Titans head coach Brian Callahan is happy with what he’s seen from quarterbacks Cam Ward and Will Levis this spring.
Chatting with reporters Tuesday, the second-year Titans coach mapped out his offseason plan for the quarterback competitors between Ward, the primary general decide on this 12 months’s draft, and the turnover-prone Levis, with the pair splitting the reps.
“I’ve been pleased with their demeanor and their approach. Will has done a really nice job of getting better at things he needed to get better at. I’ve felt pretty good about his offseason work and how he has come back. Cam has done a really nice job of integrating himself… They’ve both done a really nice job getting up to speed, where they needed to,” Callahan stated.
As Ward and Levis proceed their progressions this offseason, Callahan — trying to depart an atrocious 3-14 marketing campaign within the rearview — shared of the plan, “It will change probably a little bit when we get to the OTAs and we have 7-on-7 and some teamwork and stuff like that.”
“Right now, we’re not really going against anybody, so we just roll through it,” he stated. “They’re roughly about even all the way through, which is pretty standard for this time of year.”
Ward, 22, had lengthy been the apple of the Titans’ eyes, with the group turning down commerce gives for the No. 1 decide throughout the pre-draft course of.
He’s coming off a 39-touchdown, seven-interception season at Miami.
The number of Ward comes two years after the Titans took Levis within the second spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft.
He was named the Titans’ beginning quarterback halfway by way of his rookie season.
Though Levis stored that title coming into his first 12 months beneath Callahan, it was a rollercoaster run that resulted in a quarterback change to Mason Rudolph in December.
In 12 video games final season, Levis threw for two,091 yards, 13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
He’s been working with private quarterback coach Jordan Palmer this offseason, per ESPN.
The Titans go to the Broncos in Week 1.
