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I'd place my pole mounted horizontally at waist height.
:shocking:and slide their hand down until the two separate. Then do the same with the ring finger if desired, maybe even the forefinger. Repeat as necessary.
Seriously though, this is something I was thinking about. I remember that with Terry. I also know that several QBs grip the ball differently. I agree with your comparison on how hands should be measured (though I would maybe be a little less gay about itFunny thing is that there's a lot of deviation in how dudes grip the ball. Terry Bradshaw for example would famously put his index finger on the tip of the ball because--in his hillbilly rationalization--the finger would zoom it or whatever. Either way it worked, in that he threw some beautiful spirals, but I suspect that had more to do with the size of his hands.
I wonder - do they do drills where they try to knock the ball from the QBs hand or see how much pull it takes to pull it from their hands? That seems to me to be more important - at least in the fumble department. Other than that - they have QBs throw with a wet ball. That is probably a more important drill than measuring someone's hand that happens to have long pinkies.
Peyton Manning threw a funky ball most of the time as well. I'm thinking first ballot HOF? No? I believe he is said to have big hands but he threw a lot of passes that looked like ducks except that they arrived on time and on target.There is something funky about the way the ball comes out of Jared’s hand at times. His consistency struggles a bit because of it.
I'm not sure that Jared will ever be one of those guys who throws like Jeff George or Sam Bradford. But he seems to get it to where it is supposed to go more than either of those QBs at all depths. I agree that he has to work on his throwing on the run as do his receivers (Woods does it well) at recognizing and improvising or coming back to the QB when he is in trouble. He did EXTREMELY well for a very young second year QB that had 7 games under his belt in the horrid "offense" we ran his first year. You have to consider that he had to almost completely scrap that from his memory and actually learn an offense.
To the eye, the way the ball comes out is troubling. But it seems to me that most of the times, those fluttery looking passes are actually on the money. I think it's something we will have to get over.