Miami quarterback draws comparisons to Pittsburgh Steelers legend
Miami quarterback Cam Ward has a chance to be the first overall pick and top quarterback off the board in a 2025 NFL Draft class that needs the top two quarterbacks to emerge. Ward and Shedeur Sanders seem like smart bets to come off the board first. However, is that Ward being pushed up the board or is he really that good?
One NFL Draft analyst sees Ward as a similar player to Pittsburgh Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger. Ward has a similar tendency to run around and play some backyard football at times.
“Ward is an unorthodox gunslinger, and the NFL comparison my mind keeps going back to is Ben Roethlisberger.” PFF’s Trevor Sikkema wrote. “Both had some scoot with their escapability, but you wouldn’t exactly call them mobile. Both were also fearless in pushing the ball deep down the field. It’s a high-end comparison, but I believe Ward sees the game like Big Ben did.”
Ward has a cannon for an arm, and while he has some issues in the pocket and can take some bad sacks, that lines up well with a young Roethlisberger. He is nothing like the older iterations of Roethlisberger, but the young gunslinger who came into the league is someone that Ward plays a lot like.
Ward seems likely to be a top-three pick; it is just a question of if he goes before Sanders. If someone falls in love with the skillset they will get from Ward, he could turn out to be a huge pick for a franchise.
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