Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Cam Ward 'DIVA ATTITUDE' is EXACTLY what Tennessee Titans Need & Titans MUST COMPETE as Season Ends

Episode Date: December 9, 2025

Cam Ward was not pleased with his performance after the Tennessee Titans defeated the Cleveland Browns and now some are using it to say Ward's attitude was selfish or that of a diva, but Ward's pursuit of greatness should not only be accepted, but encouraged as the Titans need someone like Ward to shake them out of their despair. Ward is also right to expect much better out of himself as the reality is he did not play well against the Browns and his expectations for the rest of the season should be higher. The team should have a higher standard the rest of the year as well as they have a chance to play spoiler in a major way. Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos Everydayer Club  If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub  Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Aura FramesFor a limited time, save on the perfect gift by visiting https://AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter - by using promo code LOCKEDON at checkout. FanDuelIf you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit FanDuel.com and place your NFL live bets all season long. PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNFLGametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.Mint MobileTurn your expensive wireless present into a huge wireless savings future by switching to Mint.Shop Mint Unlimited Plans at http://MINTMOBILE.com/LOCKEDONNFL.Disclaimer: Limited time offer. Upfront payment of: $45 for 3-mo., $90 for 6-mo., or $180 for 12-mo. plan required ($15/mo. equivalent). Taxes & fees Initial plan term only. Greater than 35GB may slow when network is busy. Capable device required. Availability, speed, & coverage varies. See mintmobile.com.ZocdocStop putting off your doctor’s appointments and get the care you need.Go to Zocdoc.com/lockedonnfl to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People are out here complaining about Cam Ward's bad attitude after the win over the Browns, but that's exactly what the Tennessee Titans need to turn this thing around. I'll explain on today's edition of Locked on Titans. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked on Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Roland Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast

is brought to you by FanDuel. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit fanduel.com and place your NFL live bets all season long on today's show. I'm going to tell you why Cam Ward's perceived attitude problem after the Titans win against the Browns is actually a great thing and why it's exactly what the Tennessee Titans

need. Also, I'm going to tell you how Cam Ward must be better the last month of the season. Then we'll look at the Titans team as a whole and see what their expectations are going forward for the last four games of the year. Before we dive in, do want to thank you for making Locked-on Titans, your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free. Make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It's your team every day here on the Lockdown Titans podcast part of the Lockdown Podcast network

the number one sports podcast network shout out to my everydayers out there if you aren't an everydayer you need to be one but again somehow some way for a second week in a row there's a conversation around this team

that I just think is absolute nonsense and this week it's Cam Ward's attitude problem. Cam Ward was in a bad mood after the Titans went over the Browns and Cam wasn't happy that they won and is this a problem? Is this should people be concerned? Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Not only is Cam Ward's quote unquote attitude after the game not a bad thing it's a great thing. Cam Ward's attitude is exactly what the Tennessee Titans need to turn this thing around.

So if you didn't see Cam Ward's quotes after the game, this is basically what he said. And if you watch the press conference, he's clearly annoyed, he's frustrated, all of that different stuff, but this is what Cam Ward had to say. He said, it feels good to win. But you know, winning still hides stuff. There's a lot of flaws that we've got to continue to get over personally and then just as a team, we've just got to come next week with the right mindset. He said, quote, playing good enough football for three quarters

is what the Titans did. He said, quote, we didn't play our best ball in the fourth quarter and that's just something that as players, we've got to hold ourselves to that standard. We've got to not have a playoff here and there. We've got to continue to communicate at a high. high level in all three phases. I love that message from Cam Ward.

Now, you got some people who are saying, oh, he needs to be happy. And even his own teammates, story came out that Arden Key is getting on the intercom on the team playing. Telling the team, don't listen to Cam. Be happy about the win. No win is easy in the NFL. Man, I gotta tell you. tell you, do I want the future of the Tennessee Titans to follow Cam Ward's mentality or

follow Arden Key's mentality? It's not even close. It's not even close. And I talked about this on the Titans Squad Show with Julian Minsonone and Brad Hopkins, the Titans Legend. Think about two examples here. Number one, Mike Tomlin from the Pittsburgh Steelers. What's his number one catchphrase? The standard is the standard. And what does that mean? That means that you don't use results to justify bad process. The Tennessee Titans let go of the rope against the Cleveland Browns in the fourth quarter. The defense fell apart, went into prevent mode,

and let Shador Sanders go up and down the field, and if not for Quinshaw Judkins, forgetting the play, they would have got that two-point conversion and tied up the game, and who knows what happens from there. on offense, the last couple of drives for the Titans after their final touch, after that field goal that they got after the fumble, five straight runs, two straight punts, just, we're done.

We're not going to try anymore. We're winning, it's 31, 16 or whatever. We're not even going to try anymore. And Cam is pissed about it. And Cam didn't play that great and he knows it. That is the attitude I want because the standard is the standard. Just because we won a BS game doesn't mean that we should celebrate like we did something incredible.

We did not play well enough. We need to play better. And personally for me, as someone whose idol is Kobe Bryant, Cam Ward's idol is Kobe Bryant. To me, when I hear that from Cam Ward, I hear the Mamba mentality. Jobs not finish.

What am I supposed to be happy about? This is only our second win of the season. You want me to throw a parade because we beat a bad team and we fell asleep at the end and almost let him come back and beat us? You want me to be up here lighten cigars?

No, this is not good enough. And that's why this is exactly the mentality that they need. Do you remember on the Netflix show or hard knocks or whatever it was about the quarterbacks? Do you remember Joe Burrow after they beat the time? Titans last year. He was pissed on the bench.

They beat the Titans, what, 31 to 13 or 31, 16? They stopped the Titans. Will Levis was terrible in that game. You guys all forget that, but Will Levis was awful. And they had to bench Will Levis in that game because he kept giving the ball away. But Joe Burrow was on the bench in that game, and Zach Taylor, his head coach, is trying to hype him up,

handshake, dap him. and bro's pissed he's like we effing suck we're that was terrible that was a and Jack Taylor was like come on man we won

he's like no that's not good enough that's not good enough he was angry that is what I want for my quarterback that's what I want to see from Cam Ward right now

this wasn't good enough because being just good enough to beat the Cleveland Browns and almost let them come back that's not the mentality that's going to have the Titans turning things around. That's not

what's going to turn this thing around. The Titans need a psychopathic competitor, a relentless perfectionist who is going to say, yeah, we won, but that wasn't our standard. Yeah, we won, but that wasn't good enough. Yeah, we won, but I'm not satisfied with the way that we played.

That's what I want to hear. That's what the Tennessee Titans organization that's been drowning in its own misery for the last few years. That is what they need to shake them out of this. Not Arden Key on the intercom. Yeah, baby, we beat the Browns. They almost came back. You gotta celebrate the wins. You got to celebrate wins. Be happy with the wins. And I'm talking about players perspective right now, not the fans.

I'm not talking about us being happy with the win. like we talked about a couple of days ago. This is the players' perspective. I'm not saying that players should not be happy when they win, but when you're at this level and when you're where the Tennessee Titans are as a team, you can't just be happy with nonsense just because it happened to go that way.

Like, the Titans are not playing good enough football. And just because they won against another bad team doesn't mean Cam Ward should light a cigar and start the parade. Cam Ward knows where we need to go to turn this around, who we need to be as a team to turn this thing around in the future. This was not good enough. So I'm not going to act like we played an incredible game out there and lived up to the standard that Cam Ward has for himself.

And being that driven and being that much of a perfectionist, I resonate with that and that is what I want from my quarterback and what this team needs. They need more Cam Ward's and less Arden Keys. That's what I know. So, I thought this conversation was a complete nothing burger, but seeing people complain about Cam Ward's attitude, it just has me absolutely angry because

that is what the Titans need. The Titans organization needs a guy like Cam Ward to not be satisfied with nonsense and to know that so much more and so much better is going to be required to turn this thing around. Now, with that being said, Cam Ward has to be better himself. And I'm going to tell you what I want to see from Cam Ward the rest of the season. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Mint Mobile. You know, there's no reason to let big wireless drain your wallet, especially during the holidays.

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and why I think it's exactly the mentality that the Titans need from their quarterback to turn these things around. But now we need to talk about what we want to see from Cam Ward the rest of the season because there are four games left for the Titans. They're not easy games by any stretch of the imagination. The Titans have to go on the road

and play the San Francisco 49ers this week. Then they got to come back home and play the Kansas City Chiefs and I know the Chiefs are having a down year but let's not kid ourselves. The Chiefs can still absolutely roll the Tennessee Titans. And then not only that,

but they finish the season with a game at Jacksonville who's leading the division right now now you do have the New Orleans Saints game at home in week 17 but heck the Saints just beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers so it's not like the Saints

are playing terrible football they might be playing their best football of the season by the time they come to Nashville so the point of all of that is to say it's not going to be easy for Cam Ward This last month of the season is going to be very difficult. Now, we'll talk about each individual team and my expectations for the Titans as the team

during that schedule. But San Francisco's defense has had struggles but it's still led by Robert Sala who's going to have an excellent plan for Cam Ward. We know that Kansas City's defense is very good and Steve Spacknola, one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL. New Orleans has Brandon Staley

who has had his ups and downs. No doubt about it. But they got some talent. on the defensive side of the ball that can make it hard for the Titans if, you know, not as good as the two previous teams. And then Jacksonville, we just saw Jacksonville absolutely stop the Tennessee Titans

and hold them to three points. So it's not like Cam Ward has easy games ahead here, but I will say this. He has to be better. He has to be better. I even said on the squad show, you could talk about offensive lines, weapons, offensive coaching,

the defense around him, playing at home. You can talk about all the different circumstantial things between Cam Ward and Shador Sanders in that game. But the truth is, even adjusting for the circumstances, Shador Sanders outplayed Cam Ward in that game. With all your circumstances, all your, all the... even weighing it on a curve, grading on a curve, for all of the situation

Shador Sanders still made better throws and made throws that KAM Ward didn't make in the game. So I need KAM Ward to play better. He is capable of better and I think that's part of the reason he was so mad. It wasn't just that the team didn't play up to their standard and it's Cam Ward didn't play up to his standard

and he knows he did not have a great game. He knows it. So I need to see from Cam Ward going forward more accuracy. He's just got to be more accurate with the ball and I know he's not going to have clean pockets all the time and it's harder to throw under pressure but listen I've seen some of you guys argue

especially on the miss throw to Chim DK oh there's pressure in his face all right well when you're an NFL quarterback and a good NFL quarterback you have to hit passes with pressure in your face Cam Ward should have completed that pass the pressure in his face on that play is not an excuse for Cam Ward did not complete that

pass. And his downfield accuracy, he had another ball down the sideline to Chim Dekay where he was open on a streak route that he sailed four or five yards out of bounds. It wasn't even close. And I talked about his deep accuracy being a problem when he was coming out of college. And down the sidelines deep, it remains a problem. He's got to be more accurate. Even on some of these little passes, some of these small ones, there was a bootleg to Gunner Helm where Gunner Helm, not the one where he'd avoids the sack and throws the brown sky off of him. But there was another where he did a play action bootleg

and there is pressure on him but Gunner Helm is open in the flat and he sails it over top of him. I just want to see him hit that. There are some guys in this game against man coverage that he just missed. He either goes through his progressions too quick and doesn't see the guy, doesn't get through him quick enough.

I just need to see better accuracy and more poise. Just more calm. Over the last couple of weeks and you guys are going to say oh it's the titan's fault for him getting sacked so many times and him having so much pressure on him. Okay, that's fair

but at the end of the day the cream rises to the crop and I have seen a couple of weeks here in a row where Cam Ward has dropped his eyes because he's scared of the pressure or he thinks the pressure is going to be there and he's actually in a clean pocket. It happened last week, against Jacksonville on a 3rd and 5 over the middle where Alec Ayo Manor was available.

We saw it a couple times in this game where he's too worried about the pressure when the pressure isn't actually there. You've got to be more poised. You've got to be more calm. You can't do that. So I want to see that get better throughout the end of the season. I want to see more accuracy on the easy stuff for Cam Ward. And we got to get back to using the legs. Man coverage is what the Brown's specialty is.

and man coverage should in theory make it easier for a quarterback to use his legs because when you're in zone the entire defense is looking at the quarterback when you're in man no one's looking at the quarterback well no one with a man assignment maybe you're deep you know

deep field safety your intermediate hook defender they have eyes on the quarterback but the point is it's easier to scramble against man and we didn't see any of that from Cam Ward against the Browns now I talked about the paired down game plan and how they had a very heavily orchestrated, heavily schemed game plan that only had 11 classic drop back.

So it's not like Cam Ward had a ton of time to drop back and then scramble. But going forward the rest of the season, I do want to see Cam Ward be more like the guy we saw against Houston and the guy we saw against Seattle and see him use his legs more often. That's got to be part of the game. Look at what Justin Herbert was doing on Monday night football against the Eagles. 10 carries for 60 yards.

they didn't have anybody open downfield but Justin Herbert got through the pocket and made plays and Herbert is a better athlete than Cam Ward and a better runner than Cam Ward but Cam Ward could still do that and Justin Herbert had a broken left hand Cam Ward's gonna have to be more accurate, be more poised

use his legs more and the final thing is take care of the ball that's really what I want to see from Cam Ward down the stretch. He went six straight games without an interception and then he has the interception against the Browns. All right. I get it.

But down the stretch here, the fumbles. Cam Ward right now tied for the NFL lead in fumbles and he's tied with Daniel Jones and Daniel Jones is out the rest of the season. Cam Ward has to clean up the fumble problem and he has to find a way to keep that consistency going with not throwing interceptions.

Period. Period. Taking care of the football is the number one thing that Cam Ward can do. So I need Cam Ward to be more accurate, not only on his deep passes, but on the easy ones. I'm more concerned about the easy ones. I need him to be more poised and not be overly affected by pressure that isn't really there and the offensive line can help him with that by continuing to improve. Get back to using your legs a little bit and take care of the football. That's all I want to see from Cam Ward. It's not about stats.

It's not about wins and loss. It's not about any of that. It's those things. More accurate, more poise. Use your legs more and take care of the football. Those are the four things that I want to see from Cam Ward going forward the rest of the year. Let me know what you want to see from Cam Ward going forward the rest of the year.

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We talked about Cam Ward's attitude problem. We talked about what Cam Ward's expectation should be the rest of the season. Now I want to talk about the Tennessee Titans as a whole. Before we do, thanks again for making the Locked-on Titans your first listen and thanks again for making the Locked-on podcast network, the number one sports podcast network. But so we know that the Tennessee Titans start with the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco

and I got to tell you guys I think that this is a tough, tough matchup for the Tennessee Titans as you probably agree with and probably already know I think San Francisco incredibly well coach Kyle Shanahan is maybe my favorite coach in the entire NFL the talent that they have on the offensive side of the ball

they're 9 and 4 for a reason this is a good football team but let me say this and it's up my guy Zach Lyons pointed out on Twitter this week. But San Francisco's pass rush has been absolutely terrible. They have no Joey Bosa, Mikel Williams, their first round pick.

They've had a ton of injuries up front. They've had a ton of injuries on defense in general. Like, you know, Fred Warner is out. Nick Bosa is out. Like, it's tough for him. And that could be a major advantage to the Titans. I think the numbers here are, the 49ers have the least amount of stuff.

sacks in the NFL at 16, their pressure rate is one of the worst in the NFL. They just do not get pressure on quarterbacks consistently without sending blitzes. And Robert Sala isn't a guy who likes to blitz. He wants to rush with his front four and keep his back seven intact. So it makes it tough for San Francisco to adjust, and I think that gives the Titans a real opportunity to go in and be competitive. But again, it's going to require Cam Ward to play better. If the Titans can run the football

the way that they did against the Browns and Cam Ward has a game like he played against the Texans or against the Seahawks they are going to beat the 49ers they're going to win but if that doesn't happen which I don't think it necessarily will entirely it's going to be tough for the Titans to win

but there is at least an avenue there against San Francisco where I want to see the offensive line play well Look, the game playing against the Browns was super unique, super different because they had to deal with Miles Garrett. It's the total opposite against San Francisco. They don't have anybody in the pass rush who's going to make you fearful. So, the offensive line for the Titan should absolutely dominate this matchup. They should have a major advantage in this matchup the entire time

and that should make Cam Ward be able to feel more comfortable and more poised and throw with more accuracy. that should make the Titans offense do better in the passing game, have more balance. That's what we should see in this matchup. So I think that while this is a very difficult team to go against for the Titans because of their offensive talent, I think the defensive problems for the 49ers

give the Titans a chance to go out there and play well even if they lose. But here's the thing. The NFC wild card race is super, super tight right now and San Francisco is currently the number 6 seed, but if the Titans go in there and beat San Francisco, They could ruin their season and then you talk about Kansas City the next week Kansas City coming into Nashville to play the Titans I mentioned this stretch of the season before the season ever started when we did our schedule reaction video

I said that this last month of the season this last five weeks of the season starting with the Browns which was a winnable game before we even knew how bad the Titans were gonna be Then the 49ers, the Chiefs, the Saints, which we knew would be a winnable game even before the season and it will be a winnable game for the Titans. And then if you finished with Jacksonville, we knew that this stretch of the season could be a stretch where the Titans started to improve towards 2026.

Brutal start to the season, brutal schedule, we knew that was there. Tough after the buy with some good teams. but this last five weeks of the season, the Titans could, and I keep comparing it to the Panthers. I think the Panthers are a good comparison for the Titans. Last year, the Panthers finished the season strong. Bryce Young showed some good things. They played the Eagles tight.

They played the Chiefs tight. And it was a moment like, okay, we didn't win those games, but this team is improving. And that's what the Titans can do here with this last stretch of the season. No, the Titans probably won't beat San Francisco. No, they probably won't beat Kansas City. But if they're competitive, they play hard, they show well in those games.

It can be the momentum that the Tennessee Titans need to move forward into 2026 and become a much better football team and they can prove it to themselves by being competitive against good football teams. And no, the Chiefs may not make the playoffs this year. But wouldn't it be cool to say that the Titans officially mathematically eliminated the Kansas City Chiefs? The Titans could play big-time spoiler to San Francisco, to Kansas City, to Jacksonville at the end of the season. Imagine if the Titans beat Jackson...

And look, Jacksonville is leading the AFC South right now. All right now, they're leading. But they're 9 and 4. And Jacksonville could absolutely, could... absolutely crater to lose the division. And I think it would be the Texans who are hot, won five games in a row. I think it could be the Texans who take it away from them. But Jacksonville has to play at Denver, two weeks, at the Colts.

Home for the Titans the last three weeks of the season. They play the Jets this week. They're going to win that game for sure and go to 10 and 4. But if they drop to 10 and 7 and lose their last three games and the Titans play sports, Spoiler, and the Texans, who, again, five straight wins right now, Jacksonville has four straight wins, of course. They're hot too, no doubt. But Houston gets to play Arizona. Then they play the Raiders.

Then they play the Chargers with their banged up offensive line. And then they finish with the Colts. The Texans could absolutely win out when all of their games go to 12 and 5. and the Titans could beat Jacksonville in the final week of the season to make them 11 and 6 and give the division to the Texans like that is the type of thing

that I know a lot of you guys are like no no no no no no they can't do that they'll ruin the picks but if you're the Titans and you're the players in that locker room that's exactly what you want to do and doing something like that absolutely builds momentum towards the next season

and we just saw that happen with the Carolina Panthers So that's what I'm looking for from the Titans is to just be competitive and maybe play a little spoiler for some of these teams to set up momentum going into next season. But with that being said, let me know how many wins you think

the Tennessee Titans get the last four weeks of the season. That's going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans. You know,