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ArticleMatthew Stafford ranked 1st in 2 categories by Dan Orlovsky
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Matthew Stafford has the best mechanics and ball placement of any quarterback in the NFL, according to his former Lions teammate Dan Orlovsky. In an article for ESPN, Orlovsky ranked quarterbacks by seven different traits that he considers to be important, and Stafford showed up four times in the top-4: Ball Placement, 1st Mechanics, 1st Decision-Making, 2nd Arm Strength, 4th
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Stafford ranked 1st in ball placement and mechanics by Orlovsky; elite repeatable processes.

Dan Orlovsky ranked Stafford 1st in Ball Placement and Mechanics, 2nd in Decision-Making, and 4th in Arm Strength across seven quarterback traits. Stafford's repeatable mechanics—processes that don't change rep-to-rep even in chaos—allow defenses to see the same release every time, making his no-look throws and unexpected ball placement devastating; the tight upper-lower body connection enables him to throw from weird arm angles that Patrick Mahomes has cited as inspiration. Orlovsky did not rank Stafford in the top-10 for Pocket Presence, Second-Reaction ability, or Rushing ability.

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