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The Tennessee Titans<\/a> opened their practice to fans at Nissan Stadium, and what the crowd witnessed was perhaps rookie quarterback Cam Ward<\/a>\u2019s most impressive performance yet in training camp.<\/p>\n

“(The fans) give it more energy and excitement,” wide receiver Calvin Ridley<\/a> said. “We want the city to know that we want to be good. They’ll come. We’re not doing what we did last year. We’re taking a step forward.”<\/p>\n

The Titans<\/a> finished 3-14 last season and players haven’t forgotten.<\/p>\n

“It’s very personal,” Ridley said. “We hear everything, see everything. We’ve got a bad taste in out mouth from last year. Nobody wants to suck, definitely not us, definitely not me.”<\/p>\n

Ward showcased his deep-ball accuracy by finding Ridley multiple times downfield and connecting with Bryce Oliver for a 30-yard gain along the left sideline.<\/p>\n

“He spins it well, so it’s easy to catch. It looks like it’s coming out fast and it is coming out fast,” receiver Elic Ayomanor said.<\/p>\n

Ward looked at home in his new surroundings, with fans in two-toned blue cheering him on from the stands. A big reason why he’s comfortable is because of who he’s throwing the ball to.<\/p>\n

“We’re putting in the work,” Ridley said. “The kid’s good. I’ve got to be good. We sit and we study together and that’s why it looks like that.”<\/p>\n

There’s a confidence about Ward. For a rookie quarterback expected to start the opener on Sept. 10 at the Denver Broncos, that’s not easy.<\/p>\n

But that’s just who Ward is.<\/p>\n

“That’s Cam,” receiver Chimere Dike said. “It’s his demeanor. He doesn’t get shaken. He just goes out there competes every down and makes great plays.”<\/p>\n

With the first week of training camp over, the Titans<\/a> have more work to get better and prepare for a season that is creeping up on them.<\/p>\n

“I think there’s a lot of good things we did as an offense that we can keep building on,” Dike said.<\/p>\n

And at the center of it all is No. 1, both in the draft and on the jersey.<\/p>\n

He’s the one fans are watching. Ward is the point guard of the team, but the rest of his teammates also have to do their jobs to make Ward’s role easier.<\/p>\n

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They know it, too.<\/p>\n

“We know he’s good,” Ridley said. “He was the first pick. Now it’s time to do what we do.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tennessee Titans opened their practice to fans at Nissan Stadium, and what the crowd witnessed was perhaps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[247,265,10548,4048,7,20842,248,267,88,6,35196,14607,8875,245,537,530,10549,9,266,8138,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-241856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-calvin","11":"tag-calvin-ridley","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-hub","14":"tag-national","15":"tag-national-sports","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-hub","19":"tag-nissan","20":"tag-nissan-stadium","21":"tag-overall","22":"tag-overall-positive","23":"tag-positive","24":"tag-ridley","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-sports-news","27":"tag-stadium","28":"tag-tennessee","29":"tag-tennessee-titans","30":"tag-tennesseetitans","31":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114928984004903112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241856","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=241856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}