How good is Hines Ward?
BB: He is pretty good. I don’t think there are any weaknesses in his game. He has excellent hands. He is tough. He is a great blocker. He is tough after the catch. He is a hard guy to tackle. He really has a lot of playing strength. He is strong. He can create separation from a defender with his strength by pushing off and using his size. He can create it with his quickness. He can create it with his speed and he has the hands to catch the ball away from his body, so even if the guy is on him, he is strong enough to reach out there and pluck it. He is not body catching. On those short passes, if you lay off of him, he is tough after the catch. He can break tackles and gain yards. If you play him up there tight, he is physical enough and he is fast enough to get behind you, and he plays the ball very aggressively down the field. A lot of times it is one-on-one and it looks like they are covered. He will lob it up there and he will go and get it and just take it away from the guy, just g
