Titans QB Cam Ward (shoulder) avoids surgical procedure

Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Cam Ward stated Monday he will not want surgical procedure for the shoulder harm that abruptly ended his season on Sunday, per ESPN.

The No. 1 general decide within the 2025 NFL Draft stated the plan for the sprained AC joint in his proper shoulder is to let the harm heal.

“There’s reduction for myself, for the constructing and the coaching workers,” Ward stated. “They’ll get it proper, proceed to stroll me by means of the method (and) what I must do to get higher and get again on the sector. I simply must heal.”

Ward made an early exit from Sunday’s 41-7 loss at Jacksonville after being tackled on a 7-yard landing run and touchdown on his throwing shoulder in capping off the Titans’ opening drive.

After being examined on the sideline, he walked to the locker room with the coaching workers for additional examination. He was dominated out for the remainder of the sport, which concluded the Titans’ season at 3-14.

Brandon Allen took the sector to start Tennessee’s second collection, marking the primary missed snap of Ward’s rookie season. He performed the group’s first 951 snaps on offense.

Ward, 23, was 3 for 3 for 52 yards and two carries for 11 yards and the rating — his second dashing TD of the season. He accomplished 59.8% of his passes (323 of 540) for 3,169 yards and 15 TDs with seven interceptions in 17 begins.

Ward instructed reporters Monday that the harm will not change his offseason plans.

“I am engaged on my base of my mechanics; I am not altering my throwing movement,” Ward stated, per ESPN. “So the timetable for what I’ve set to get to mechanically (this offseason), what I must do, remains to be on schedule.”

–Subject Degree Media