Titans interim to stay positive for rookie QB Ward

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Interim Tennessee Titans manager Mike McCoy spoke to the media for the archetypal clip Tuesday and outlined his program for helping rookie backmost Cam Ward. Through six games, Ward's 8 turnovers ties him for the 2nd astir successful the league.

"That's 1 happening we person to cleanable up," McCoy said. "You spot what happened the different time successful the crippled wherever determination was immoderate drifting and past the shot information successful the pocket, things similar that we got to cleanable up and that's our occupation arsenic coaches."

McCoy mentioned immoderate of the erstwhile quarterbacks he's worked with including Philip Rivers, Peyton Manning, Jake Delhomme and Trevor Lawrence. Before coming to the Titans, McCoy was the quarterbacks manager for the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2022 -2024. He said 1 of the things helium did with Lawrence, who was successful his 2nd play erstwhile they archetypal worked unneurotic successful Jacksonville, was usage affirmative reinforcement. That's what helium plans to bash with Ward.

"It's going to beryllium the aforesaid happening each week," McCoy said. "You're getting better. That's what I kept connected telling Trevor and what I'm going to archer Cam."

McCoy said the coaching unit met Tuesday greeting to commencement connected the crippled program for erstwhile manager Mike Vrabel and the New England Patriots travel to Nashville connected Sunday. They focused connected emphasizing what Ward does champion and however it meshes with the wide strengths of the offense.

"That's going to beryllium our fig 1 focus," McCoy said. "How bash we get Cam to beryllium much businesslike and person much success?"

Quarterbacks manager Bo Hardegree volition proceed to telephone the plays according to McCoy, but with much engagement from choky ends manager Luke Stocker and moving backs manager Randy Jordan.

The antiaircraft unit volition stay the same. McCoy said helium plans to trust connected the leaders to assistance acceptable the code for the team, particularly antiaircraft lineman Jeffery Simmons.

"Seeing what Jeff does each day, there's a crushed wherefore helium goes retired and dominates each game," McCoy said. "The mode you spot him astatine the extremity of games, connected the sideline with the discourtesy arsenic they're coming off, careless of what the people is. That's conscionable 1 feline that I'm mentioning. There's a batch of guys, the seasoned players we person here, they cognize what it means to play this crippled each day."

Simmons said the Titans had 1 of their worst weeks of signifier starring up to their 20-10 nonaccomplishment to the Las Vegas Raiders past Sunday. When asked astir Simmons' comments, McCoy revealed that Simmons stepped up successful signifier past week and demanded they commencement implicit due to the fact that helium felt similar the debased vigor wasn't acceptable.

"I emotion that," McCoy said. "That's the accountability factor. He wants to triumph truthful bad. He's a large illustration to look astatine from immoderate subordinate connected this shot squad and say, 'If we each play -- if we each enactment arsenic hard connected a regular ground and spell retired determination and play the mode helium is playing connected Sundays, large things are going to hap for this organization.'"