Tennessee Vols catch a stray from Titans head coach Brian Callahan while discussing QB Cam Ward

The Tennessee Vols' offense caught a stray from Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan during a live taping of The Install earlier this month. 

104.5 The Zone's Buck Reising hosted a live taping of The Install in Nashville in early May and he was joined by Callahan and NFL analyst Greg Cosell to break down the Titans' selections in the 2025 NFL Draft. 

While discussing quarterback Cam Ward, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft, Callahan described the difference in a quarterback having good anticipation as opposed to seeing the receiver come open before making the throw. 

And Callahan used the Vols' offense, which utilizes wide splits to get receivers open in space, as an example of a system where a quarterback doesn't necessarily need great anticipation. 

"There's just a different style of play [in the NFL]," explained Callahan. "In the NFL, I guess the best way to put it as we start talking ball, is a lot of times in the NFL, you have to throw the ball before guys are anywhere near the spot, or you don't even know if he's open. Because most of the time, you're throwing to spots, you're anticipating windows. And in college football, it's a lot more of seeing guys come open. That's probably the best way I can describe it. As you see a receiver running into a zone, then they go (and make the pass). Whereas in the NFL, you better go long before that spot (comes open) or the ball is going to get picked. That's probably the biggest difference, and it's hard to see."

"I would say the average person just watching college football would never be able to understand that (difference in predetermination and anticipation) just with the naked eye," continued Callahan. "Just watching, it would be really hard to understand. Because there is definitely that element in college where the offenses are so much different. Especially when you talk about, for example, Tennessee, right? The University of Tennessee. That's spread out, that system. And so sometimes those are, as you say, predetermined (throws). The ball's going here no matter what. It looks like they're doing it quickly, [but] they may not really be seeing anything of any substance."