In the four games since his promotion, Ward has caught 18 passes, including the game-winning touchdown against Washington on Sunday. He was eventually re-signed by the Eagles, failed for a third time to make the team out of training camp, was re-signed to the practice squad, was promoted for one game in which he played just two snaps earlier this season, and finally was promoted for good on Nov. 23, only because of injuries to the team’s top three wideouts.“We constantly communicated by phone, and he would text me about plays in practice and getting into the real nitty-gritty fine points and specifics of plays he might’ve had a question about. We call them diamonds in the rough. Copyright © 2020 NFL Draft Diamonds. When you’re dealing with a guy and he’s giving off that kind of aura and energy in the things he’s saying and doing, your trust in him grows. He breaks left, he breaks right and he’s gone. Do you remember playing 2k?...Free Agent Free Agent OL Larry Warford opted out of the 2020 season. San Antonio Commanders ... NoExtraPoints.com is not affiliated with the … They get your hopes for no...By Craig Forrestal Kirk Cousins did it again. He played college football for the Houston Cougars as a quarterback and converted to wide receiver after going undrafted following his college career. “You can’t just look at how things are right now. But I knew if he got that call, he would be ready.’’Last month, before Ward was promoted to the 53, I asked offensive coordinator Mike Groh why, given the underperformance of some of the team’s other wideouts, including Mack Hollins, who managed to go seven games without catching a pass before the team finally saw fit to release him, the Eagles weren’t willing to give Ward a chance.“You can absolutely hear the quarterback perspective coming out of him in the way he would explain things and explain himself, and the way he recognized coverages or the decisions he said he would make based off of the film. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.comBy Craig Forrestal A crowded backfield and limited pass-catching weapons make it seem like...By Craig Forrestal The Bears are the Bears. He was willing to use his free time, pre- and post-practice and on off days [to do extra work].“He was playing well and he knew he was playing well and getting better every day,’’ Williams said. ''He gave me the kind of patronizing smile that coaches often give people, particularly reporters, who they think know a lot less about the game than they do, and said, “Greg has done a terrific job for us at practice [on the scout team]. He had an excellent training camp and got a lot of work with Wentz and the first-team offense, which likely is one of the reasons he and Wentz have bonded so quickly.Ward has an off-the-charts work ethic that made coaching him easy, Williams said.“He actually got there really late,’’ Williams said. It was definitely coming from a quarterback standpoint.“I can’t say enough about his work ethic and the level of focus he puts into work every day,’’ he said.
And if he hadn’t signed with the AAF, he never would have met Keith Williams.“He would talk about fronts and the way the coverage would adjust. "Ward caught 22 passes in eight AAF games. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. Greg Ward Jr., WR, San Antonio Commanders Mekale McKay is the leading receiver for the Commanders in both receptions and targets, but Ward isn't far behind with 10 catches for 101 yards. You can tell he knows what he’s doing, knows what he’s talking about.“Some of the dialogue we would have in meetings, I never heard a wideout talk like that. The idea of that was something we talked about. It was almost like the wideouts were meeting with the quarterback and they were all talking like he was the quarterback.’’“The thing I used to preach to Greg and the rest of our guys was you have to be ready to seize the moment,’’ said Williams, a former college coach at Nebraska, Tulane, and Fresno State who trains more than a dozen NFL wideouts, including Ward, fellow Eagle Nelson Agholor, and the Chiefs’ Sammy Watkins.The Eagles re-signed Ward shortly after the AAF folded. You’ve got to keep working and keep praying and keep your head down and stay with it.’’The most important part of a journey often is the people you meet along the way.The Greg Ward that Keith Williams met and coached in San Antonio earlier this year wasn’t a kid feeling sorry for himself or thinking he was too good to be playing in some low-level spring league. Really quick. I’ve been coaching 20 years and never heard a wideout talk from the perspective that he would about a certain play or certain coverage or certain concept.If the Eagles hadn’t shown him the door then, he never would have signed with the short-lived spring league, the Alliance of American Football. While the league lasted only eight weeks before folding, Ward credits Williams with helping him take his development to the next level during the short time they were together.Ward is a former quarterback at the University of Houston who had to make the conversion to wide receiver after he went undrafted in 2017 and was signed by the Eagles.Groh was right about that last part.