{"id":215370,"date":"2025-07-17T23:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/215370\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:14:10","slug":"tennessee-titans-player-under-most-pressure-entering-2025-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/215370\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Titans’ player under most pressure entering 2025 NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe there\u2019s a Tennessee Titans battle for the quarterback position<\/a>, or maybe it\u2019s just talk. Because Cam Ward is the guy<\/a> this year. And that\u2019s why Ward is the Titans\u2019 player under the most pressure entering the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Wait, you might say. He\u2019s just a rookie. But remember, this is the NFL. Careers often don\u2019t last all that long, even for quarterbacks. And if a quarterback has a bad season right out of the gates, recovery can be difficult. Just ask Ward\u2019s backup, Will Levis. He was a second-round pick in 2023. And after two middling seasons, he\u2019s already pretty much an afterthought in the Titans\u2019 plans.<\/p>\n

There are several reasons why Ward is under pressure.<\/p>\n

Titans QB Cam Ward must produce quickly<\/p>\n

\"Tennessee<\/p>\n

First, Titans fans are getting a little antsy. The team won back-to-back double-digit games in 2020 and 2021. But they won seven in 2022, six in 2023, and only three in 2024. That\u2019s the wrong direction.<\/p>\n

And Ward comes in as the No. 1 overall pick. He won\u2019t get a chance to develop slowly. Need proof? Just look at last season. Bears QB Caleb Williams threw for 3,541 yards with 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. But the Bears posted a record of 5-12, and some people are already writing off Williams.<\/p>\n

That could happen to Ward, too.<\/p>\n

However, one good thing is Ward has his teammates standing up for him<\/a> already, according to Good Morning Football via cbssports.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst off, I think that our team \u2014 the Tennessee Titans \u2014 never get the respect and attention we need,\u201d defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen the No. 1 pick overall never get the respect. And, quite frankly, the attention that he deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Titans are hopeful Ward can bring security to the position and give the team a hope for a strong future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that’s a chip on his shoulder,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cYou could tell by the way he goes about his business \u2014 his swagger, his demeanor \u2014 this gonna be one of the ones that I’m excited to see. I’m excited to get back to camp next week to be more around him and learn a little more about him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Practice results good for QB Cam Ward<\/p>\n

Ward showed something in practice<\/a>, according to nfl.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was after a play, we stopped him, and I think I ended up getting a sack,\u201d Simmons recalled. \u201cAll of the sudden, we’re talking smack and Cally (head coach Brian Callahan<\/a>) is giving him the dang play and I’m still talking smack to him, I’m jawing because that’s my game. I want to talk smack, I want to get in your head.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn’t faze him. He’s still talking smack while Cally’s getting the play to him. He’s giving the play to the offense, still talking smack to me. The next play after the smack talk, he threw an 80-yard bomb to Calvin Ridley. So, that right there showed me we got us one. He’s legit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ward is already gaining the confidence<\/a> of his offensive lineman, too, according to espn.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he’s a great player and a great pick for the team,\u201d tackle J.C. Latham said. \u201cHe has an immense amount of talent, shows up every day ready to work with the right attitude to hold himself accountable, and holds himself to a standard that a lot of people can learn from.\u201d<\/p>\n

And left tackle Dan Moore Jr. said he feels the swagger of Ward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever he’s talking, he has a sense of confidence that guys can feel,\u201d Moore said. \u201cAnd I sense that we’ll be able to feed off of energy from him. One of the hardest things for a quarterback is just getting a grasp of the huddle. And fluidly say the play and remember the play to get command of the huddle as well. I feel like [Ward] has that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Callahan says Cam Ward is putting in effort<\/p>\n

Head coach Brian Callahan said Ward is working hard to make an impact this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he’s done a good job so far,\u201d Callahan said. \u201cCam understands how to interact with them. He’s played enough quarterback to understand how important those guys are and what those relationships mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Ward\u2019s viewpoint, he said he\u2019s learning as he goes. He said he\u2019s leaning on the things he knows how to do already.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say just the biggest thing I do is just talk to them,\u201d Ward said. \u201cWhether it’s in the locker room or when we get a chance to meet up outside the facility. Not everything got to be about football. But when we walk into the building, we know it’s all business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ward will get his first chance to show what he’s got when the Titans open their season on the road against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maybe there\u2019s a Tennessee Titans battle for the quarterback position, or maybe it\u2019s just talk. Because Cam Ward…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[1811,127,7,6,18732,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-215370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-brian-callahan","9":"tag-cam-ward","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-editorials","13":"tag-tennessee","14":"tag-tennessee-titans","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114871118506049149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}