{"id":491269,"date":"2026-02-26T08:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/491269\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:45:08","slug":"titans-oc-brian-daboll-tried-to-convince-me-to-pass-on-cam-ward-when-he-was-with-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/491269\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans OC Brian Daboll ‘tried to convince’ me to pass on Cam Ward when he was with Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Ward gone, Big Blue instead selected pass rusher Abdul Carter<\/a> with the No. 3 overall pick, then dipped into the QB waters with Jaxson Dart<\/a> at 25th overall.<\/p>\n

Dart appears to have the makings of a franchise signal-caller for New York, but Daboll won’t have a chance to oversee his maturation. Daboll was fired 10 weeks into last season after starting 2-8, a serendipitous departure that now has him in position to coach up Ward.<\/p>\n

Though Borgonzi told his Daboll story in a joking manner, the team’s OC is serious regarding his affection for Ward.<\/p>\n

During his introductory news conference on Feb. 18, Daboll noted Ward was a big factor<\/a> in his decision to join head coach Robert Saleh’s staff and expressed how much confidence he has in the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n

Ward endured a tougher rookie season than Dart. He perhaps has more still to prove, along with the added pressure of being a No. 1 pick, but he finished his first year in Tennessee strong.<\/p>\n

After managing only seven touchdown passes across his first 12 starts, Ward threw eight from Week 14-17, tossing two scores in each contest during a four-game hot streak. He exited the regular-season finale with an injury to his right throwing shoulder, but he showed glimpses down the stretch that have Titans brass optimistic. He’s also coming along well in his recovery.<\/p>\n

“He’s trending well,” Borgonzi said of Ward at his Wednesday NFL Scouting Combine news conference. “He’s tracking well for the offseason.”<\/p>\n

Once Ward’s shoulder is 100% and teams begin their offseason programs, Daboll can begin molding the one that briefly got away into a winner for the Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Ward gone, Big Blue instead selected pass rusher Abdul Carter with the No. 3 overall pick, then…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[6255,14389,172712,977,3,349,6257,99,8853],"class_list":["post-491269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-cam-ward","tag-combine-draft","tag-new-york-giants","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-sports","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491269","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=491269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}