Titans training camp note: the offensive dysfunction of Cam Ward is not the real reason for the worst summer practice Originally appeared on A in Z Sports.
The Tennessee Titans finished the most trying physical week in the training camp that most of the players in this team have never known on Sunday, the fifth padded training in six days. And frankly, they looked like a group that wanted a break. Here is the overview you need to know about Sunday’s action:
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The worst camp practice
The guys were a total waste of my Sunday morning. I came to the annoyed training to miss the church with my family to lead to the practice of the camp. When I left, this boredom turned into anger. This stinking practice. Brian Callahan made his players known (and a few hundred others within reach) to what he thought of this one when the team ran sprints to end the day. I would tell you exactly how he formulated his dissatisfaction, but then the team made himself angry with me for having shared what must remain on the field. I don’t think my parents are jazz that I repeat it either.
In the end, this is not a big problem. The teams have ugly practice days. It’s a long camp. But these can be a call for alarm clock. Now, I am fascinated at this time of year with the “why” behind each exercise and the areas of interest declared every day. The context of what these coaches and these players try to do during a given period can be completely lost for those of us who simply look. Sometimes things seem ugly because they are designed to be impossible. Sometimes things are fantastic, but it’s waiting for the exercise. So I do my best to talk to those who understand the plan of the day whenever something strikes me as notable or strange. I asked today, and here is what I heard:
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It was a brutal day for the offense on paper. This has translated, well, a really brutal performance on their part on the field. Cam Ward looked inaccurate. He was holding the ball too long. The three QB continued to be dismissed. The guys would not open very well. OL was not particularly robust. And although the defense is not as clearly bad, it was not as if they had lit it today either. This offensive dysfunction looked much more like a result of the offense that does not work than the dominant defense with sticky coverage, pressure and reversals.
But to think about each period and to speak to those who designed them was bad for the express offensive. They did a lot of saved work and in the low -redzone, which are delicate places. There were a lot of war games “Funhouse Mirror” which took place here, designed to harden Ward and the rest of the unit before the real balls begin to fly. This remains a common theme of the camp so far, which is boring and increasingly difficult to accept, but coaches’ staff swear that it is true. Whether you want to see it more as a reason or more as an excuse depends on you.
But that is why what really made the practice of disgusting Sunday was not ineffectiveness. It was the slope, the attitude and the way these guys seemed to respond to adversity. Sometimes there was an air of frustration and exhaustion that was poorly translated into the game. When a unit was placed in a bad or delicate place, there was not much dubbing and overcome in class. And the way these players react to things is honestly more important to me (and surely their coaches) than things themselves. How many times have you heard a leader say that it is normal to make mistakes, do not repeat them?
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This is what finally rubbed me in the wrong direction by leaving this practice. It was sloppy like a 3-14 team would seem. This is what the titans remain, until they start to prove the opposite with victories. And as RT JC Latham said it after training, whenever they behave like this old losing version of themselves, it should not only be coach Callahan who disputes it.
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This story was initially reported by A in Z Sports On August 3, 2025, where he appeared for the first time.
