Tennessee Titans coach Robert Saleh said quarterback Cam Ward remains confident despite the team’s difficult start, following a 26-3 home defeat by the Houston Texans. Saleh made the remarks at a Wednesday press conference after being asked how Ward could keep pressure and sacks from affecting him going forward.
“Really cool conversation with Cam this week,” Saleh said. He added that Ward was in “a good headspace” and had “a lot of confidence in the o-line.” The comments came after Houston, which had also been winless entering the matchup, sacked Ward four times.
The Titans were 0-5 at the time of the report and had the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense, according to the source material. Ward, in his second season, had yet to show a positive step in his development, the report said. He had a 3-19 record as a starting quarterback, including 0-7 against AFC South opponents.
Tennessee was set to travel to Indianapolis to play the Colts on Sunday, giving Ward another divisional matchup. The Titans had not beaten an AFC South team since November 2024, according to the report.
Saleh is in his first season as Tennessee’s head coach. His NFL head-coaching record stood at 20-41 after the team’s 0-5 opening, following a previous multi-season tenure with the New York Jets. The report also said that since dismissing Mike Vrabel as head coach in January 2024, Tennessee had gone 6-33 and changed both its general manager and head coach twice.
The source portrays the Titans’ performance in strongly critical terms, while Saleh’s remarks focused on Ward’s confidence and his conversations with the young quarterback. It did not provide Ward’s own account of his mindset or further details about the conversation. The available material also did not report the outcome of the scheduled game against Indianapolis.
