What does the shootout for the future of Cam Ward mean?
To choose QB no. 1 overall does not heal a problem. Recently, they are not panacea for bad training. Over the past four QB, which was taken with the first draft, everyone has seen their head coach run in the middle of their first season: Trevor Lawrence, Urban Meyer with Jacksonville in 2021; Bryce Young, Frank Reich with Carolina in 2023; Caleb Williams, Matt Eberflus with Chicago in 2024; Ward, Callahan in 2025.
Ward has shown glances of excellent upside down. He has also shown the flaw in playing in the leadership team with little help.
Titans’ violation has been an inefficient mess throughout the season. The offensive line, which Tennessee has tried but failed to update in recent years, remains sieve. The running game is stuck in the mud. And the gap has fallen from balls, which cannot be helped a newcomer QB.
Ward has had his own business. He has turned the ball over-throwing four shutters and fuddy four times, two of which lost on Sunday-and took 25 sacks in the league. Ward sometimes has trouble trying to fit the ball in a tight window and trusts his arm. He also holds the ball too long and looks for the big game instead of taking over. To be fair, the system has not exactly laid it up a lot of easy throws and drops have been Bugaboo.
The flashes – how short – have been great. Hinding Howitzer, arm Ward is the top shelf. When he sees a play, he can tear it down and looks like Matthew Stafford. In the fourth quarter of Titan’s victory, Ward showed his boom in a hurry, splashing deep shots, walked down the stadium and disassembled tired, striking defense.
The worries are that we haven’t seen enough of these flashes early in the season. The coaches shoulder part of that blame. So Ward does too. The next 12 weeks is the only real thing that matters in the Tennessee development of Ward. Even children’s steps will benefit the pedestrian.
The next coach must have a plan for Ward to succeed as Callahan failed.