June 3 was not the strongest day of practice for Cam Ward and the Titans du Tennessee offense.
The team opened OTA practices to the media for the second time this off -season one day when Ward was tested several times with third simulated scenarios, which means low and difficult measures and blitz plans to react. Ward ended his day 11 for 20 spent between 7 against 7 and the team’s full activities.
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This included the collection of first six potential downs in 11 opportunities during the period 7-sur 7 and ending a few passes in tight windows with a pressure on his face against a complete defense. He also dropped a pass, sailed because of poor communication with a receiver, made a breakdown, threw behind receptors at least two times and lacked closely on two open open shots.
The culmination of Ward’s day came during his first meeting of the team period. During a first and 10 representative, he took advantage of a game look to buy time down and shoot the Jha’quan Jackson recipient on a passage road, which crossed his path in traffic to open at around 25 meters below for a large winner.
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In fact, most of the big Ward winners in this practice came as the result of the action or targets in the middle, situations where he also found Calvin Ridley, Colton Dowell, Xavier Restrepo and Chig Okonkwo. His completion above the average in Dowell, launched in exercises of 7 against 7, would probably have made a hit live.
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However, Ward has missed some of its greatest opportunities. He overturned Ridley on a deep crossing route where the veteran stars receiver had opened behind the cover, and he could not connect with James near II to a Go-Ball that slipped through the tense fingers near the touch line.
He also launched behind Ridley on his last throw, which could be considered a drop but was not a perfect throw, and behind Restrepo on a passage route that Restrepo caught but had to extend to grasp. In particular, there were also two throws below this forced district in tight windows. One fell incomplete and the other was broken by the half of the Amani Oruwariye corner.
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Dowell continues to be more involved in his first live action practices against a defense since his injury the knee at the end of the 2023 season. He faces a difficult battle to list the 53 men because of the number of receivers that the Titans have added this offseason, but remains firmly in competition with Bryce Oliver, Jha’quan Jackson and Mason Kinsey for these last places. Dowell found some success as a special team shooter in 2023 and resumed some representatives there in the training of this offseason.
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Speaking of receptors that injured themselves with climbing battles: Treylon Burks trained again as it continues to slowly widen its workload by returning from knee surgery last fall. Speaking with journalists, the coach of the recipients Tyke Tolbert says that he has not seen any change in attitude or behavior of Burks, because the old first -round choice adapts to the competition for a list place rather than fighting for target rehearsals n ° 1.
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The competition for second 2 in the interior is barely settled, but the coach of the seconds inside, Frank Bush, told Tennessean that the second -year players Cedric Gray and James Williams have a little before the statements of renunciation like Amari Burney and Anfernee Orji depending on the time spent in the system. So far, several players have taken important representatives next to ILB n ° 1 planned. After training, Gray told journalists that he thought he was developing well despite most of his recruited season with an injury.
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Let’s give a little love to a difficult position to assess without pads: people on the defensive forehead. Coach Ben Bloom works hard with his players in hand and the integrity of the gap, while highlighting the value of leaving the ball quickly and low on the ground. A way he highlighted this is by an exercise where four players run to see who can get out of their position and hit a model blocking about 5 meters at the bottom of the fastest field.
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