Brian Callahan opens up on Cam Ward

The number one overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft is adjusting well to life as a professional, if his coach’s words are anything to go by. Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan had high praise for how Cam Ward has acclimated himself to the NFL level.

“Cam has done a really nice job of integrating himself,” Callahan said in a Tuesday press conference, according to Pro Football Talk. “A lot of that is just knowing the play call, being able to spit it out in the huddle, having the tempo, getting familiar with the receivers and what the words mean, and how to call it, how your snap count sounds. All that stuff has been really well done on his part.”

Although Ward was the number one overall pick, he hasn’t officially been named the team’s starter, as the incumbent starter, Will Levis, is still in the mix to keep his job.

Callahan mentioned that he also feels good about what he’s seen from Levis throughout the process.

“I’ve been pleased with their demeanor and their approach,” he said. “Will’s done a really nice job of getting better at things he needed to get better at. I’ve felt really pretty good about his offseason work and how he’s come back.

“They’ve both done a really nice job getting up to speed where they needed to. Both have had different things that they’re trying to get accomplished. But I’m happy with where that’s at.”

The Titans are in Phase II of their offseason program, and Callahan said that reps are being split evenly between Levis and Ward.

“We’re not competing right now. It’ll change probably a little bit when we get to the actual OTAs and we’ve got 7-on-7 and team work and stuff like that,” Callahan said. “But right now, they’re really not going against anybody, so we just roll through it. They’re probably roughly about even all the way through, which is pretty standard for this time of year.”