The Arc on Joe's ball.

[CptJesus]

The ball traveled about 54 yds
(49.3776) meters.

Don't understand the rest

Apparently, I cant convert. That makes more sense.

After recalculating, I get an arc length of 74.551 meters, or about 81 yards. Sounds about right.

[mrfactoid]

I'm sure if Manning threw that (which he would have to throw it 3 times) or Ben would of thrown it , it would be known as the greatest pass ever thrown.

[CptJesus]

Apparently Joe is at the same California Pizza Kitchen where my friend is. I tried to get him to tell Flacco we calculated the arc length of his throw, but he said no =(

[Rochardrik]

I found this on line... length of the arc is = angle/360 x 2 x pi x r

Just call it the "Mile high rainbow"

[RavenWolves]

It went far enough, that's all that matters! Unbelievable arm.

[wastnawayagn]

I'm not sure if my calculations are off or theirs are, but we're getting 2 different values.

Also:

This is the funniest thing i have seen in many, many moons. Literal LOL.

[akashicrecorder]

I love that he dropped it in there like a punt, which is perfect for Jones, who is a not-the-most-assured receiver, but quite good as a punt/kick returner. Smith or Boldin might've been able to make a contested catch, although Boldin wouldn't have gotten as far downfield (not to mention open), and Smith would've been the obvious choice and even Moore would've probably figured out to play over the top on a deep route from Smith. It was a perfect play. Moore isn't out of position because he's a total dumbass. He's watching Smith down the left sideline, Boldin and Pitta toward the middle, and just got juked by a guy who had good speed but hadn't caught a pass all day.

Great post, really good points.

[PWD75032]

This is my first post on this forum; my dad directed me to this thread and I’ve taken an interest. First off, great game, great throw.

I decided to code a computer simulation of Flacco’s throw that takes into account drag and gravity as the primary forces acting on the ball. Once the acceleration was determined, I used the kinematic equations to find the velocity and position of the ball at the next time step. I’ll refrain from going in depth about the calculations and assumptions I used and just give you results…



Results:
Hang Time: 3.21 seconds (people were saying 3.2 seconds)
Distance: 58.9 Yards
Maximum Height: 13.8 Yards

[StingerNLG]

I have to just say I think this stands as one of the most impressive threads I've seen on here in a good while. Kudos to all of you participating in it.

[NCRAVEN]

This is my first post on this forum; my dad directed me to this thread and I’ve taken an interest. First off, great game, great throw.

I decided to code a computer simulation of Flacco’s throw that takes into account drag and gravity as the primary forces acting on the ball. Once the acceleration was determined, I used the kinematic equations to find the velocity and position of the ball at the next time step. I’ll refrain from going in depth about the calculations and assumptions I used and just give you results…



Results:
Hang Time: 3.21 seconds (people were saying 3.2 seconds)
Distance: 58.9 Yards
Maximum Height: 13.8 Yards

Maybe it just me, but it seems that it went further than that?

[CptJesus]

This is my first post on this forum; my dad directed me to this thread and I’ve taken an interest. First off, great game, great throw.

I decided to code a computer simulation of Flacco’s throw that takes into account drag and gravity as the primary forces acting on the ball. Once the acceleration was determined, I used the kinematic equations to find the velocity and position of the ball at the next time step. I’ll refrain from going in depth about the calculations and assumptions I used and just give you results…



Results:
Hang Time: 3.21 seconds (people were saying 3.2 seconds)
Distance: 58.9 Yards
Maximum Height: 13.8 Yards

I'm interested to see your numbers. I posted the equations I used earlier on, take a look and tell me what you did differently, because my numbers are completely different.

[Kyle Cactus]

He means 59 years along the ground (or longitudinal distance in his plot).

PWD, any way you can figure the total distance traveled along the arc of the ball?

[PurpleApocalypse37]

How far is Flacco able to throw a football maxed out, stepping into it and everything? I can throw a football 58 yards actually. (though not on the run, haha. Putting my entire everything into it.)

By the way, I just straight-up don't believe Kyle Boller threw the ball through the uprights from 60 yards out on his knees. Was that supposed to be true?

[StingerNLG]

By the way, I just straight-up don't believe Kyle Boller threw the ball through the uprights from 60 yards out on his knees. Was that supposed to be true?

Actually, yes. He did it at the combine, in front of coaches.

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[CptJesus]

He means 59 years along the ground (or longitudinal distance in his plot).

PWD, any way you can figure the total distance traveled along the arc of the ball?

I already calculated it out. Its about 81 yards. See further up

[PurpleApocalypse37]

Actually, yes. He did it at the combine, in front of coaches.

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Is it on video anywhere? Any sources?

Well if Flacco practiced I'm sure he could too, then. Because there is no doubt Flacco has more velocity and arm strength than Kyle Boller. (and 100 times more accuracy)

[PWD75032]

Kyle, I got a total arc length of 66.3 yards. And yes Cpt, that is quite different from what you got.

Cpt, maybe I’m misreading this but it looks like in your calculation of max height attained, you used 22.175m/s which strikes me as a total speed instead of vertical speed. Either way, I did a time step simulation which is a very different analysis than the one you performed though we definitely shouldn’t be getting results this different. I could easily have errors in my work as I didn’t put a great deal of time into this.

I’ll give a brief overview of my method
Drag Force = .5 * density * vel^2 * Reference Area * Coefficient of drag (~.055 for spinning football)
Y-accel = - Gravity – [ Drag * sin(pitch angle) ] / mass_of_football
X-accel = - [ Drag * cos(pitch angle) ] / mass_of_football
Y-vel = Y-vel_old + Y-accel * delta_time <- (same format for x, or arc velocity)
Y-position = y-position_old + (y-vel_old + y-vel)/2 * delta_time <-(same format for x, or arc length)
These are performed at each successive time step until y position is less than zero (ball hits ground).

There are some other minor steps and a number of assumptions that I’ve left out.

[CptJesus]

Is it on video anywhere? Any sources?

Well if Flacco practiced I'm sure he could too, then. Because there is no doubt Flacco has more velocity and arm strength than Kyle Boller. (and 100 times more accuracy)

I can't find video of it, but I did find this beauty

[elgonzo]

Yup. The other main factor was Jacoby slowing down, which I think caused Moore to focus more on Pitta. Once Flacco stepped up and heaved I think everyone involved said "Oh shit!" and Moore couldn't get there while Jacoby could. There was a lot more to it than Moore not being deep enough, but I don't expect to hear many analysts give Flacco or Jones credit because most of them suck at their jobs.

Roland you've hit the nail on the head. I watched this play over and over [dvr] , frame by frame. You can plainly see when Joe moves up in the pocket, Moore spys Pitta wide open in the middle of the field, he goes towards Pitta and then sees Joe lean back and launch one. He didn't have time to get back to position himself to cover Jones properly. IT WAS A THING OF BEAUTY - Gonz

[Baltimoreboy]

This thread needs a gif.
If it messes up the thread for those with slow connections let me know and I'll take it off.