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Matthew Stafford’s Success a Result of His Drive To Improve—Oh, and That Cannon of an Arm

People talk about Matthew Stafford’s right arm as if he can’t get it through customs without the proper paperwork. The scouting term arm talent seems to have been invented for him. Arm talent includes arm strength, but does not just mean arm strength. In other words, if you lined NFL quarterbacks up on a sidewalk and asked them to throw at the house across the street while running on wet leaves, Stafford is most likely to shatter the right window.

The first time Stafford threw a slant at a Georgia practice, the ball actually whistled. Defensive backs were in disbelief.