There's more to being a quarterback than just throwing the football really far. It doesn't hurt to have all-world arm strength in your back pocket, though.Both Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen have incredible arm talent. Mahomes showed it off in all facets from basically the second he became a full-time starter in his MVP 2018 season. It took Allen longer to harna s it, but he too finally put it all together in 2020 with a near-MVP campaign of his own.The two magical right arms are due to face off on Sunday in the AFC championship game. The winner won't be determined by a throw off, although the pair may have one of those down the line. But in a crucial moment, whichever pa ser can get the ball to his wideout quicker or just a little Ben Simmons Jersey further could make all the difference.would you be willing to let them decide who gets to go the Super Bowl by having Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen stand at the goal line and spend an hour chucking footballs as far as they can Rodger Sherman Glenn Robinson III Jersey (@rodger) So which pa ser will have that capability? Does Mahomes or Allen have the better arm? Are we leaving anyone out of the discu sion? Here's a look at just how incredible Mahomes and Allen's arms are, along with how they compare to the rest of the NFL.MORE: Mahomes and Allen both have very strong arms. There's no disputing that. It can almost ruin the fun to pick a winner here, because it means acting like one of these arm talents is truly le ser than the other.But that's what you came here for, and Allen has multiple things working in his favor. The first is Madden: The creators of Madden NFL 2021, the latest in the popular video game series, gave Allen a and Mahomes only a 97 throw power rating. Those ratings aren't just thrown together without evidence, so it's a good place to start.Allen and Mahomes have both played their entire careers in the NFL's Next Gen Stats era, which dates back to 2016. One statistic recorded by Next Gen Stats is a quarterback's longest completed air distance on a throw in a season. Of course that means the throw needed to be completed to count toward the statistic, but Allen wins that category, too. His longest completion traveled 63.9 yards in the air (below), while Mahomes' longest traveled 60.9 yards in the air although Mahomes uncorked a throw in the 2018 preseason that traveled 68.6 yards in the air (below).Weekend plans: Watching this on repeat. Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) Josh Allen just launched it for a 57-yard completion. Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) In April 2019, about Allen's arm strength, even saying he'd be happy to take part in a throw-off with Allen."Josh is a great dude, but no one that I've known has been able to throw a ball farther than me," . "I've never Danny Green Jersey seen Josh throw in person but maybe next offseason we can set something up (to see who can throw farther). Hopefully I can get him to come down to Kansas City, and we can do something for charity. It's going to take at least 85 yards to win (the throw-off)."ESPN dug in further on the topic when Mahomes and Allen faced off in Week 6. , both estimate they can throw a football further than 80 yards in the air (a distance that's unlikely to ever show up in a game).Speaking with ESPN, Mahomes' estimate is that he can get it out there between 80 and 85 yards. Allen told ESPN earlier this season that he had an elevation-aided 83 yard throw while in college at Wyoming.At this point, it really might take a throw off to break the tie, at least in terms of who Isaiah Joe Jersey can throw the ball the furthest down the field. At times Allen appears to be throwing absolute rockets even on shorter pa ses, although he's added touch to his game in 2020, something Mahomes already seemed to have. So maybe that's a separate throw off, almost like a baseball pitcher throwing for a radar gun, and then they can have their long to s challenge, too."I don't think it's the smartest thing to do it the day before or the day of the game," Allen of a throw off with Mahomes."But I'm sure we'll have the discu sion when we're out there and we see each other.""I'm usually in Texas and he's usually in, I think, California, so we'll see what happens with that in the future," ."But I'm always up to any challenge." The NFL's Next Gen Stats service has been tracking the longest completed air distance for quarterbacks since 2016, giving five seasons worth of data through 2020. Using that five years worth of data, these are the 10 players with the longest regular season throws since 2016 the main disclaimer here is that for the throws to count, they have to NBA Philadelphia 76ers Jeresy have been completed.PlayerTeamYearCompleted Air Distance (yards)Jay CutlerBears201665Ru sell WilsonSeahawks202064.4Cam NewtonPanthers201664Josh AllenBills201863.9Baker MayfieldBrowns201863.8Deshaun WatsonTexans202063.4Justin HerbertChargers202063.2Derek CarrRaiders201662.9Kirk CousinsVikings201862.9Jared GoffRams201862.7