{"id":246199,"date":"2025-10-23T13:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/246199\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:49:06","slug":"titans-qb-cam-ward-asks-reporters-to-recite-play-calls-is-met-with-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/246199\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans QB Cam Ward asks reporters to recite play calls, is met with silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has not been an easy season for 2025 No. 1 pick and Titans rookie quarterback Cam Ward. After Tennessee started the season 1-5, head coach Brian Callahan was relieved of his duties. As a result, Ward joined a long list of quarterbacks taken with the first pick who saw their coach be fired midway through their first season.<\/p>\n<p>With the Titans falling to 1-6 after a 31-13 loss to the New England Patriots, the frustration of a disappointing start to the season is building. However, Ward kept it lighthearted with reporters at the end of a news conference on Wednesday, showing just how difficult it is to be an NFL quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see if y\u2019all can repeat this play,\u201d Ward asked those in attendance, as seen in a video posted to social media by Associated Press reporter Teresa Walker.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Miami product then recited a play call, which took him six seconds to relay, hoping for someone to repeat it back to him. He was met with silence and a \u201cno chance\u201d from Titans reporter Paul Kuharsky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll give you an easier one,\u201d Ward went on.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cam Ward tests Titans\u2019 media to see if they can repeat a basic play call. answer:  No. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZoDdGrtvRs\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZoDdGrtvRs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Teresa Walker \ud83d\udc51 (@TeresaMWalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeresaMWalker\/status\/1981085823362580822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He read a shorter play, which took him three seconds, eagerly awaiting a response. Again, no reporters attempted, and Kuharsky responded with another \u201cno chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on, Paul, you\u2019re going to be sacked out there,\u201d Ward joked as he left the podium.<\/p>\n<p>A quiz from the 23-year-old is an excellent reminder of the learning curve for young NFL quarterbacks. In college, many signal-callers receive plays by looking at coaches on the sideline and relay signals to their teammates at the line of scrimmage. When they reach the pro level, Ward and other young quarterbacks must memorize an entire playbook full of long play calls like the two he shared with the media.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t get simpler on Sunday for Tennessee, as it travels to Indianapolis to face the 6-1 Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has not been an easy season for 2025 No. 1 pick and Titans rookie quarterback Cam Ward.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99,8853],"class_list":{"0":"post-246199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennessee-titans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}