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To: EdnaMode

I would expect that a quarterback would have to practice with the underinflated ball in order to throw it exactly where he wanted it to go. Accuracy is more important than distance.


58 posted on 01/24/2019 7:02:33 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa
I would expect that a quarterback would have to practice with the underinflated ball in order to throw it exactly where he wanted it to go. Accuracy is more important than distance.

True. If it gave him better range, he would be overthrowing receivers until he adjusted to it.

66 posted on 01/24/2019 7:39:17 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: Raycpa

I would expect that a quarterback would have to practice with the underinflated ball in order to throw it exactly where he wanted it to go. Accuracy is more important than distance.


Not only that, but he’d want every football to be as similar as possible. Variance is the enemy.


80 posted on 01/24/2019 8:11:29 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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