The Pro Bowl cornerback has never played more than 15 games in a season.
, cornerback Denzel Ward has shown flashes of greatness, which have steered him to three Pro Bowls and his squad to two playoff appearances.product has only played 15 games in a season once. While he has yet to suffer a season-destroying injury, five documented concussions have taken their toll.“This is a game I love, man,” Wardvia Tom Withers of the AP. “I love playing this game, being with the guys out here. I really don’t see myself doing too much other stuff.
For all his accolades, Ward is still just 27. Time will tell whether the native of nearby Macedonia, Ohio can continue achieving at a high level. “We’re able to treat concussions,” Ward insisted. “What I learned, each concussion is its own specific concussion and you got to give that time to heal, and then once that’s healed and ready to go, once you get back out here, you’re good."Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest.
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