Ward is quick to impress Titans

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TERESA M. WALKER

AP Pro Football Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cam Ward talks so much that Tennessee coach Brian Callahan asked the rookie if he needed to wait until the Titans quarterback stopped before calling a play during practice.

The answer? Nope. Ward listens even while talking. The rookie then proves how closely he pays attention by never missing a beat running the next play.

"He enters right into the huddle, and he calls the play and doesn't screw up the play call, and I thought that was actually kind of remarkable," Callahan said. "I know I couldn't do that."

Ward said Thursday that it's pretty simple for him. The No. 1 overall pick in April's draft out of Miami is always locked in. The talking comes naturally.

"What's the point of playing something that you love if you can't have fun with it?" Ward said. "So that's where it comes from. But I mean, I love the game. And so any chance I get, you know, to let somebody know that they can't (mess) with me it really doesn't matter."

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Ward wrapped up his first offseason Thursday as the Titans completed their three-day mandatory minicamp in front of family and a batch of food trucks. Rookies work until June 20, then there's a break until July 22 for training camp when the quarterback competition that really isn't resumes.

Callahan has done his best to limit the pressure on the rookie by rotating the start of drills among all four quarterbacks on the roster even as Ward got more work during this minicamp for a simple reason: As a rookie the Titans need to give him as much experience as possible.

Ward has been doing his part, showing up early working with fellow rookies and staying late. They have watched the Titans' 2024 games, practice tape, review the plays being run in practice later that day. All designed to grow together and be on the same page.

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