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The Athletic Football Show on Cam Ward

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I do not think Cam Ward was particularly accurate in this game for a lot of those moments. There were a couple of drops in like plays that got called back... The pick at the very end of the game is very young quarterback. What are you doing coded in so many ways? It's you have two timeouts with 24 seconds left and it's first and 10.
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Ward's accuracy issues and late-game decision-making (pick-six with timeouts left) raise concerns.

Ward was not particularly accurate in Week 3 against the Giants in heavy rain; he had multiple drops and plays called back (including an OPI on Wondell Robinson), missed Tate in the end zone on a scramble drill where he threw it way too far in front, and threw a pick-six late in the game with two timeouts and 24 seconds left on first-and-10, forcing a pass on the back line instead of using his timeouts; his ball never comes out the same way twice, leading to scattershot accuracy until he is fully calibrated to his own mechanics.

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