NASHVILLE — Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward trained together while seemingly dueling for the chance to be the No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL draft.
The Tennessee Titans used that pick on Ward back in April. And then Sanders fell — not just through the first round, but all the way to the fifth before the Cleveland Browns took him with the 144th selection.
On Sunday, they will be the first rookie quarterbacks to start the same game in the 2025 season when the Titans visit the Browns.
The focus remains the same: Improve and win. Texts and talks will wait until the offseason.
“We’re always competitive, from throughout college, even in the pre-draft process,” Ward said Wednesday. “We just both want to be great players. I just think it’s going to be exciting for just a lot of people to see what both of us will be able to do when we play at a high level.”