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Nick retweeted
We can’t. Don’t let the Twitter world get to you. Giving up on him would be dumb and irrational. I’ve had to stop reading Twitter during games because I feel like I’m going insane.
He hasn’t been good, but with how bad the team has been as a whole the negativity has became so loud that every bad throw is hyper analyzed to the point where one bad throw erases the good.
He was good yesterday outside the interception (and bellinger miss that he immediately made up for). There was a reason he was #4 graded PFF QB this week. Some massive third down completions. The drive that got stuffed on the goal line was the most efficient I’ve seen from him all season. He scored on the QB sneak and the staff didn’t even think to challenge it. He had some big drops later (Tate+wandale) that could’ve kept drives alive. Not to mention the Tate fumble on a big first down later.
He had a clutch game tying drive and his defense immediately let him down, just like the Philly game. We scored 24 points, gave up 500 yards to the Browns and you still have hundreds on here putting all the blame on the young quarterback. That should show you the bias that so many have online when it comes to evaluating Cam.
There are some positives no one is pointing out - such as his turnover rate. (Hilarious one of the criticisms I saw yesterday is how he is turning the ball over at an “alarming rate”) He has 5 turnovers all year (a little better than middle of the pack in the NFL) 2 of those being tipped balls, while at this point last year he had 10. He had 5 fumbles lost through 7 games last year, this year he has 0. Not to mention he has the #1 WR drop rate in the NFL, which I’m sure a bunch of people will blame Cam for how he throws the football.
There is so much nuance in this discussion but the easiest thing for everyone to do is blame the quarterback who is on his 5th offensive coordinator in 5 seasons. The only stat that is down 7 weeks in compared to last year is passing yards & a big reason is time of possession is down quite a bit - long sustained drives from our opponents killing the clock especially in the first half of games.
Cam was a different QB 2nd half of the season last year as he got comfortable in the new offense, let’s see how he looks 2nd half of this season.
Nick retweeted
Titans Top 5 Offensive Grades in Week 7 per @PFF:
Pollard - 84.3
Ward - 76.9
Latham - 76.0
Skoronski - 72.4
Ayomanor - 68.0
Of Note:
Tate - 57.0(10/16)
Robinson - 48.4(15)
Mafi - 47.8(16)
Nick retweeted
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: @Cameron7Ward IS NOT the problem. Tennessee’s offense is failing around him.
And one stat should completely change the conversation:
Cam Ward ranks 5th in the entire NFL in adjusted completion percentage at 80.2%.
Not fifth among young QBs.
Not fifth in the AFC.
FIFTH IN THE NFL.
Adjusted completion percentage removes drops, throwaways, spikes, batted passes and throws where the QB is hit while releasing the football.
In simple terms:
When Cam actually gets a fair chance to complete the pass, he’s been one of the most accurate quarterbacks in football. Yet no one even mention it.
Now look at what Tennessee has put around him through five games:
• 11 dropped passes
• 4 lost fumbles by teammates. Cam has lost ZERO.
• 30 penalties for 248 yards
• 67 yards of Cam completions erased by holding against Houston alone
• 10 sacks allowed
• Titans special teams rank 31st in the NFL at -22.2 EPA
• 68% of his targets are behind the LOS or within 9 yards
• Only 9% of his targets are 20+ yards downfield
• Of his 3 interceptions, one came after Tony Pollard bobbled the ball against Baltimore, and another came while Cam was hit as he threw against Houston
And those drops are absolutely crushing his box-score numbers.
Cam’s official completion percentage:
63.2%
If those 11 dropped passes are caught:
70.3%
Read that again.
63.2% becomes 70.3%.
Yet every Monday the conversation gets reduced to:
“Cam Ward has to play better.”
Meanwhile...
Drops kill drives.
Fumbles kill momentum.
Penalties erase explosive plays.
Bad special teams create longer fields.
Protection breakdowns force rushed decisions.
A conservative passing attack limits explosive opportunities.
And somehow the quarterback gets blamed for all of it.
Has Cam made mistakes? Absolutely.
He’s a second-year quarterback. He’s going to make mistakes.
But Tennessee is asking him to overcome mistakes from virtually every other part of the offense and special teams while giving him almost no margin for error.
And despite all of that:
80.2% adjusted completion percentage.
5th-best in the NFL.
When Cam Ward gets a fair opportunity to make the throw, the numbers say he delivers.
That should be the story.
Cam Ward isn’t holding this offense back.
The offense is holding Cam Ward back.
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Nick retweeted
Amy Adams Strunk, Burke Nihill and all the rest, I hope you realize what a joke you’ve made this franchise on your watch. What a waste of a beautiful fall day the Titans are. @TwoRiversFord recap.
Nick retweeted
Refs I promise you the Texans gone win. Stop calling holding every time we make a big play 🤣
Nick retweeted
AUDIO ⬇️🔊
Replay Official: “Wait, wait, Mark, we’re going to say it was caught in bounds.”
/ref leaves booth early to announce it
“After review, the ball was caught out of bounds.”
