Cam Ward issuing warnings??
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After 18 seasons of college football he believes he finally had a good one. If NFL scouts and GMs are smart they watch all his film, not just his last season at Miami against who???? Surely after 200 college football games played he has a wealth of amazing games against great teams to show.
Maybe Cleveland drafts him and he is an amazing pro? 😁
Maybe Cleveland drafts him and he is an amazing pro? 😁
I watched Cam fold like a tent and start doing year 1 Cam things as soon as his OLine was exposed. Back to his old running out of clean pockets, fumbling, etc. If I’m a GM I wouldn’t touch him unless the OLine and running game was in place.
If he goes to a team with a subpar OLine and running game he’s going to be a bust.
That said just about everyone near the top of the board has just that
If he goes to a team with a subpar OLine and running game he’s going to be a bust.
That said just about everyone near the top of the board has just that
I'll be surprised if Ward is in NFL in three years. As mentioned above, if he doesn't have a great OL in front of him, he's going to be a gigantic flop.
Perhaps but even Mahomes looks like a fraud against a dominant defense that doesn’t give up easy running lanes.
As the first or second QB pick, only three years would make him a one of the biggest NFL flops ever. Jamarcus Russell lasted three years. Leaf bounced around for 5 years (parts of five anyway).
Mahomes had an elite OLine for at least his first 5 years when he was on his rookie deal. Lately they haven’t invested in it and it shows with Mahomes production, the Oline sucks and only look decent when they are allowed to tackle their opponents.
Mahomes has played enough in the NFL he can still be ok with a bad OLine. A rookie like Ward with a fragile psyche is going to crumble and won’t be able to recover.
Edit: Mahomes also wasn’t thrown right into the fire he sat for a year.
Ward is insanely talented and I can see a scenario where he’s successful being in a similar situation to Mahomes. Unfortunately he’s a top 5 pick and will go to a trash team unless someone trades up for him.
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Correct. Bounce back and forth between starter and backup then settle in as a backup QB that has “talent and potential”. I mean Geno resurrected his career after the jets ruined him, it can happen.
Holding a clipboard for his rookie deal should make Ward more money than I will make during my lifetime.
It won't be Ward's fault that some GM/owner convinces himself to reach and take Ward early. Seems to happen every year.
"Unfortunately he’s a top 5 pick and will go to a trash team unless someone trades up for him."
I think this is the most likely scenario. He will not have a great O line. Getting happy feet in the NFL is a sure way to be unproductive.
He does not have the speed to run away from NFL defenses. At least, he showed none of it while at WSU. The NFL is a track meet.
Did the light go on in games 200-213 he played in college football? I hope the Browns take him and he is added to their list of QBs that crashed and burned.
Leaf, Rosie and Thompson never panned out...if they didn't finding it hard that to believe Cam will eclipse their success or lack thereof....
Rosie was doing fine but concussions did him in.
Cam Ward is no Leaf, Rosie or Jack. Not even close.
Hell, he's not even Minshew.
Mac Jones is a game manager…and a bad one.
Ward will be on a fast start for Dave Kreigs lost fumble record. He’s going to be a sack and turnover machine on a bad team.
So what?
Ward’s going to end up with $25-35 million dollars in his pocket, guaranteed, whether or not he plays one single snap in an NFL game.
Sounds to me like he already won.
No shit Sherlock, the conversation isn’t about the money it’s about whether he’s going to be a bust or a success. It’s pretty easy to Google the salary slots for NFL draft picks, and yeah most of us would probably be fine being a bust in our own professions for $30M. Probably the only way for you to do that at the car wash is to launder some drug kingpin money though.
I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve quoted Bull Durham with reference to Ward:
Million dollar arm, 5 cent head
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