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Turron DavenportJul 30, 2025, 01:22 PM ET
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After 2 days of less-than-stellar play by the Tennessee Titans offense, rookie backmost Cameron Ward had immoderate prime words astir their performance.
"I conscionable deliberation we're precise mid close now," Ward said connected Wednesday. "At the extremity of the day, It each starts with me."
Ward was intercepted by cornerback Roger McCreary connected Wednesday. The interception came via a tipped walk from linebacker Cody Barton. Ward was intercepted 3 times connected Tuesday, giving him 4 implicit the past 2 practices. While not each of them are his fault, Ward said helium has to play better.
"I person to get connected the aforesaid leafage with my receivers, ticker much film, and beryllium much close with the football," Ward said.
The defence has had the precocious manus successful some padded practices. Ward struggled to implicit passes down the field, which has usually been 1 of his strengths. He did link with wide receiver Calvin Ridley connected a heavy walk that fell betwixt information Amani Hooker and cornerback Darrell Baker Jr. One of Ward's different heavy passes would person been complete, but second-year wideout Jha'Quan Jackson couldn't haul successful the precise walk connected a station route.
Titans manager Brian Callahan said earlier signifier that helium expected Ward to bounce back. "It's conscionable benignant of however he's wired," Callahan said. "I consciousness truly bully astir however he'll respond to immoderate negativity successful general."
The aboriginal adversity is simply a bully trial for Ward, who volition surely brushwood much pugnacious times trying to usher an discourtesy that scored a specified 18.3 points per crippled past season. One happening Callahan does similar is however Ward has bid of the offense. Ward said helium feels fluent wrong the playbook but has to get amended astatine timing and shot placement to the receivers.
"It mightiness not beryllium wherever I wanted to be, but I'm throwing to 15, 16 antithetic radical each day," Ward said.
That's wherefore he's staying with them aft signifier to get other reps. Ward spent other clip with seasoned receiver Tyler Lockett, rookie Xavier Restrepo, and second-year wideout Bryce Oliver. Ridley is usually 1 of the receivers Ward works with aft signifier arsenic well. But Ridley suffered a insignificant little limb wounded and was taken wrong for further evaluation, according to the Titans.
