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Bootleg Football on Cam Ward

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There were a lot of free runners against cam this year... There was a lot of times when the offensive line was set up to fail where they didn't have the numbers where they needed the numbers to be... He would bail them out post snap. But he would set them up to fail pre snap because he was still learning how protections work.
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Ward struggled with pre-snap protection recognition; free runners were common in year one.

Had protection-setting issues in year one; according to source's conversation with someone in the building at Miami and with the Titans, Ward struggled with pre-snap protection recognition and setup, similar to how he operated at Miami with Carson Beck. There were many free runners against him, and while he could bail out post-snap, he was setting the offensive line up to fail pre-snap because he was still learning how protections work. This is a learnable skill but represents another area where he is 'drinking through a fire hose' trying to master NFL fundamentals.

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