Although he’s yet to officially beryllium named nan starting backmost of nan Tennessee Titans, 1st wide prime successful April’s NFL Draft Cam Ward isn’t approaching activity successful OTAs arsenic if he’s going to beryllium connected nan chair astatine each during nan 2025 NFL season. And neither are his teammates.

The sanction of nan crippled for nan erstwhile University of Miami standout this outpouring has been building chemistry pinch an almost wholly caller slate of pass-catchers successful Tennessee. One successful particular, seasoned wide receiver Calvin Ridley, has possibly been nan loudest protagonist of Cam Ward since he arrived successful Nashville, praising not only his talent, but besides his activity ethic and his mentality… each of which were connected show past play successful Coral Gables.

“You’ve sewage to benignant of beryllium OK pinch f***ing up and doing good. You’ve sewage to person that f*** it mentality, and he’s benignant of sewage that,” Ridley told Main Street Media Tennessee. “I honestly want to perceive what he thinks. So, I conscionable want to beryllium successful nan spot wherever he wants me. So, I inquire him first, ‘what did I do incorrect connected a play, nary matter nan propulsion aliases nan drawback aliases immoderate it is. What do I request to do to make you consciousness better?’ Then I effort to prime his encephalon of what do I request to do to make you consciousness better. That’s beautiful overmuch what we’re doing. It’s easier for maine to subordinate to him. He’s easy to subordinate to. He’s easy to talk shot with. I conscionable for illustration him a lot.”

Building chemistry is simply a two-way street, and frankincense far, Cam Ward has been pleased pinch nan early relationship he’s established pinch nan six-year veteran.

“It’s been bully pinch Rid, particularly because he’s a vet who had a decent magnitude of stops and he’s produced astatine each stop,” Ward said. “We’ve conscionable sewage to perceive to each different and proceed to build that chemistry, staying aft believe and getting activity in.”

The bully news for Titans fans is that Calvin Ridley isn’t nan only receiver who is flashing early chemistry pinch Ward.

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"Ward and receiver Xavier Restrepo person awesome chemistry from their days astatine nan University of Miami, and it was connected afloat show connected Tuesday," Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com reported. "Ward connected pinch Restrepo connected a slug crossed nan mediate early, and he deed Restrepo again successful a squad play pinch cornerback Jarvis Brownlee Jr. connected his hip."

Restrepo, a statement All-American during nan 2024 season, surprisingly went unselected successful nan 2025 NFL Draft, but nan Titans wisely scooped him up arsenic an undrafted free supplier instantly aft nan 7th information of nan Draft concluded, assuring that Ward would person instant chemistry pinch astatine slightest 1 pass-catcher pursuing his presence successful Tennessee. During their lone play together astatine Miami, Ward and Restrepo connected 69 times for 1,127 gait and 11 touchdowns.

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