Mark Craig: Ponder very specific about the adjustments he wants to make

Mark Craig: Ponder very specific about the adjustments he wants to make It's rare when a player gives specifics when asked for specific things he's looking to improve on. Normally, they spout cliches or give some kind of general mumbo jumbo. Quarterback Christian Ponder gave us that rare answer Wednesday when asked for the thing he wants to improve on most. "For me and the offense, No. 1 is doing a lot better job on first down," Ponder said. "We want to be completing 75 percent of our passes on first down. I think we were low 60s, around 63 percent, last year. That's going to help us be so much better on third down and eventually points scored per game. I think it's important for me. I have to do a better job moving around in the pocket and not taking off so early. Get a better feel for the pocket and make better decisions. ... Just smarter decisions. Not trying to force the ball down the field. I think if we have 'go' routes called and it's not open, to check it down. I think it comes down to patience and knowing your reads and finding the open guy. Football is not that hard of a game. You have to find the open guy and get the ball to him."

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