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.”
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.”
