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I don't see it as contradictory, but more like qualified or with caveats.
Ward got sacked a lot at as a junior at Washington St. and had a fumbling problem because his OL was pretty bad. Last year at Miami his OL was much better, he had very few sacks and he cut down on all those fumbles. It tells me he can improve with better coaching and having a good OL also helped.