Nashville, Tenn. – In a live broadcast of Fortnite a couple of weeks ago, Cam Ward praised the Titans.
He called Brian Callahan, who took Tennessee to a 3-14 sausage record of the league last season, the best NFL coach. He put Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears on his list of the four best league runners. Calvin Ridley and Treylon Burks, the disappointing first round of 2022 of the team, broke their list of the four receptors among the first four of the NFL.
“Aj Brown is a Dawg,” Ward said, “but it’s not Calvin Ridley.”
This is how the former Miami Field Marshal told the world that he hoped to be. 1 Choice in the NFL 2025 draft without saying it. He did it in a way that he builds his new coach and teammates, which cannot be underestimated. It seems to have a real emotion to come to Tennessee.
Understand that Nashville is not a place in all NFL prospecting chickens to be, as special now, consult the dysfunction that has wrapped to the Titans. The owner Amy Adams Strunk has fired a chief coach and two general managers in the last 28 months. Two NFL teams, the Philadelphia Chiefs Eagles and Kansas City, won more games in 2024 (regular season and playoffs) that Tnessee has won in the last three years Set. Many league observers come to the Titans as the list of more deficient in the league talents.
Everything that has contributed to the maximum discontent in the fan base, at a time when the franchise is chicken to generate enthusiasm for the new stage of the team, which is expected to be complete in 2027.
That is why Ward’s language with respect to the team is so remarkable.
“They have a fairly elite team in my opinion,” said NFL draft in Green Bay. “They don’t get enough credit, on paper, so they really are.”
In many ways, Ward and the Titans are the perfect marriage. They have a shared story of being overlooked, or bee, but not always respected.
Ward, a former zero stars recruit from a small town in Texas, was seen as a half -round team at this time the last jump before the transfer ring to Miami. Then there are the Titans, a small market franchise that has struggled to gain national interest, only in their best years. Tennessee had the lowest average audience of any NFL team last season at 5.61 million, according to Sportico. (The Jacksonville Jaguars occupied the second place at 6.4 million; the Detroit Lions led the league with 22.65 million).
Or of course, Ward’s talent is not a brighter guarantee or future. The success rate in first -round quartbacks is extremely low, something that Titans know very well. Since he moved to Tennessee in 1997, the franchise has selected another three quartbacks in the Top 10: Marcus Mariota (No. 2, 2015), Jake Locker (No. 8, 2014) and Vince Young (No. 3, 2006). None played more than five seasons for the Titans, and the combined trio for only one victory in the playoffs.
But Ward has nothing to do with that story. His supreme, constant confidence through his unorthodox trip gives him the opportunity to succeed. His presence of pocket, arm talent, creativity and processing capacity give him the opportunity to be a star.
Related: How Cam Ward builds his unwavering trust: “He has a rock on the shoulder”
The winner of the Davey O’Brien and Manning Award as the best field of Campo de la Nación in 2024, Ward established records of a single season of Miami for Air Yardas (4,313) and Touchdowns (39). He also broke the Division I record (FCS and FBS) for the touchdowns of the race (158).
“The film says everything I believe, and I’m honest with that,” Ward said in The Combine when asked what does the best field marshal in this draft. “But I think what separates me from all is the way I approach it, the mentality that I have to the field every game. And I mean, coming from my trip, not many people can do that in the round or the second round.
At the press conference prior to the Titans Draft on Tuesday, a journalist asked Callahan about Ward Fortnite’s live broadcast. After recognizing that he had it, the coach of the Titans was informed of the praise room from the Titans.
“Cam is an intelligent person,” Callahan said, smiling. “He is aware of his audience, sounds like.”
That audience is now official its fan base.
Ben Arthur is an NFL reporter for Fox Sports. Previously worked for the network Tennessean/USA Today, where it was the Titans Beat the writer for a year and a half. Hey covered the Seattle Seahawks For Seattlepi.com for three seasons (2018-20) before moving to Tennessee. You can follow Ben on Twitter in @BENYARTHUR.
Why great stories delivered directly to your entrance tray? Create or log in to your Fox Sports accountAnd follow the leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized bulletin every day!
Get more from the National Football League Follow your favorites to obtain information about games, news and more