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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
Bert had a much stronger arm that Elway. Just watch the film. Elway was a body thrower, much like Manning. To generate velocity Elway had to use the torque of his entire body.
Watch Bert Jones play with a separated shoulder on MNF against the Redskins in '78 ,throwing frozen ropes with just a flick of his wrist. Even BB says that Bert was the best thrower of the football, that he's ever seen.
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John didnt have any touch until he tore something in his throwing arm. I watched a lot of Bronco games living in the Rocky Mt region, and he would throw rockets as swing passes. He knocked a helmet off his own receiver on a shallow cross. You could see it coming, he would pull back to throw, tap the ball twice with his left hand then throw a rocket that didnt have have a hump in it. You know, ball flight like a parabola, didnt exist in Elways skills.