The postgame questions that NFL reporters are asking to Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward are downright mean these days.
Ward, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, is certainly worthy of criticism at this point. He’s struggled in Year 2 of his career. The Titans are 0-5 on the season and Ward has struggled. He threw for 170 yards and one interception in Sunday’s 26-3 loss to the Houston Texans.
Following the game, Ward was asked if he’s getting used to losing.
“Have you gotten used to losing?” a reporter asked.
Ward responded: “No, I’m not a loser. The record may say that we are right now. But at the end of the day, you got to go through some stuff to try to get wins.”
Earlier this year, a reporter told Ward that if he was a good quarterback, he would have better results.
“Doesn’t a very good quarterback have better results than you have?” the reporter asked.
Ward hasn’t been very good, and it’s fair to ask critical questions, but some of these interactions just feel mean and pointed, rather than objective and fair.
Fans are starting to notice it, too.
NFL media is facing scrutiny for its questions to Ward
Cory Yates called out NFL reporters for their postgame questions to Ward after Sunday’s game.
“There’s a difference between tough and mean-spirited questions. Cam Ward gets more mean-spirited questions from the local media than any QB in the league it’s pretty obvious it’s intentional and that he has zero PR air cover,” he shared on X.
Former ESPN star Bomani Jones is shocked by how hard the Titans media goes at Ward.
“You only have a media go that hard at the quarterback, let alone the young quarterback, on a team that nobody expects to be good, with the consent of either coaching or management,” he said on “The Right Time” last Monday. “I don’t know what they are telling people about him, but I don’t know how that turns around.”
Jones finds it fascinating.
“Somebody’s telling these guys this is OK. And it’s interesting, because they have an obvious ownership problem with that team,” he said.
“This team doesn’t look good, the organization doesn’t seem to be strong, people around them have been complaining about Amy Struck for as long as I can think of, since she got there. The quarterback may be the reflection of an issue, but their issues are grand, and they are giant, and it all seems that right now, the face of it is their 20-something-year-old quarterback.”
Ward will have to start playing better eventually, if he’s going to be the longterm guy in Tennessee, but hopefully the questions he’s asked get better, too.
