Bootleg Football on Cam Ward

Ward's fourth-quickest time to pressure creates anticipatory hesitation.

Drake May notes Ward has the fourth quickest time to pressure in the league this year among qualifying QBs, and when pressure comes, it comes quickly; he appears to anticipate pressure before it happens, similar to Jalen Hurts, and doesn't trust the protection on good plays either, resulting in the same muddied look. His 2.0-second slowest time to throw (20 seconds slowest in league) unfolds in an unnerving way: he takes the ball, retreats, waits for everything to play out, does nothing, then runs around trying to make a play. Last year this extra time translated into bomber deep shots, but he's not using his amazing arm this year.

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