A 5\u002Dfor\u002D5 performance against the Alouettes last week has provided a boost of confidence going into Saturday\u0027s matchup with the Argonauts.
After finishing 2019 43-for-50 on field-goal attempts, Ward was good on 30 of 36 in 2021. But this season has appeared to be a struggle at times. Ward is now 27-for-33 — his percentage of 81.8 per cent is the worst of his four-year CFL career. But things are trending up, as Ward successfully kicked all five field-goal attempts in Monday last Friday, his 30th birthday.Article content
“Sometimes I go back to the 2018-19 film; there’s not a whole lot that’s really different there. It’s honestly more being more confident and trusting and just trying to be a bit more myself instead of trying to possibly do too much. Sometimes, when we struggle as a team, I try and put a bit of pressure on myself, like, ‘We need every kick.'”Article content
“The season hasn’t gone perfectly, but we can’t do anything about that now,” Ward said. “At the start of the year, we were 0-5 and we could have possibly been 4-1. It’s just unfortunate, frustrating, and sometimes will creep in … we’re all human. Now, we have back-to-back wins on the road. Momentum is growing. I told a couple of guys momentum and confidence are pretty powerful. It looks like we’re trending in the right direction for the second half of the year. We’re climbing back out of it.
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