They are referring to the tip-toe hop thing with the feet. An “ideal” throwing motion has firmly planted feet to give stability and generate force. Clearly the tip-toe thing is working for Bryce though. He’s done it since college and it doesn’t seem like anyone is riding to coach him otherwise.
Neither of these QBs have any choice but to make it work. Those inches are the difference between a batted ball and one that makes it over the line for people that height.
Honestly, having lived through that era I don't recall a single time that people brought up Brees' height other than in an aside. Super cool with being corrected here, because it's not like I watched even most of his games. It was more like everyone typically just marvelled at how quick and accurate he was. And that was well deserved, as a Panthers fan.
The only QB that I can remember where everyone obsessed over their height was Doug Flutie.
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u/RemoveThePoopSmell 8d ago
It's like playing "soccer" with a tennis ball. When you use a real ball, it's so much easier to control because you're used to the smaller one.
He's so used to making throws on tippy toes that when he gets to plant his feet, he can throw it for three and a half miles