Nashville, Tenn. – The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, barely exceeded the announcement of the general selection number 1. Seeing Round 1 of the NFL 2025 draft from the field in the Nissan Stadium, the Titans fans heard “Cameron …” and exploded.
Shout or “come on!” He filled the air. The chillidos pierced the sky. Fireworks and “Ring of Fire” of Johnny Cash were activated through the speakers, as well as when the Titans scored a touchdown in the games at home in the 2024 season. A group of young children jumped from top to bottom. One of them, with a Tony Pollard shirt, saw a television camera. Hey, let a big smile escape and flexed. He arrived at a friend in the shot.
“Cam Ward changes the game,” said Joshua Wilson, 46, who became a fan of the Titans after moving to Nashville from Boston five years ago.
Despite the current state of their team, several fans of the Titans who spoke with Fox Sports are choosing Hope as Cam Ward arrives as his possible field marshal of the franchise. They presented themselves at Force Thorsday Night for the Tennessee Draft party, which had current team legends and players. A mass inflatable obstacle race and a tour of the house’s costumes, in addition to several stations, a vertical jump test, field goal kick, cornhole and 40 yards that are part of the family event.
Ward’s love was also apparently.
Before the draft officially, the announcer of the public direction of the Titans, Matt Rogers, received a unanimous approval vote for the former Miami Field Marshal when he asked fans to shout that they wanted the Titans to choose. A worst teenager a Will Levis shirt that had “Levis” and No. 8 crossed out with tape in favor of “Ward” and no. 1 (Ward number in Miami and Washington State).
Wilson and his neighbor, Randy Harries, 42, arrived at the draft party with “Luv and Cam” shirts, a wink to the slogan “Luv and Blue” of the era of the Houston Oilers of the franchise. The shirts were Wilson’s idea. He produced them through his company based in Nashville, Hickory Brand House, which creates printed goods on request.
“I think we are two years away,” Wilson said. “You have a QB All-Star in a rookie agreement. You have that window of three, four and five years, where you have it in a friendly treatment with the team that you can reason that surrounds it with construction blocks before it obtains that great QB1.”
Hatcher Morris, 25, said he loves Ward’s story of helpless. The most exciting parts for him the leadership skills of QB and the way he takes off the field.
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Native of Dallas, Morris moved to Tennessee in 2004. With his father as head of seasonal tickets, he estimates that he has been in “at least” games at home of 60 titans in his life.
“I remember Jake Locker and Marcus Mariota. I have seen this type of game before it has not been completely appreciative. The exaggeration has been the same every time,” said Morris. “I feel a little safer with this choice. I basically spent the last half or my work day watching the movie [of Ward] in advance. “
Lawrence Haywood sees a field marshal who can bring “old school magic” back to Nashville. A local high school coach of high school, the 51 -year -old remember to have seen the legendary touchdown of “Music City Miracle” Kickoff’s return that sent the franchise to the division round of the 1993 AFC.
“It seems that the child who can handle [the spotlight]”Haywood said about Ward.” I like to compare it with taking an exam at school: if you are not really prepared, you feel that you have to cheat a little, look at another person. But those nights really studied, ready to go. I see [Ward] Under that light. “
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Despite having hopes about Ward, fans who spoke with Fox Sports are not oblivious to the recent dysfunction of the Titans, who come from three victories in 2024, their third consecutive perdeker season. The owner Amy Adams Strunk has fired two general managers in the last two and a half years.
Caleb Hoffman, 20, admits that he has felt “up and down recently” about the team. He has totally happy with how the organization has Bone Run, including Mike Vrababe’s dismissal as a coach after the 2023 season and how the dismissal of the former general manager directed Cartchon was handled in January.
“And now have the pairing of [coach Brian] Callahan and [GM Mike] Borgonzi together is a strange configuration, “said Hoffman.” I hope the best. … I think we have the opportunity to get on the right path if Cam Ward turns out that we all hope it will do so.
“I think it’s a high -risk movement,” he added. “I definitely recognize that it is not the safest general selection. 1 In general. We are not obtaining Joe Burrow tonight or anything. But I am looking on the positive side and I trust Borgonzi, trusting Callahan, they have.
Is Cam Ward a QB that changes franchise?
With Tennessee’s evil in recent years, Harries sees a “positive side” with the team obtaining the best general selection.
“Everyone is zero zero. Everyone is tied first,” he said. “It is one of those things in which you have changed other franchises with a single choice. Kansas City bosses, for example. Those are the examples that the son are clinging and I hope that is what happens here.”
So what is the beginning of Ward’s arrival?
“I would say, luckily, like a cold glass of water on the face,” said Morris. “A bit of soda, not only for fans, but perhaps for trainers who have a little more to work.
“Then, in general,” he said, “optimistic for that.”
Ben Arthur is an NFL reporter for Fox Sports. Previously worked for the network Tennessean/USA Today, where it was the Titans Beat the writer for a year and a half. Hey covered the Seattle Seahawks For Seattlepi.com for three seasons (2018-20) before moving to Tennessee. You can follow Ben on Twitter in @BENYARTHUR.
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