The Tennessee Titans have but to call a beginning quarterback, however give rookie Cam Ward the early edge in his competitors with Will Levis.
Ward, the No. 1 decide of the 2025 NFL Draft, is already establishing himself as a pacesetter. Throughout Tennessee’s rookie minicamp, which ran from Might 9 to 10, he held a gathering with rookie skill-position gamers at 5 a.m. to look at tape and examine the playbook, via Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer.
“It wasn’t a one-off state of affairs, both,” wrote Breer in a column printed Monday. “Day-after-day the Titans have had observe since, both Part II or by OTAs, Ward and the rookie receivers, tight ends and backs are in there, vibrant and early, to set the desk for what’s forward.”
Ward’s work ethic has additionally stood out all through the offseason. In a news conference on June 3, Titans head coach Brian Callahan confirmed the QB arrives on the Titans facility daily at 5 a.m. The coach stated they’ve kicked him out of the constructing some nights so he would not burn himself out.
Ward’s dedication ought to assist him enhance his lead in his competitors with Levis. Breer reported he is taking two first-team reps for each one Levis will get. Tennessee will doubtless enhance his workload with the first-team offense throughout obligatory minicamp, scheduled to start out on Tuesday.
Levis in all probability wasn’t going to win the competitors anyway. The 2023 second-round pick of Kentucky hasn’t cemented himself as a viable beginning QB in his first two seasons with the Titans. He has a 5-16 beginning document within the common season and has tossed 21 landing passes and 16 interceptions.
Ward gained the 2024 Davey O’Brien Award as faculty soccer’s finest QB after throwing 39 TD passes in 13 begins with the Miami Hurricanes. The 23-year-old exhibiting how he can provoke the crew early within the offseason ought to make the Titans really feel even higher about beginning him in a Week 1 highway sport towards the Denver Broncos on Sept. 7.
