Originally posted by Time Trial Probably because QBs only have one power setting. I'm guessing that a 30 yard bomb, thrown as hard as a QB can throw, would be easier to catch than a five yard screen pass thrown as hard as the QB can throw. If you are off target at all, you can adjust to the ball easier, and the ball will have slowed down a bit by the time it gets to you.
Screens shouldn't be so hard to catch and they should look like a dump pass, not a bullet.
I've seen some pretty slow ass screen passes get dropped.