The Tennessee Titans finally got the breaks they’d been missing all season – and they made the most of them.
Down 21-6 in the fourth quarter on Sunday in Arizona, Tennessee stormed back for a 22-21 comeback victory, their first win of the season and one that head coach Brian Callahan called much-needed.
“Things just have to go your way sometimes,” Callahan said, via The Associated Press. “We haven’t had a lot of that so far this year, haven’t had a lot of bounces in our favor, and sometimes you need that.
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The game swung when Cardinals running back Emari Demercado dropped the ball just before crossing the goal line at the end of a 72-yard run that could have sealed the game for Arizona. Tennessee turned the mistake into a six-play, 80-yard touchdown drive, highlighted by rookie quarterback Cam Ward’s 47-yard strike to Calvin Ridley.
Moments later, a bizarre Cardinals fumble in their own end zone gifted the Titans another touchdown.
Ward, the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft, then orchestrated an 11-play, 71-yard march in the final minute, hitting Ridley for a 38-yard gain to set up kicker Joey Slye’s game-winning field goal.
“I wish I had started better,” Cam Ward said. “But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how you start, it’s how you finish.”
