Rookie QB Cam Ward Leads Titans' First Win with Fourth-Quarter Comeback Over Cardinals

Rookie QB Cam Ward engineered a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback to give the Tennessee Titans their first win of the season, a 22-21 shocker over the Arizona Cardinals that snapped a 10-game losing streak. Ward completed 13-of-18 passes for 193 yards in the fourth quarter and finished with a career-high 265 passing yards and a 78.8 overall PFF grade, including a 93.0 fourth-quarter passing grade that highlighted his clutch play. The rally featured several big throws to Calvin Ridley and Gunnar Helm, a Tony Pollard rushing touchdown and a bizarre sequence in which a tipped interception was fumbled and recovered in the end zone by Tyler Lockett for a touchdown. Tennessee’s win probability had fallen as low as 1.8% before Ward’s rally, underscoring how improbable the comeback was. The victory provided a morale boost for a team that had been outscored heavily and ranked near the bottom in EPA through four games, earning praise from coach Brian Callahan and fans. The Titans (1-4) now head to Las Vegas in Week 6 with renewed confidence after Ward’s late-game heroics.