Nashville, Tennessee – The 88 -degree crisp weather festival presented perfect conditions for the first match session of the regular Tennessee Titans season on Monday. During the season, the teams generally do not train on Monday, but the Titans coach Brian Callahan wanted the players to return to the field because they were returning from a weekend break.
The veteran Calvin Ridley and the quarter-arre recruit Cam Ward stayed on the ground for an additional 40 minutes to prepare. The Ward-Rridley relationship is one of the many who will have to click on the recruit to join the Chicago Bears Caleb Williams (2024) signaller, the only two selected quarters n ° 1 to win their debut in the NFL since David Carr did with the Houston Texans in 2002.
Callahan and Titans staff worked hard to make sure Ward is ready when he takes the ground on Sunday (4:05 p.m. he, Fox) against Denver Broncos in Empower Field in Mile High – A process that started before Warde’s arrival in Nashville.
Before writing Ward, the Titans had discussions with Miami’s attacking coordinator Shannon Dawson, and the Northern Texas coach Eric Morris, who recruited Ward from the secondary school when he was coach of Incarnate Word, on Ward’s strengths when he played for them at university.
This helped build a level of comfort for Ward and Callahan – which was urged by its recruit quarter to incorporate its favorite piece, “Green Switch”, in the titans game book.
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Ward is an aggressive smuggler who likes to launch the ball at the bottom to display his arm talent. “Switch green” corresponds to her skills because it involves several receivers carrying vertical roads in the goal area. The switch requires that the receptors crisscross the start of the road to confuse the defenders in the coverage of man.
“It’s like that from the first day,” Ward said when asked for the process. “They have always made my contribution, giving me comments. I always take their comments, I receive comments.
Ward’s potential and Callahan’s creativity must meet quickly to ensure a lasting relationship. The Titans separated from a leading figure for three consecutive seasons – Tennessee dismissed the director general Jon Robinson in 2022, followed by coach Mike Rébel in 2023, then the director general ran Carthon in 2024.
Unfortunately for Callahan, Williams guided the opening victory of the Bears season in 2024 against the Titans, ruining his coach beginnings in a turbulent season. After finishing 3-14 last season, Callahan needs Ward and the Titans managed to avoid being the fourth consecutive dismissal.
Week 1 could be a rigid test for Callahan and Ward against Denver, which granted 18.3 points per game last season – the third less of the Los Angeles loaders (17.7) and the Eagles of Philadelphia (17.8). Visit offenses were on average only 14.9 points against Denver.
“When you have a young quarter, there will be a lot of things that he will see that he may not have seen,” said Callahan. “He must manage these things. In the end, you try to put it in a position to play as quickly as possible and as confidently as possible on the road.”
Titans hit The flowing ground when Ward arrived in Nashville shortly after the draft. Ward instantly appreciated that “the offensive adapted to Callahan and a previous experience prepare a recruit for the day of the match.
“You see what he did with Joe Burrow, his recruit year,” Ward said in April. “”[Callahan] To one of the best offensive minds. “”
As for the landmark of the burrow, it is something that you will constantly hear.
Burrow, with Callahan as its offensive coordinator and coach Zac Taylor calling the pieces, transformed the Bengals of Cincinnati into a Super Bowl candidate. Similar to Burrow, Ward assumes the burden of respect for the franchise, Callahan playing a major role in the integration process.
“I want to be a reason why Brian Callahan is considered one of the best coaches in the NFL.”
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Having already experienced, Callahan is convinced that he has the formula to update Ward against a defense of the broncos which led the NFL with 63 bags last season and has the defensive player reigning of the year in the Patrick Supreme II corner half.
“I think we had a good enough plan for Joe there in Cincinnati,” said Callahan on Monday. “You want to do things with which they are comfortable, and you want to play quickly. You try not to reinvent the wheel, to prepare for week 1, or any game elsewhere. But you are trying to do everything, you, the representatives of bank in practices, during meetings, so there is not a lot of novelty.”
The Titans Brandon Allen quarterrier was also with Cincinnati for the recruit season of Burrow. Allen saw how the Bengals have integrated some of the LSU Burrow’s favorite passes concepts. But he also saw how they learned what Burrow loved from their existing game book.
“He wants to adapt his success to success and the quarter-arre is the most comfortable,” said Allen about Callahan. “He does a good job by calling a wide variety of pieces through the OTA and the camps, and saying:” Hey, he is really good in these rooms. He sees these certain pieces. Well, he needs a little more work on these pieces. “He does a great job with that.”
Tennessee coaches encouraged Ward to communicate with them on the games and concepts he loves. Although they worked mainly on basic games, the coaches allowed Ward to help build the call sheet they would have for the week of the match during the pre-season.
Ward said he was impatiently awaiting the start of the preparation of the regular season because he likes to be made up of everything, from the protection of diagrams to route adjustments and post-SNAP priorities.
Broncos coach Sean Payton had to prepare for the second year BO Nix quarter-rear for his debut of the NFL last year, so he is well aware of how to prepare for a quarter recruit. Denver coaches will do an in -depth study of the Ward University Strip. They will want to see how the neighborhood manages the pressure, so expect blitz and covers that change post-SNAP.
“You would go back and look at his university cassette in Miami just to get an idea not only of the strength of the arm, but also the way he manages the pressure,” Payton said on Tuesday.
The defensive coordinator of the Broncos, Vance Joseph, blamed on 31% of the decreases by opposing quarters last season – the 10th highest rate of the NFL. Denver played a match against a starting quarter last season (Spencer Rattle). Rattler was blitzé on 29% of his decreases, while broncos dominated the New Orleans 33-10.
Callahan expects broncos to put pressure. But that does not mean that he will not leave Ward Riter.
“The old adage for most quarters is the defenses will test you and put pressure on you,” said Callahan. “But you never want to remove the stinger, and Cam has one. He will take risks and take risks and put the ball in tight windows, and that is part of what is him.”
Among 129 QBR qualified FBS passers -by last season, Ward’s 88.5 QBR ranked 12th. Ward completed 88 of the 132 passes (third) against the Blitz and finished second of the yards with the pass (1,183), touching passers -by (16) and affected on the ground (2) while facing the pressure.
“Know your protection, take out the ball, don’t let them kill yourself,” said Ward. “That’s all you can do to manage the pressure. No matter what is called, the blitz has always been able to do it.”
Managing Director of Titans Mike Borgonzi thinks that Callahan and the staff of the titans have done a good job by preparing Ward to manage the pressure of practices. Callahan, the offensive coordinator Nick Holz and the quarter coach Bo Hardegree work meticulously each time they perform. They made a concerted effort to ensure that representatives in real time against pressure.
Callahan has planned joint practices with the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay and the Falcons of Atlanta and a pre-season match with the Vikings of Minnesota to make him representatives against the aggressive defenses. He also pressed the defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson to take many defensive looks on Ward almost every day of the camp. Ward had its ups and downs, but the benefit is banking representatives and exposure to a variety of pressure packages.
“The most difficult thing for these quarters is to manage the protections and see it all,” said Borgonzi. “It was good to see him face Dennard’s defense during the training camp, having the opportunity to go on the road for 10 days and go against [Todd Bowles’] Defense in Tampa and [Raheem Morris’] Defense in Atlanta. “”
The presence of veterans of the Titans Center Lloyd Cushenberry III should also help Ward prepare for pressure. Cushenberry said the communication has been great. He and Ward detailed protection discussions. Cushenberry compared his growing relationship with Ward to a quarter-Arrière and a receiver.
“It’s the same,” said Cushenberry. “They are in line with all the covers, just as we are in advance with the protections. We always want to be on the same wavelength.”
The offense will have its third weekly meeting Thursday morning to make its calls and adjustments before afternoon training. Players strengthen the confidence of preparation and representatives. Ward is no different.
“I feel prepared, in particular by protection against Blitz’s point of view,” said Ward.
Ward and the Titans adopt a daily approach to embark on what they hope to be a successful start on Sunday. If it is in Ward, Sunday will mark the start of a long trip for him and the current staff.
“I try to play as long as possible for Tennessee with these three guys at the helm,” said Ward about Callahan, Hardegree and Holz. “They push me to be great. I want to be one of the best quarters of the NFL. I want to be a reason why Brian Callahan is considered one of the best coaches in the NFL.”
