Josh Allen’s record throw: Fun with math and football

Sure, I could have written about this back in December when, y’know... it happened. I wanted to hold off for when things were slimmer pickings. I also like these little oddities as both a look back on the fun moments and a hype piece for the upcoming season.

What the heck am I talking about? Check out this embedded tweet concerning Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.

To the projectile motion calculator!

As Benjamin Solak points out, it’s the fastest throw of 50-plus yards in the Next Gen stats era and he knows that based on how long it was in the air. Put differently, the shortest time in the air means it got to its target the fastest. The one thing Solak doesn’t tell us is the velocity of…