NASHVILLE – Cam Ward, like the rest of his teammates, is far from satisfied.
Yes, Sunday's win was nice, because it was victory No.1
But the Titans rookie quarterback is back at work, preparing for Sunday's game vs the Raiders.
"(We've) got to get better," Ward said on Wednesday. "We still have a lot to just prove to ourselves, just from an execution standpoint, offensively and defensively. Then we still got to give a lot more wins."
Ward guided a big comeback against the Cardinals, playing his best football down the stretch.
The Titans trailed the Cardinals 21-6 early in the fourth quarter, but in the final 12:51 of the contest Ward completed 72.2 percent of his passes, threw for 193 yards, and helped the offense put 16 points on the scoreboard in an eventual 22-21 win.
Prior to that, Ward's completion percentage was 38.1 in the game, and he had just 72 passing yards. The Titans managed just two field goals through three quarters.
So, what was the problem early?
"Just a lot of easy stuff that I missed, personally, especially me and the receiver core as a unit," he said. "A lot of times really just ball placement where I need to put the ball to make it a more catchable ball for them and a runner's ball for them, put it on their chest, let them turn the field and get some YACs. So just continue to be accurate and then all of us taking accountability and trying to get better every day.
"(Later in the game) I just think we executed, honestly. From myself going to the right place with the ball to everybody on the offensive line doing their job which they did the whole game and the receiver room us connecting on our intermediate, our short game, and our in our deep shots. I think just everything just flourished on those drives and we just got to have more drives like."
So, what's the secret to playing a complete game?
Ward said the answer isn't as complicated as one might think.
It's about executing, and performing without mistakes.
"Not having interceptions, fumbles, negative plays, that's the biggest thing," Ward said. "A lot of times throughout the season, we've always shot ourselves in the foot, and we didn't do that towards the end of the game, so we just got to build off that."
