NASHVILLE – Cam Ward is ready to make his home debut.
"I'm excited for it," the Titans rookie quarterback said on Wednesday. "I get to go out there in front of a packed stadium for the first time, for real, not a preseason game. I am excited for myself, the team, trying to get our first win of the season. I am ready to get it going."
Ward and the Titans face the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at Nissan Stadium.
In Sunday's season opener at Denver, Ward went 12-of-28 for 112 yards with a 54.5 passer rating in his Titans debut.
Ward was sacked six times in Week One, and he lost a fumble.
Ward did his best to shoulder the blame for the sacks.
"I think it was more me just not getting the ball out," Ward said. "Especially the back-to-back sacks. … There's stuff I have to get better at, week by week. At the end of the day, nobody is going to be perfect. … Me, the o-line, we're good. I had some bad pocket movement as well, so I take full responsibility on my part, and they'll do the same as well. We are still getting used to each other but we'll turn it around try to get a win this week."
And while Ward was victimized by a number of drops in the game, he wasn't pointing his finger at his targets either.
"I am never going to get on those guys for dropping a ball," Ward said. "I'm going to throw a pick at some point in the season. So, bad plays are going to happen. The biggest thing is when we get back to the huddle, we have to always have a next-play mentality. I am not too worried about that – those boys are going to catch the ball."
Ward said his aim is to keep getting better, and win.
"We have to want it more for ourselves, I think," Ward said. "The more that we continue to gain that trust on and off the field, we're going to come up with some wins."
