Quarterback · Tennessee Titans
Cam Ward
No. 1 · 2nd season
Cam Ward said 'we ass' and then told you he meant it
Most people in Ward's position find a way to say nothing. A careful non-answer, a pivot to the next game, the kind of quote that sounds like talking without saying anything. Ward went the other way.
He is the Tennessee Titans' quarterback — the kind of player whose words land differently because everyone is watching how he handles the early going. When he assessed his team's performance, he kept it short and unflattering. Then, when he had the chance to walk it back, he didn't. He said he was raised to be honest. That it wasn't a slip. That he meant it.
There is a version of that moment that becomes a distraction. There is another version where it buys him something in the long run — the trust of people who can tell when someone is telling the truth.
What it means for the locker room is still being figured out. But the room now knows exactly what kind of quarterback is talking to them.
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