Ward hits a dishpan-sized target every time I've seen him snap - that's something.
He gets the ball into the holder's hands with the laces within a quarter-turn of straight up on the times I've been able to observe - small sample, but what I've seen is consistent within that sample. That's something, too.
The long snapper is doing the two most essential parts of his job right.
Blocking? Not sure what's happening there or how to improve on it. The long snapper is the most vulnerable target on the O line when he's on the field. How to fix?
That, and many other questions, go to the coaching staff.
I say coaching staff instead of singling out the ST coach remembering the Mad Mike vs. Bobby April years. April was one of the best ST coaches in football. But his teams didn't play well when he coached under Mike Martz. Martz threw him under the bus publicly - and April's players made the same plea to Martz that April was making: He didn't have enough practice time with his players to accomplish much of anything. Martz didn't budge - and fired April. ST performance didn't improve before Martz hit the trail out of town.
I wonder of our current ST coach has a similar situation in some way with McVay - some things we simply don't know.
