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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Cameron Ward made his coaching camp debut Wednesday and took all the first-team reps.
Ward is firmly in line to begin, after the group introduced Monday that final 12 months’s starter, Will Levis, elected to have season-ending surgical procedure on his proper shoulder subsequent week.
This comes after Titans coach Brian Callahan insisted on having a contest for the highest spot throughout OTAs and minicamp, with a rotation that featured Ward, Levis, and free agent acquisitions Brandon Allen and Tim Boyle. The group hasn’t introduced Ward as its starter, nevertheless it’s fairly clear the Titans’ future rests on the appropriate shoulder of their No.1 total choice.
Ward did not appear phased by Levis’ surgical procedure or the strain being on him to prepare for the season.
“I actually did not have a response. I am targeted on Cam Ward,” Ward stated Wednesday. “My dad taught me as quickly as I hit school, whether or not you play good, they are going to discuss you or whether or not you play unhealthy, they are going to discuss you. Mute everyone. Should you’re not on this constructing, I actually could not care much less about your opinion of myself or my teammates.”
Ward began camp with completions on his first 4 reps of 7-on7. The offense labored on the fast passing sport with an intense give attention to timing. Ward made it some extent to get the ball out when he reached the highest of his drop so he could be in sync with the receivers’ working routes.
Plenty of Ward’s passes had been in the direction of the center of the sphere. That is the place Ward discovered success in school. Ward stated one of many changes he has needed to make is getting used to the spacing of the hash marks, that are nearer collectively on an NFL area. However he feels getting the timing down is the first resolution to creating a easy transition.
Callahan categorized Ward’s improvement as a each day course of. The second-year coach is happy to see Ward carry over among the issues he realized in the course of the offseason to coaching camp.
“There’s going to be issues that we bought to right each day,” Callahan stated. “And there is going to be issues that he’ll do very well each day that we will attempt to proceed these issues. Each single day I feel goes to be a possibility for improvement for him, and I am wanting ahead to it.”
