Revenge of the Birds
The Arizona Cardinals are in a situation right now where they can right this ship and stop a two-game losing skid, or fall further down the standings in the NFC West Division with another loss.
The good news is that they play arguably the worst team in the NFL in the Tennessee Titans, this weekend at home in the Sunday afternoon game. The bad news? This is the NFL, and every team can take an easy victory away from any club any week, regardless of record.
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The Titans are 0-4-0 and have scored the least amount of points in the league with 51. At 12.75 points a game average, any ballclub that can’t put up points isn’t going to be on the “W” side for many contests.
And it gets worse for the Cardinals next opponent.
Tennessee has the second-worst passing yards gained (614) and ranked #31 in passing plays that convert into a first down (29). Plus, their offense is ranked dead last in four categories: completion percentage (51.2%), completions (64), touchdown passes (2), and average yards passing per attempt (4.9). They have allowed the second most sacks with 17.
Nobody knows just how bad this Titans offense is more so than their own field general: Cam Ward. Well, maybe he is just a first lieutenant at this stage of the rookie’s NFL life.
Ward recently interviewed with the Tennessee media and had quite a few things to air out. He was candid and did not hold back answering questions.
When asked about his offensive unit, he stated, “We ass.”
Q: This past weekend, how do you think you played personally?
Ward: Ass.
Q: Anything that went particularly wrong for you?
Ward: Getting stuck past the 50, interception, incompletions, penalties, not helping the defense out, just not good enough to win.
In the last game, Ward’s entire family was in attendance. The Titans were blasted on the road 26-0 by the 0-3-0 Houston Texans. Ward grew up in West Columbia, Texas, just a short drive southwest of Houston. Ward had 108 passing yards while the Titans had just 82 rushing yards.
Tennessee’s offensive line is average at best in run blocking, but is putrid in pass protection. Ward will run when pressed, but so far has just nine rushes for 42 yards and no scores. What the Titans want to do is become a passing team, but Ward is not able to get past his second progression before he is either flushed or has to decide to throw the ball into a tight window, or toss it out of bounds and live another play.
Q: What’s not going right for this offense?
Ward: Everything. From an interception that I shouldn’t have thrown, to a penalty, to a bad ball incompletion. And once we get past the 50, we are just not continuing the drive. We keeping a buck right now – we ass. We “0” and four. We...
