TannDaMan17
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Daniel Jones had a hell of a preseason, no denying that. And I'm one who believes that tends to bode well for quarterbacks, even though some dismiss preseason altogether.
But he did nothing to challenge the narrative about his arm strength. He threw with touch and timing, and several of his completions looked pretty in part because the ball didn't have a lot of mustard on it and so the defensive back was able to close further on the receiver, making the windows appear smaller.
But I'm not sure it matters because Tua Tagovailoa has a stronger arm than Daniel Jones.
The thing about Jones is, people were saying things like his arm is going to be a huge liability at this level kind of like Penny's was, but I disagree.
I'm far from an expert as I barely watch college ball, but from what I've seen from Jones he can make all the throws an NFL QB needs to make, even if his arm isn't special it gets the job done.
Tua as you point out has a stronger arm than Jones, but just like with Jones, I think a lot of people are going to focus too much on his lack of elite arm talent when it's not going to matter much because both of their arms are plenty good enough for the NFL.
In regards to Wilson, perhaps he does have stronger arm and is a little faster than Tua, I honestly don't know.
But if RW had this elite arm with his amazing running ability kind of like what Kyler Murray has, why on earth is Seattle such a run heavy team?
Perhaps Carroll just likes it that way, but I truly believe Carroll is smart enough to know RW simply isn't an elite pocket passer like Tua and many other QB's can be, and understands SEA is a much better team when they are run heavy as opposed to exposing Wilson with a pass heavy offense, similar to the situation in Minnesotta where Cousins REALLY needs a strong run game to thrive imo, just like with Wilson.