How can Cam Ward benefit from playing behind Miami's offensive line in 2024? Washington State gave up 36 sacks last season while Miami only surrendered 16.
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00:00 One of my my takeaways from Chris DeBall's conversation with J.D.
00:05 Pichel this week at on three sports is, you know, Mario was talking about
00:11 kind of Ward situation the last couple of years at Washington State.
00:15 He's been in big games.
00:16 Mario said big situations, tough situations.
00:19 He's been overmatched personnel wise and still finds a way
00:22 to make some dynamic, explosive plays.
00:25 He can manage a game and make a lot out of a little sometimes now.
00:29 Um, I strongly feel that Ward's being at Miami can be so mutually
00:34 beneficial for both parties because obviously Miami's getting a great
00:38 quarterback and a guy who is, he's able to make off schedule plays and
00:42 improvise and is always seeing down the field and then in Ward's case,
00:46 Gio, I'd be part of what Chris DeBall was hinting at was Cam Ward was running
00:50 for his life a lot the last couple of years.
00:52 I looked up the sack stats from last year.
00:55 Now Miami was pretty good in fewer in sacks given up.
00:59 I think they can even be even better.
01:01 Hopefully within the next couple of years, Miami was 17th in the
01:03 country in fewest sacks given up, which is pretty good.
01:07 They gave up 16 sacks all season.
01:08 Washington state was 113th.
01:12 And some people don't even know there's that many teams.
01:14 113th in America gave up 38 sacks last year.
01:18 So right there, that's one of the ways that not only can Miami benefit from
01:22 Ward, Ward can benefit from Miami.
01:25 Yeah, I agree with you 100%.
01:28 And I love the fact that you brought up Miami's offensive line production and
01:33 how well they kept Tyler Van Dyke's Jersey clean last season.
01:38 So it just seemed kind of, kind of just strange overall, the, the amount of
01:45 interceptions he was throwing when you considered how clean his pocket was.
01:49 And, uh, there was even one game where I believe they had only got to him one
01:55 time with a pressure or zero pressures.
01:57 And he's still through multiple interceptions.
01:59 Now imagine that you bring in a quarterback like Cameron Ward from
02:05 Washington state, who has put up these gaudy numbers throughout his
02:09 career, running for his life.
02:11 And look, uh, just to give a little context here, um, if Miami fans are
02:17 expecting Cameron Ward to be like dynamic and in the sense of like a Lamar
02:21 Jackson or Michael Vick, no, not that type of runner, but he could definitely
02:26 extend plays, grab first downs up, even some touchdowns in terms of the red zone
02:31 as well.
02:31 And I know there's question marks about, Oh, he had a ton of fumbles.
02:36 Well, some of that is attributed to the offensive line that he had, and
02:40 some of it partly him too.
02:42 But one of the biggest things that stands out overall, his accuracy, his
02:49 consistency throughout his career.
02:51 And number three is leadership.
02:55 Um, ever since he's arrived at Miami, he's taken the time to spend time with
03:03 his teammates, guys like Xavier Restrepo, Jacoby, George, the receivers, the
03:07 offensive line room.
03:08 He has spent time with them off the field.
03:10 I think sometimes fans might overlook that aspect of, Oh, what about on the
03:15 field?
03:16 No, you got to build that camaraderie off the field too.
03:18 Um, and I'll even reference this to a conversation I had with Brett Romberg,
03:23 who referenced Ken Dorsey.
03:25 I had him on my show about a month ago.
03:27 He said that him and Kenny Dorsey, they were together all the time.
03:32 Uh, even to the point that they basically did everything together.
03:36 And Brett said, basically it was this trust factor where Ken had his hands
03:43 between Brett Romberg's thighs for X amount of years.
03:48 So they had to build that trust that, and they built that off the field.
03:52 It wasn't just on the field.