Cam Ward To Resume Throwing In March

Ward, who did not require surgery, is on track in his recovery a month and a half later. The 23-year-old is about two or three weeks from throwing, according to Cameron Wolfe of NFL Network. In the meantime, Ward is focusing on lower-body work with his personal quarterbacks coach, Darrell Colbert Jr. Colbert told Wolfe that “they want to get Ward’s feet back right” before he resumes throwing.

Between the lack of weaponry around him and an in-season coaching change, Ward did not walk into an easy situation in Tennessee. During a 3-14 season, he completed 59.8% of passes for 3,169 yards, 15 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Ward posted a traditional 80.2 quarterback rating while finishing last among qualifying passers in QBR (33.2). He also checked in toward the bottom of the league in yards per attempt (5.9).

There is optimism Ward’s second year will go much better, and it begins with new head coach Robert Saleh‘s staff. Saleh hired an established offensive coordinator, Brian Daboll, to mold the Titans’ prized signal-caller.

Ward, cognizant of Daboll’s success with a young Josh Allen in Buffalo, is “very excited” to work with the coach, Wolfe reports. The two already began forming a rapport when Daboll was the Giants’ head coach during the pre-draft process last year, Wolfe adds. Ward was Daboll’s top-ranked QB then, and the Giants unsuccessfully tried to trade up from third overall to draft the Miami product.

New York, which drafted pass rusher Abdul Carter with its pick, later traded back into the first round to select former Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart at 25th overall. Dart began the season on the bench, but Daboll named him the starter in place of a struggling Russell Wilson in Week 4. Although Dart performed well under Daboll, the Giants fired the coach after a 2-8 start.

Despite a 20-40-1 record in three-plus seasons with the Giants, Daboll was under consideration for head coaching jobs with the Titans, Bills and Raiders in January. Those teams went in other directions, leaving Daboll to accept his fifth offensive coordinator gig in the pros. If Daboll works wonders with Ward in 2026, a second head coaching opportunity could be in the cards next winter.