The Tennessee Titans dropped one other ugly recreation on Sunday.
They trailed by as many as 17 factors to the Raiders and had been shut out within the first half. They solely managed to place up 225 yards of offense. Rising pains are at all times part of the equation with rebuilding groups, however that is not what one would count on from a group with an offensive-minded head coach.
That is why Brian Callahan, who was 4-19 as Titans head coach earlier than ultimately getting firing, did not sound too happy after the sport. This time, he even blamed QB Cam Ward for the offense’s shortcomings.
Brian Callahan calls out Cam Ward
“I’m extremely discouraged by the result,” Callahan mentioned, per Pro Football Talk. “We felt good coming into the sport. To not be capable to carry out nicely on offense and never be capable to rating any factors after which lose the sport is disappointing. All of us gotta be higher, Cam’s part of that too. Cam’s gotta play higher soccer as nicely. We gotta coach higher, we gotta play higher, all these issues. It’s not all simply him, however he is part of it.”
Fact be instructed, it is arduous to disagree with that take. Ward accomplished 26 of 38 passes for 222 yards, one landing and one decide, however he held onto the soccer for manner too lengthy, taking six sacks.
His erratic decision-making has additionally left a lot to be desired. Whereas loads of that comes right down to teaching, he additionally has to do higher. Thus far, Ward is as much as 1,101 passing yards, three touchdowns and 4 picks. He is accomplished simply 55 % of his passes, and he is misplaced 4 fumbles.
Evidently, it is manner too early to surrender on him, however the Titans rating the second-fewest factors per recreation within the NFL at 13.8 factors and compile the fewest whole yards per recreation at 232.3.
Interim head coach Mike McCoy is tasked with serving to Ward and the Titans get on a greater path. After Callahan’s firing, McCoy outlined his plan to fix a major issue with Ward — which his predecessor clearly wasn’t in a position to do.
