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In his biography Bo Jackson claimed he could throw it over 100 yards.

On those old beer ads from like 5 years ago I remember them saying that Elway throw a baseball from homeplate for a homerun over the wall which is probably like 120 yards but thats a baseball.


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This is complete BS. If Bo jackson could throw the ball 100 yards we would all know it because a coach would have had him throw a hail mary at the end of the game when his regular QB couldn't get it to the endzone. Use some common sense.

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Um, no Bo Jackson did claim he could throw it 100 yards. If you want to call Bo Jackson a liar fine but dont insult my intelligence because you lack the reading skills to properly grasp my post.

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Clearly I am calling Bo Jackson a liar. I question the intelligence of anyone who believes him. Comprehend that?

Re: How long could John Elway throw a football in his prime
 

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For most people, throwing a football 60 yards through a goal post is hard enough. Try doing from your knees! For Kyle Boller, it's a cinch.

"It started a year or two ago when I was messing around with buddies on my team and decided to see how far I could throw while on my knees," Boller said. "Somebody bet me lunch that I couldn't throw the ball through the goal posts from the 50-yard line while on my knees. So I got down on my knees, chucked it, and let's just say he took me to lunch the next day. Ever since then, I've done it to show off my arm strength, and I never heard of anyone else doing it.

"I did it again during my Pro Day when a coach asked me about it. So in front of all the scouts and some media, I went out there, got on my knees, even tossed some grass in the air to show there was a slight breeze in my face, and I just reared back, twisted my hips a little bit, and let it go and it came out nice. I actually got a little standing ovation."

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he should try completing a few to his WRs

Re: How long could John Elway throw a football in his prime
 

I don't know about Elway, but I know for a fact that Uncle Rico can throw a pigskin a quarter of a mile.

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Okay, we all saw Napoleon Dynamite. It's a funny joke. I was going to make it myself, but I saw that others had.

So, from now on, I propose that if you want to answer "a quarter mile" or "over them mountains," just post "ND" and we will know that you are clever in a shorter amount of time.

P.S. ND

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He could definitely throw the Vortex a hundred yards. I remember being amazed at the commercial where he almost hits the other goalpost from his end zone. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Note: The howler things sucked... you'll know if you ever caught one the wrong way.

Re: How long could John Elway throw a football in his prime
 

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Not longer than Randall Cunningham.

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Cunningham was the man. He once had a 91 yard punt against the Gnats.

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We'll do whatever we feel like, gosh.
I'm outta here, gotta go do some wolverine hunting.
Vote for Pedro.

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Check the vid kids

http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?ID=359

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There is a competition in the offseason that is a skills challenge for NFL QBs and it includes a throw for distance. I can't find it online, but I'm pretty sure that no one ever got to 80 yards.
There is no way that Elway, or any other QB could throw 100 yards in the air.

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I'm almost positive I saw Favre throw it over 80 yards in the QB challenge.

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Check the vid kids

http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?ID=359

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I once had to argue for a good 30 minutes with a dude before he would believe me that this was fake. He tried to say the same thing about the LeBron one and I just slapped him.

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Shorter than Brett Favre in his prime.

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over them mountains

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It's true. My best friend's cousin's sister-in-law lives in Grand Junction. One day in practice, Elway threw the ball as hard as he could to the west and it disappeared. The next day it broke my best friend's cousin's sister-in-laws windshield.

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Could he throw it a 100 yards in his prime?

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Boller could throw the ball form here to forever. He sucks. End of thread.

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Here in Canada in our CFL (Canadian Football League) there was a quarterback challenge. I believe our ball is slightly bigger, but it was thrown 73 yards. Considering US has 10 times the population base, I'd imagine their strongest arms would outthrow the CFL QBs

Story -
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/C...5/1040673.html

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There is a competition in the offseason that is a skills challenge for NFL QBs and it includes a throw for distance. I can't find it online, but I'm pretty sure that no one ever got to 80 yards.
There is no way that Elway, or any other QB could throw 100 yards in the air.

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I'm almost positive I saw Favre throw it over 80 yards in the QB challenge.

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The quarterback challenge is not pure distance: there is an accuracy element in the long throw contest as well. Thus, not all the long throws qualify.

Ray Guy, the Raider's punter used to throw the ball from the 50 into the endzone. He was the team's emergency quarterback.

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There is a competition in the offseason that is a skills challenge for NFL QBs and it includes a throw for distance. I can't find it online, but I'm pretty sure that no one ever got to 80 yards.
There is no way that Elway, or any other QB could throw 100 yards in the air.

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I'm almost positive I saw Favre throw it over 80 yards in the QB challenge.

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I am surprised more of you don't remember these the longest throws in that competition were around 80 yards. I remember Bledsoe back in the late 90s could throw the [censored] out of the ball, and he would throw it between 75-83. So I don't think Elway could throw it 100 unless it was some seriously positive coniditions, like wind and alt.

Side note: if you throw over 90 MPH in baseball you can throw the ball around 100 yards, on average.

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I played QB in college and had an average arm. I could throw it a little over 60 during practice, so let's say 65 during games when adrenaline is pumping through me. I would say Elway was just under 70 in normal conditions

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Elway throw a baseball from homeplate for a homerun over the wall

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I've done that. A few of the baseball players I know could as well.

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I played QB in college and had an average arm. I could throw it a little over 60 during practice

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Somehow I think being an averaged arm college QB is different then being a hall of famer in the NFL....I might be reaching though

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I played QB in college and had an average arm. I could throw it a little over 60 during practice

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Somehow I think being an averaged arm college QB is different then being a hall of famer in the NFL....I might be reaching though

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Arm strength <> ability level.