Wan'Dale Robinson Gets Honest About Cam Ward Amid OTAs: ‘I Love Him to Death'
Cam Ward's rookie year wasn’t quite what fans had hoped for when the Tennessee Titans handed him the keys to the franchise.
The No. 1 overall pick finished with 3,169 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, and seven interceptions while Tennessee stumbled to a 3-14 record, marking the team’s fourth straight losing season.
His 59.8% completion rate ranked near the bottom of the league among starting quarterbacks, and his 33.2 QBR placed him dead last in the NFL.
Ward was scrambling for his life for much of the year behind inconsistent pass protection and a thin receiving corps, resulting in a league-high 55 sacks.
Now, the pressure is squarely on Ward and Tennessee's offense to take a meaningful step forward in Year 2, particularly after the franchise's aggressive offseason effort to upgrade his supporting cast.
But with the Titans in the thick of OTAs, newcomer Wan’Dale Robinson offered an encouraging glimpse into why there may be growing optimism around the young quarterback.
"He is like a pro, and he does everything that you want him to do," Robinson said. "He is willing to be coachable, and soak up all the knowledge he is getting. I am just really glad he is here with us."
"On the football field, it’s the arm talent. The ball jumps off his hand," Robinson continued. "Whenever we are off the field, he is just line one of the other guys. You want to play for a quarterback like that, that you can hang out with outside of football, and just be cool with, and on the football field, it is all business."
"So, I love him to death," he added
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Robinson spent the 2025 season with the New York Giants, proving he could be more than just a gadget slot receiver.
He broke out with 92 catches for 1,014 yards and four touchdowns on a whopping 140 targets, among the most in the league, averaging a career-high 11.0 yards per reception.
After Malik Nabers suffered a season-ending injury in Week 4, Robinson stepped into a much larger role and showed he could function as a legitimate No. 1 option, becoming the first 5-foot-8 receiver to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a season.
Tennessee rewarded that breakout campaign with a four-year, $70 million contract.
The Titans didn’t stop there either. In April’s 2026 NFL Draft, they made one of the biggest surprises of the first round by selecting Ohio State star Carnell Tate with the No. 4 overall pick, making him the first receiver off the board.
Now, they’ve got arguably one of the deepest receiver rooms in the league, with Tate as the big-bodied WR1 with dependable hands, veteran Calvin Ridley a proven field-stretcher, and Robinson a reliable chain-mover underneath.
Add in promising second-year targets Elic Ayomanor and Chimere Dike, and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, and it’s clear the Titans are doing everything possible to surround Ward with the kind of supporting cast needed for a Year 2 leap.
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This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM.