Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - CAM WARD IS CLUTCH!! TENNESSEE TITANS COMEBACK ON THE ARIZONA CARDINALS & WIN 22-21

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

The Tennessee Titans pulled off a miraculous comeback on the Arizona Cardinals to win 22-21 led by Cam Ward who was as clutch as you could possibly be. It was an ugly start for Ward and the entire team, but they stayed in it and found a way to pull victory from the jaws of defeat. The Titans got some huge contributions from Calvin Ridley, Jeffery Simmons and others on the way to their first win of the season!! 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 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Supply HouseJoin the free TradeMaster program today and score serious perks like priority shipping, lower prices, and a dedicated support line. Visit https://SupplyHouse.com to sign up for free and use promo code SHNFL5 for 5% off your first order. PelotonLet yourself run, lift, flex, and push forward. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ today at https://www.onepeloton.com.Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at https://monarchmoney.com/lockedonnfl for 50% off your first year. SquareTo learn more, go support your favorite neighborhood spot and see what Square has been up to in your neck of the woods. And then if you have extra time, check out https://square.com/go/lockedonnfl.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.FanDuelRight now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app.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)

Cam Ward is clutch, and the Tennessee Titans get their first victory of the season. We're breaking it down on today's edition of Locked-on Titans. Let's get it. 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. Locked on Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Rowland Titans fans. It is Victory Monday, and today's episode is brought to you by Mazda.

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Talk about the unexpected. The Tennessee Titans just pulled off. An insane comeback led by Cam Ward. He was so clutch in the big moments. But hey, let's all be honest. That was not a wonderful game from start to finish for the Titans. They pull it off in the biggest moments. A lot to clean up.

But what an incredible feeling it is to get a victory. I don't care about anything else. The Tennessee Titans got a win. and my God, we are going to celebrate it. Tighten up in the chat. Hit the like button. I cannot believe that the Titans pulled off that game. I mean, that was one of the most drunk, insane, stupid games I have ever seen.

I mean, for three quarters, this team was an absolute embarrassment, an absolute embarrassment. And then they put up 16 points in the fourth quarter to come back and win on Arizona. Absolutely unreal. and to see Cam Ward, that's the story here. Cam is clutch. That's what matters most here. It wasn't awful. First three quarters of football for Cam Ward.

Yes, there are wide receivers dropping the ball, but Cam was inaccurate, couldn't get anything going. Bad decisions, wouldn't get rid of the ball, taking sacks. Like, it was a terrible first three quarters. For everyone, for everyone. Cam Ward included. But when it mattered most,

When it mattered most, Cammore delivered in the biggest way possible. 21 for 39, 265 yards had the interception, but the interception turned into a massive touchdown for the Titans. I mean, again, what an absolutely drunk game. And the ball finally, the ball finally started bouncing the Titans way. Finally started to bounce the Titans way a little bit and then it bounced the Titans way in a major way. absolutely unbelievable to come back down 21 to 6

and find a way to win that football game and again for Cam Ward who had to go through all the struggles who was not playing his best football throughout most of the game to be able to come back and deliver on that final drive I mean they are starting on the final drive from their 18 yard line

their 18 yard line hits Tony Pollard with a quick one Pollard, good job, breaks a tackle, gets out of bounds. Then hits Tony Pollard again for another four yards, and I'm like, oh man, we can't just dump it off and dink and dunk our way all the way there. And then, Cam makes a great pass, a strike over the middle to Gunner Helm to move the chains.

Throws a pass incomplete, but that's all right, it's stopped. Hit the Chick-a-conquo. Chig breaks some tackles, man. Chick had a good screen catch as well to get some yards. And then it happens. 30 seconds left in the game 47 yard line and Cam Ward throws after so many bad deep passes all day

he throws what is the best pass of his young career to Calvin Ridley down the right side line for 38 yards Calvin Ridley caught the football again Cam Ward super clutch absolutely super clutch in this game leading the team down when they needed it most making all the big plays that needed to be made

to actually go win this one even though it was ugly for most of the game it didn't matter and that's the best thing about Cam Ward right that's how we know we got our guy because it doesn't matter how bad it looks it doesn't matter how bad the first three quarters were it doesn't matter how bad the season's been 0 and 4 down double digits

none of it matters because when it's time to go make a play Cam Ward's going to go make a play Cam Ward is going to go make a play All you got to do is give him an opportunity. Let the game be in the balance. And Pam Ward will go make a play and do it. Absolutely insane. Insane.

Can we just breathe it in? 10 straight losses. And you're getting the reports. The Titans locker room afterwards as loud as it's ever been. As loud as it has ever been. They needed this like blood. We needed this like blood Good for the players

But Cam Ward A hundred and 96 Passing yards in the fourth quarter Shout out man versus demons 196 That is clutch So again I tell you Cam Ward's a gunslinger folks

He's going to make some crazy plays He's not going to be the Tom Brady pinpoint accurate All the time But my God When the game is on the the lie, this dude's going to go out and take it. If you leave the game open, he is going to go out and take it.

I don't care how bad the first three quarters were. It's never going to be perfect. It's never going to be perfect. But Cam is going to find a way to pull it out in the end if there's a chance. He is going to give you a chance to go win the football game. I mean, what a miraculous performance. That throw to Calvin Ridley. I'm just seeing it over and over and over again in my head

this is massive man this is a massive moment for this football team I mean the down on the luck the vibes the whatever you want to call it just totally off the rails it looked like this team might not win a game all season long oh in 17 Cam Moore losing his confidence

can't get anything going in rhythm the defense is frustrated the coaches look confused I mean the entire season going off the rails in front of our eyes for this team and listen I don't think that Brian Callahan's a good coach

I don't think that Brian Callahan should be the coach next year I don't think that this is going to change much of that but this team could have quit a long time ago they could have absolutely given up a long time ago and they kept fighting they kept fighting long enough

for the ball to bounce their way they kept fighting long enough for the ball to bounce their way absolutely phenomenal finish a phenomenal finish to an ugly drunk stupid game and for Cam Ward to finally have success

for him to get in a rhythm for him to feel some confidence and remember who you are that's the Cam Ward that we've been looking for That's the offense that we've been looking for. Playmakers catching the football. You're reliable guys.

I-O-Manner gets a catch over the middle to extend a drive. Gunner Helm catches a ball over the middle. Like, again, Cam Ward is the story here. He came up clutch. He led them down the field, got the easy field goal for Joey Sly. But quite frankly, despite Cam Ward being as clutch as he was,

there are a lot of people who came up clutch in this matchup and a lot of people who deserve credit for keeping this football team alive. And we're going to talk about them, tighten up, tighten down. Coming up next, put your tighten ups and your tighten downs in the comments down below. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Square. Your favorite neighborhood spots run on Square. There are certain businesses that make the neighborhood, the neighborhood.

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It's Mazda. Move and be moved. victory recap edition of the Locked-on Titans podcast, the Tennessee Titans comeback on the Arizona Cardinals, 22 to 21 again, Cam Ward absolutely clutch. We talk about tighten up, tighten downs, my winners and losers from the game. Number one, tighten up is Cam Ward. And again, it was not perfect.

It was ugly early on. What's funny is I even sent out a tweet in the middle of the fourth quarter. I was like, man, I can't bite my tongue anymore. Cam Ward's been a disgrace today. Like he was absolutely terrible I know that there were drop passes but even outside of the drop passes some of these balls are just not accurate

some of these decisions are just and it didn't matter he didn't care he stayed in it he stayed confident and when the game was on the line Cam Ward came through in the biggest possible way setting up this team for the first victory so of course

we're doing tighten up tighten down my number one tighten up has to go to Cam Ward but how about Calvin Ridley Calvin Ridley has taken so much and he's deserved it and he's deserved it let's be honest I'm not trying to tell you these players haven't deserved the criticism that they've got

but five catches 131 yards had a 47 yarder had another long one early in the game on Cam Ward's first or second completion Calvin Ridley got 10 targets could have caught a couple of them but he caught one on a sideline he caught the big one

like the whole world And let's remember, Calvin Ridley was questionable coming into the game. He's not even 100% right now. But it all came together. It all came together for Calvin Ridley in this game. I agree. Memphis Pyramid said, Ridley always starts slow. He started a little bit slower than we like, but you're 100% right.

He does, but he came to play. He even started slow in this one, but he came to play. In the biggest moments, with a big time throw coming right at you, Calvin Ridley made the play that's a massive tighten-up the players that had to make plays made plays in this game for the Titans this is what it was supposed to look like

there at the end at the end of the game that is exactly what we've been expecting all season long is that right there tighten up Calvin Ridley what a performance and listen

I got to give a big tighten up to the tight-up ends. Gunner Helm, Chigacanquo. Both had four catches. Chigacanquo had 48 yards on the day. Gunner Helm had 34. Helm made the big time catch on the third down on the final drive to extend it, sure-handed, caught the ball. Gunner Helm also caught that pass right at the one-yard line, tap the toes, and set up the Tony Pollard touchdown before that. Gunner Helm did exactly what he needed to do in this game. And Chigacquo looked like the explosive weapon that he was supposed to be.

A couple of screen passes. He was able to catch them, make guys miss. Get it done. I mean, those three guys, Calvin Ridley, Chigacanquo, Gunnardhelm,

showed up big time when Cam Ward needed them. They showed up absolutely when they had to have it. Huge, huge, right there. Also, while we're on offense, how about a massive tighten up

to the offensive line? Cam Ward was only sacked two times and both of those sacks both of those sacks were not on offensive line I mean the one on where Dan Moore was on the fourth down or Dan Moore kind of isn't paying attention

or whatever but that happened with JC Latham earlier but let's be honest the offensive line was awesome in this game they gave Cam Ward clean pockets for most of the day I mean what else could you possibly possibly ask for. The offensive line came to play.

It was incredible. Seeing that offensive line give Cam Ward pockets. And look, Cam Ward was off. His confidence wasn't there. He wasn't playing in rhythm. But when he started to find his rhythm, when he started to find his confidence, when he started to get momentum going, the offensive line was still there to give him all the time that he needed. Like, this is, J.C. Latham wasn't even out there. Shout out to Ali Udo. Ali Udo. Did we even notice Olli Udo?

Did Oli Udo's name get called once? No. And that's what you want. Man, this offensive line, if you get J.C. Latham back in with the way the Titans' offensive line has looked at the last three weeks, I know that it's hard to hear that, but I've been telling you guys on the show,

the offensive line has not been as bad lately as the numbers say that they are. This offensive line is coming around, folks. And if they give Kim Ward time and he can build on this and he can let this momentum carry over to the next week, absolutely huge. So a massive tighten up to the Titans' offensive line. And I've got to go to the defense.

Jeffrey Simmons. Jeffrey Simmons is an absolute freak of nature. I mean, like, eight tackles. a tackle for loss, two QB hits, a sack and a half. Jeffrey Simmons was incredible in this game. I mean, Kyler Murray got sacked more than Cam Ward did. Think about that. Jeffrey Simmons, eight tackles, one tackle for loss, sack and a half,

two quarterback hits, massive plays all day, huge plays, dominating the defensive line. Like, Alan Huff in the comments is saying it right now. defensive player of the year up to this point, no question about it. Look, it's hard to win an award like that when you're going to be on a team that doesn't win a lot of games, but you aren't lying. Jeffrey Simmons is the best defensive player

in the NFL through the first five weeks. I'm not joking you, folks. It's true. The best defensive player in the entire NFL through five weeks. An incredible. Incredible. level of play from Jeffrey Simmons right now. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

What a tighten up for Jeff Simmons. But look, there are a lot of other people that deserves tightenups too. Can we talk about Legerius Sneed? Legerius Sneed had a great game. And some people tried to give him a little bit too much credit for Demarcato dropping the ball. He didn't knock it out. Demarcato just dropped the ball.

but Sneed chased him down and showed effort and there are a lot of people out there who say Oh, Sneed got his money and he doesn't want to try hard Oh, Sneed Sneed got his money and he doesn't want to play Legerius Steed was out there hustling Given his all and I want to say this too On the final stop that the Tennessee Titans got Where they got the stop on third down to get the ball back to Cam Ward

Guess who was in there making a physical tackle. It was Cody Barton and Legerius Sneed. So, Legerius Sneed deserves his credit for the effort that he has continued to play with when everybody is saying that he's not playing hard. A Legerius Sneed is playing hard out there. So, I give a tighten up to Legerius Sneed.

I thought he had a great game. I thought he had a great game out there. Didn't hear much from him. Didn't get beat often. I can't wait to dive into the tape. I think Sneed had a fantastic game. but not only that the special teams

I mean Sly missed the extra point that was frustrating but quite frankly Brian Callahan still doing stupid stuff you should have went for two there I mean it's obvious what the numbers tell you to do but Joey Sly bangs home the game winner what mattered most he put it through

I thought Johnny Hacker was incredible in the punt game he had a 64 yarder And then once again, Chim D.K., man. We got one. We have a special returner in Chim Deket. And he can be used on gadget plays on offense

as well as he continues to evolve. But Chim D.K. as a returner, had a 65-yard kickoff return. He just continues to make big plays. He's taking one back this year. I mean, he already did, if not for a stupid penalty on James Williams, but like, or it was Cedric Gray, wasn't it, in week two? but either way,

Chim DK is a real one. Like, we got a real returner there, folks. Absolutely massive. Absolutely massive. The special teams, the defense, the offense came alive when they needed to. The defense made the big stops when they needed to. So much credit goes to so many people,

but again, let me know your tighten-ups. I'm not even doing tighten downs. Actually, I am going to do tighten downs, but I'm not going to give them to the Titans because I cannot believe that the Arizona Cardinals let the Titans come back and win this game. a bunch of clowns, man. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Fandall Sportsbook.

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Let's cap off today's victory Monday edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. I cannot believe it, folks. But the Tennessee Titans have won a football game with a massive, massive comeback from Captain Clutch himself, Cameron Ward. What an incredible finish to that game. But, I mean, again, that game was absolutely drunk. The Cardinals did so many stupid things in that football game. The snap that went off Kyler Murray's face mask.

Emery Demarcato dropping the ball at the goal line. The fumble? The interception turned fumble? that turns into a touchdown for the Titans, bizarre, insane. A missed extra point. Literally every crazy thing that could possibly happen, happen in that game.

But it broke the Titans way. And this team needed it so, so desperately. This team needed it so desperately. We needed it so desperately. Like every single scenario throughout the entire beginning of the same, season. Win against the Titans. Cam Ward gets smacked in the face by the dirtiest player in the NFL. Not called. Titans return a punt for a touchdown. Silly penalty, five yards behind the

returner. You know, just pass awful wide receiver's hands into an interception. Tony Pollard keeps fumbling. You know, like, just so much nonsense, nonstop. And for the Cardinals to finally turn into the clown car, for the Cardinals to turn into the joke that lets the Titans win, the football gods said, all right, you've been through enough pain, folks. But the Cardinals are going through pain right now too. And I look back to my crossover episode with Alex Clancy from Locked on Cardinals, where he's like, you know, the Cardinals have to win this game

If they don't, it's going to be big time problems. And the Cardinals got big time problems. You cannot lose that game. That is insane. Now, here's the thing. What we have to do here is we have to make sure that our excitement doesn't remove us from the realities here. All right, because this team was getting smoked for 50,

minutes before the football gods opened the clouds and said, here, take a few of these. Like, this team still has a long way to go. A long way to go. Brian Callahan's still making stupid decisions that I don't understand, like the kicking that extra point. And he got what he deserved as well. I don't think that Brian Callahan is a good NFL coach all of a sudden. That's the point, I guess, of talking about all the mistakes that the Cardinals made.

Yes, you've got to be able to take advantage of those mistakes and we just talked about how they were able to do it but I guess I don't want to let this win make me think that the Titans are on to something or they're about to turn it around and have a good like I don't believe in Brian Callahan still I think the offense still is going to be in the mud for quite some time but what this does for me is it shows

there is a better football team in here than what we've seen through the first month of the season and I have continued to say it and people have pushed back and gotten mad and said I'm wrong this team is better than what their record shows this team is better

than losing by 46 points over the course of two weeks to do two division opponents this team is better than that and quite frankly the Las Vegas Raiders are not a good football team so while I'm here

trying to pump the brakes and preach patience, and let's not get too ahead of ourselves, all right? This is still not a good football team just because they were able to come back and do this. Brian Callahan's job shouldn't be safe. We can't jump to too many conclusions on this right now, all right? They got lucky, and a stupid football team that sucks

let a worse football team come back and win when they shouldn't have. That's what we just saw. But what we can take from it, is that Cam Ward is clutch and he didn't just become an untalented loser overnight. You know, I was frustrated with Cam Ward during that game and you guys should have been too.

He did not play well for 50 minutes of that game. He did not play well. But it's in there. He has it in him. Like, that's what we need to see. That's what this season is all about. Most of us knew

that the Titans were not going to be a great team this year. Most of us understood that. But we needed to see flashes of what could be. And to this point, we hadn't seen that. We hadn't seen any flashes to be excited about. But at the end of the day, we saw Cam Ward, the playmaker, the clutch gene. Just like we saw in college, we saw it. Boom, flash. We saw deep connections to Calvin Ridley in explosive plays. Boom, we saw it. We saw Chick-a-conquo be able to be. and used as a yards-after-catch threat. We saw Chim Dike make an impact on special teams.

We saw the Tennessee Titans offensive line give Cam Ward all the time that he needed to make those plays. We saw Jeffrey Simmons be a dominant player and impact the game. We saw the Titans be the smarter football team. Be the smarter football team and not shoot themselves in the foot. that's what we saw in that game and I don't know about you guys

but some of the really terrible game management stuff we didn't see it outside of the wildcat call on the first drive which was stupid we didn't see any mind-numbing play calling decisions and

while we're here penalties penalties the Titans won the penalty war only six penalties the Cardinals had eight I mean like these are the flashes

that we wanted to see this is how it was supposed to go we knew that the team wouldn't be great but we should see something and after four straight games is seeing absolutely nothing we saw something

so a win is a win is a win is a win it was about as ugly as a win could possibly be but nonetheless we saw the flashes that we've been waiting for all season

and I don't care how dumb the Cardinals are how it happened what went down celebrate this win feel this win it feels good it feels good

to watch the team win a game so I don't care how it happened I'm going to celebrate this one with watching some more football at the end of the day but what an incredible comeback Cam was clutch Calvin Ridley and plenty of others stepped up

I hope you guys enjoyed that one as much as I did but I'll be back with you tomorrow to continue breaking it down I'm excited to watch film for once so can't wait to dive in especially to that late comeback by the Titans there but that's going to do it for me today folks throw a tighten up down in the chat throw a thumbs up on the video

as always I am your host Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans.