A painfully low-scoring team even in the best of times this season, one thing the Titans can ill afford to do is turn the ball over on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, rookie quarterback Cam Ward is trending in the wrong direction in that department.

The No. 1 overall selection in the NFL Draft in April, Ward did have some bright spots during Sunday’s 20-10 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.

But he suffered his worst turnover outing of the season, throwing one interception and losing a pair of fumbles in the contest. Las Vegas (2-4) converted one fumble into an easy  touchdown on the way to snapping the team’s four-game losing streak and handing the Titans (1-5) their fifth loss in six contests.

“To not be able to perform well on offense and not be able to score many points is disappointing, and we all got to be better,” Titans coach Brian Callahan told reporters.

“Cam’s a part of that, too. Cam’s got to play better football as well. We got to coach better. We got to play better. It’s not all just him. But he is a part of it. We’d like to be able to start seeing some more good football being played, and we got to do a better job.”

Ward was coming off his most impactful performance of the year, as he threw for 265 yards last week and led a game-winning field goal drive against Arizona.

But the former University of Miami star has now suffered eight turnovers (four interceptions, four lost fumbles) in his first six games, a pace just behind that of Will Levis last season, when Levis suffered 10 turnovers (seven interceptions, three lost fumbles) in his first six games.

“I just … can’t let it happen,” Ward said. “I know I can’t let it happen, but we just got to continue to keep going.”

It’s true that Ward was harassed on a regular basis, as the Raiders — who came into the game with just eight sacks in their first five games — amassed six sacks.

But Ward nonetheless appeared to be primarily at fault on two of the three turnovers.

On the Titans’ final drive of the first half, Tennessee — trailing 10-0 — had a good chance to produce at least a field goal with the ball at the Las Vegas 30-yard line in the closing seconds of the first half.

But Ward held the ball too long looking for an open receiver, and when Raiders defensive lineman Jonah Laulu hit Ward’s throwing arm, his fluttering pass was picked off by Las Vegas defensive Devin White.

“We got to secure the ball better at the quarterback spot,” Callahan said. “You can’t put the ball on the ground and you can’t put the ball in harm’s way throwing it, and [Ward] did all those today, so that’s got to improve.”

Ward’s second fumble snuffed the Titans’ final scoring chance of the contest, as it came with under a minute left in the fourth quarter.

Ward was not under significant pressure on the play, but as he tried to pat the ball, it came loose and was recovered by the Raiders.

“Just bad ball security on the fumbles,” Ward said. “At the end of the day, I just got to protect the football with two hands on it and not put our defense in that situation.”

Poor blocking was the primary cause of the first turnover, as White roared straight through a huge gap between right guard Kevin Zeitler and right tackle JC Latham to sack Ward, causing a fumble that the Raiders recovered at the Tennessee 2-yard-line. Las Vegas scored three players later to take a 10-0 lead.

But Callahan pointed out that Ward had some culpability on the play, as the Titans were in a “hot” situation and needed the pass to come out of Ward’s hand quickly.

“The sack-fumble was a free [rusher],” Callahan said. “We had an error on the right side [of the offensive line] there. We should squeeze [the line so the free rusher is outside]. But we’re hot either way … The ball’s got to come out.”

Overall, Ward completed 26-of-38 passes for 222 yards and one touchdown, good for an 81.2 quarterback rating. His scoring pass was a one-yard completion to David Martin-Robinson that cut Las Vegas’ lead to 20-10 with 3:03 left in the contest.

But a good chunk of Ward’s yardage came late in the game, with the Raiders playing farther off in coverage as they tried to protect a lead.

Ward was not very productive in the first half, completing 10-of-17 passes for 71 yards and throwing the one interception, posting a rating of 44.0. Tennessee managed just 81 yards of offense in the opening two quarters and was blanked in the first half for the second time in the last three contests.

Overall, the Titans managed 10 points against a Raiders team that was allowing 27.8 through its first five games.

A week after guiding the Titans on three long fourth-quarter drives and 16 points against Arizona, Ward was unable to build on that positive performance.

“End of a day like this, no excuses out there,” Ward said. “We just got to be better. I have to be better. Every time you score 10 points, you’re not winning football games.

“So offensively, we just got to help the defense. They’ve done their part the whole season. We just got to start doing ours.”