Cam Ward isn’t comfortable with how the Tennessee Titans have began the season.
Honestly, after their 26-0 loss to the Houston Texans’ on Sunday afternoon, it’s exhausting to blame him.
“If we keeping it a buck right now, we ass,” Ward mentioned. “We’re 0-4.”
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Ward, who the Titans took with the No. 1 total choose in the NFL Draft earlier this yr, went simply 10-of-26 for 108 yards and an interception in the blowout loss at NRG Stadium on Sunday. The Titans had simply 175 yards as a group, gave up 353 to the beforehand winless Texans, and didn’t attain the purple zone as soon as. Kicker Joey Slye missed each of his area aim makes an attempt, too, which ensured that they’d be on the incorrect finish of a shutout for the first time since 2019.
C.J. Stroud went 22-of-28 for 233 yards with two touchdowns for the Texans. Woody Marks led them on the floor with 69 yards and a rating on 17 carries, and Nico Collins had 79 yards on 4 catches. The Texans had dropped three straight shut video games to begin the yr, together with a last-second loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers two weeks in the past.
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For the Titans, Sunday was simply all-around bad — which is turning into a development for the group. They’ve now misplaced 10 straight video games relationship again to final season. Head coach Brian Callahan, now in his second season with the group, holds only a 3-18 report at the helm.
Ward, who completed in fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting race final season at Miami, has thrown for simply 614 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in his 4 video games with the Titans.
The Titans will tackle the Arizona Cardinals subsequent weekend, the place they’ll strive to keep away from their first 0-5 begin since the 2009 marketing campaign. While their struggles are clearly greater than a sluggish begin from their rookie quarterback, Ward is just centered on one factor transferring ahead. He simply desires to win.
“At this point, we’ve got nothing to lose,” he mentioned. “We’ve dropped a quarter of our f***ing games, and we’ve yet to do anything. So we have to lock in.”