velocity of any quarterback at the 2007 combine, whistling the pigskin at 61.1 miles per hour.

Brigham Young's John Beck - CraveOnline.com