All signs continue pointing to Cam Ward at No. 1 overall
The Tennessee Titans continue to be thorough ahead of making the No. 1 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft. After the team traveled in bunches to watch Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward perform at Pro Day, they’ll do something similar on Friday for Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter (though the group won’t be as large as Ward’s was).
The Titans also hosted a private workout with Ward. They’ll do the same with Sanders and Hunter approximately one week after Colorado’s Pro Day. Though Mike Borgonzi and Brian Callahan continue to play their cards close to their chest, recent comments made by Callahan to Paul Kuharsky about Ward may be the most revealing yet.
“You saw the flashes at Washington State — maybe it’s a talent disparity, I don’t think there is a crazy swing in talent,” Callahan told Kuharsky exclusively at the league ownership meetings. “You saw the flashes. Then, all of a sudden, he gets to Miami and then you saw it consistently. And I think that just comes from playing. I think that’s why these guys that have stayed in school longer, who are playing four and five years, I think it’s helping them because they’re getting chances to get more reps and more opportunities and you see their games sort of smooth out, become more consistent, become more pro ready, is the best way to put it.”
“You see that progression,” Callahan continued. “You see his decision-making become more consistent, you see the accuracy become more consistent over the course of his career. It’s been really fun. I think I’ve watched almost every snap he’s played, so it’s been cool to see that real progression. Of where he’s at now to where he came from, he’s made a lot of really impressive improvements over his career so far.”
Callahan sure sounds like a head coach who has been thoroughly impressed by Ward throughout the pre-draft process. Callahan knows what great quarterback play looks like after previously coaching Joe Burrow, Peyton Manning, Matthew Stafford, and Derek Carr. Either the Titans are taking Ward, or they’re conducting the most elaborate smokescreen of all time.