By A to Z Sports,Easton Freeze

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I wrote a full article about Cam’s insistence and success with breaking the rules of quarterbacking like this. And I included a bunch of national reactions to the play for good measure. Check that out linked right here. In that article, I question just how wise these kinds of plays from Ward really are. I guess I’ll keep questioning it, and he’ll keep proving I shouldn’t. That’s fine by me, much more fun than the alternative. His head coach applauded the move as smart situational football:

“Really, it was smart on his part. It’s third and nine from the nine. That’s like a major green light to extend the play because even if you take a six, seven yard sack, the field goal is in your pocket. You know what I mean? It’s a situational awareness thing, and that’s where the good quarterbacks in this league buy time. If they know it’s third down, they’re inside the 10 yard line. It’s like— it’s street ball, baby. That’s what it happens. And that was an unbelievable throw and catch and really the reaction by Elic (Ayomanor) was the one that was the most impressive part of the play other than the throw.”

the situational element of the decision to create absolutely was sharp by Ward, no doubt about that. It’s the throwback nature of his pass that is a scary proposition in my book. And in fairness, Callahan shared in that concern. He finished by comparing his concern-turned-elation to a classic hall of fame moment:

“But yeah, that like the old Mike Holmgren and Brett Favre clip where, you know he’s the— they got the old clip on where he’s like, “No, no, no. Okay, okay, okay. That’s a good play.” That is what it feels like sometimes. And you don’t want to take that away from him because those are the plays that he is capable of making.”

As long as Cam keep’s making these plays instead of turning the ball over, he’s going to keep getting plaudits from everybody locally and nationally. Now, please, can the rest of the team start helping out these young guys?