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[QUOTE="JJReddawg, post: 5142334, member: 226"]
They won’t be giddy for too long once they see Cam Ward isn’t the savior they are expecting. Most of his numbers came against the worst of the worst pass defenses:

Colorado State - 108th 
Wisconsin - 39th
Northern Colorado - FBS 
Oregon State 83rd
UCLA - 61st
Arizona - 91st
Oregon - 54th
Arizona State - 123rd
Stanford - 133rd 
California - 131st
Colorado - 127th
Washington - 120th

Although it’s not an apples to apples comparison with roster/coaching changes, here are last year’s pass defense rankings of teams Miami will face this year:

Florida - 70th
FAMU - FBS
Ball State - 33rd
South Florida - 132nd
Virginia Tech - 4th
California - 131st
Louisville - 57th
Florida State - 11th
Duke - 41st
Georgia Tech - 53rd
Wake Forest - 78th
Syracuse - 79th

Taking away the total yards (as he threw 152 more passes), he and Tyler Van Dyke have somewhat similar numbers:

Ward (Avg. Pass Defense - #97)
66.6% - 7.7 y/a - 25 TDs - 7 INT - 145.4 rating
12 Fumbles - 8 Lost (31 Career Fumbles w/ 14 lost)

Van Dyke (Avg. Pass Defense #52)
65.8% - 8.1 y/a - 19 TDs - 12 INT - 145.6 rating
3 Fumbles - 2 Lost (7 Career Fumbles w/ 5 lost)
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