Thanks To My Brother. Again.

Issue: Do you, or does your brother, actually write this blog?

Short Answer: I do.  I think.

Reasoning: As more people start reading this blog (or just clicking on the page to give me a false sense of security), I start getting more e-mails about ideas, or articles, or videos that people think are relevant.  I love getting these e-mails because it makes my job a bit easier.  But, it also makes me feel like others are doing my job for me, or that I am ripping off other people's ideas (DISCLAIMER: if you are one of the people who send me stuff, please don't stop - I'm not complaining!).  My brother Casey, who has been mentioned here at Uncommonly Sports a time or two, is the lead perpetrator of this activity.  He is an intellectual, who spends a lot of time reading everything, so when he sends me something, I pay attention to it (even if it is a video, a la, the one we have here).

What we have below is a video featuring University of Connecticut redshirt junior quarterback, Johnny McEntee.  In the video, McEntee self-describes himself as a "trick-shot quarterback."  Intriguing.  Let's take a look at this video:

Now, while I believe every throw in this video is possible, here are a few reasons that I am a little skeptical:

1. The credits at the end of the video list all of 6 people (one is McEntee and two others are other UConn football players (well, one is the kicker, so I guess he's not really a football player, but you get the point)), and the only one that caught my eye was "Edited by Kyle Campbell".  I'd like to talk to Mr. Campbell about what he really edited.  Technology is so flawless today that many people will question the validity of these throws because we all know, through the magic of editing, my little sister could be a "trick-shot quarterback."
2. Anyone who actually can make all these throws would have to know that people may doubt what they see on this video.  Why not have a disclaimer before every throw?  Or edit in some of the throws that were failures?  We all know he didn't make all these throws on the first try, so why make a video that purports just that?  Some of these throws could have taken 100 tries or more (at least I think so), so I think it would have been more impressive to say "it took me 5 tries to do this, but here is the successful throw."  Makes more sense to me, but what do I know?
3. The throws McEntee makes in this video are the equivalent of hitting the small bullseye in darts (or maybe even better).  I have watched professional darts on TV before (it is actually a lot cooler than you would think) and even the best dart throwers in the world can't hit their mark every single time.  Just saying.
4. What are you saying about yourself as a quarterback when you can make all these throws, including some blindfolded, but you literally have zero career stats.  Seriously, this guy has never thrown a pass, or had a rushing attempt, or thrown a pick, or gotten sacked.  Ever.  Check out his bio page from UConn's website.  And, I can add in that he played in two games in 2010 and again amassed zero stats - but he can throw a ball into a basketball hoop from 40 yards?  Maybe, but I doubt it.
5. This video can only add pressure to McEntee's attempts to become a good quarterback.  He has shown on this video that he can make any and every throw, so interceptions should never happen.  Nor should incompletions.  Or losses.  See what I mean?  This video may get McEntee some publicity, but the last time I checked, trick-shot quarterbacks didn't get paid very well.
6. And, most telling - there are only two of Johnny's "trick-shots" that garnered any sort of reaction from anyone who was present.  Obviously, in most of the shots, there is a cameraman and one other person, but wouldn't they go nuts?  Wouldn't the camera start shaking because the cameraman was jumping around going crazy?  It happens twice, which makes me believe he made those two throws (and some of the others that are cool, but not jump-around-going-crazy throws) on his first try (or second or third), and all the others took forever and no one was excited, or, Mr. Campbell (the editor) did a fantastic job.  I'm going with the latter.

With all that said, I have no idea how real this video is.  I don't know how many takes each one took, or if all of it is editing magic.  I'm not sure I even care though, because this video is pretty darn cool.