Should you merely appeared on the field rating from the Tennessee Titans‘ preseason recreation on Friday evening, it might be straightforward to conclude that rookie quarterback Cam Ward struggled. He completed the evening 2-of-7 for 42 yards and a 52.1 passer score in his one quarter of labor towards the Atlanta Falcons.
Not precisely nice numbers, particularly for a No. 1 general decide.
However typically, numbers in small pattern sizes don’t all the time inform the story. That’s very true in preseason soccer. That is additionally a kind of occasions.
Whereas Ward was not fairly as sharp as he was in his preseason debut, and whereas he did have some rocky moments, he additionally confirmed why the Titans took him with the highest decide within the draft and are constructing their franchise round him for the foreseeable future. There have been some spectacular throws and moments, and flashes of brilliance that present the kind of participant he can grow to be.
So long as he will get some assist.
That’s the large takeaway from Friday’s recreation.
Whereas he showed a strong chemistry with veteran broad receiver Calvin Ridley within the preseason opener, Ridley didn’t play on Friday, forcing Ward to look elsewhere amongst his broad receiver group. It didn’t all the time go nicely.
The evening received off to begin when he linked with Elic Ayomanor on the primary move of the sport for 35 yards.
