For the past 18 games, watching the Tennessee Titans offense has been a painful experience. However, even compared to that low bar, watching them attempt to complete screen passes has been even worse.
Sometimes, plays just aren't designed well; other times, the wide receivers haven't been able to create separation or make anyone miss. However, another problem that is now obvious is that Cam Ward just doesn't have the touch necessary to complete those screen passes with the consistency those plays r.
Ward often skips screen passes at the feet of his intended target. In truth, Ward has been downright horrific on these plays, and it is so bad that offensive coordinator Brian Daboll has to consider taking screens out of the playbook entirely.
Titans need to stop running failed screen passes, put Cam Ward in better positions
There are still ways to attack that part of the field if the Titans insist. For instance, if Daboll feels they are going to get quick pressure up the middle, they can audible to a pitch play with everyone blocking down and Tony Pollard or Tyjae Spears getting the ball in space.
If they feel like they have some time to let things develop downfield so that the linebackers have to sink before they attack the flat, then they can always let Ward throw a swing pass. For whatever reason, Ward is remarkable at hitting difficult swing passes when he is on the move, and that has become a safer play than the ordinary screen at this point.
During the Washington Commanders' Week 1 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Tom Brady was talking about early-season struggles when you change offensive play-callers, and his point was that everyone knows what they think they will be when they are drawing things up in the preseason, but until the real bullets start flying, no one knows what they actually are. That is why he looks at the first month of a new coordinator as a "feeling out" process where the coaches and the players need to figure out what their identity is.
For the Titans, the first thing they need to admit is that screen plays aren't a productive part of their playbook. They need to find other ways to attack teams quickly in the D-gap that don't include praying that Ward will somehow find his target in the screen game.
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