Aug 31 2007
Friday Flicks: Footballs of Fury
I’m almost ashamed for using this low-brow comedy as the basis of this week’s Friday Flicks post, but Balls of Fury is the biggest release of the week. What’s a brother to do?
As for the film, don’t go see it. Please! Just because Christopher Walken stars in it, that doesn’t mean anything. That guy is a role whore. His acting addiction rivals Courtney Love’s drug habit — he’ll take any part in any film to stay working. If you need more convincing, Rotten Tomatoes has the film rated as a 27% on its “Critics Tomatometer”. For all of you R.T. rooks, that’s somewhere in between The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Daddy Day Camp. Not good.
Enough about the film already — let’s get to it.
Which current NFL starting quarterback has the strongest arm out there?
This wasn’t an easy one, so, even though I had pretty strong opinions of my own already, I surfed the Web and looked for answers.
There seemed to be a consensus on which former NFL gunslingers had the strongest weapons: Bert Jones, Doug Williams, Drew Bledsoe, Jeff George, John Elway, Randall Cunningham, Terry Bradshaw, Vinnie Testerverde, etc.
There were even quite a few back-ups and out-of-the-league QBs who I saw mentioned repeatedly, i.e. former New England Patriots hailmary specialist Michael Bishop.
Things weren’t as cut and dry with today’s rocket-armed quarterbacks, though. Especially now that Michael Vick is about to start slinging the pigskin for the Virginia Penal League. Here’s my top five:
- The Top Five Strongest Arms in the NFL
- JaMarcus Russell -The only thing I haven’t heard about Russell’s throwing power is that he can hit the moon with his non-throwing arm. He’s a genetic freak of a quarterback. And, yes, he is for all intents and purposes the Oakland Raiders starting QB. Daush McCulpepper is just a temporary quick fix, and maybe even a negotiating ploy by Al Davis to lowball J-Russ contract wise.
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