The Tennessee Titans determined to fireside second-year head coach Brian Callahan simply eight days after he guided the membership to its first win of the season (thanks largely to help from the Arizona Cardinals).
ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler defined Wednesday why the Titans did not permit Callahan to proceed working with rookie quarterback and No. 1 general draft decide Cam Ward by Week 18.
Titans now not wished Cam Ward to develop underneath Brian Callahan
“The 2025 product underneath Callahan was worse than imagined — and with one of many NFL’s worst rosters, that is saying one thing,” Fowler defined. “The aim was easy: get higher. The Titans did not. Was 23 video games sufficient for Callahan to determine a successful tradition? After all not. However my sense after asking round is the Titans weighed Cam Ward’s improvement in all of this, and whether or not Callahan may spark any enchancment.”
Forward of the Titans’ 20-10 loss on the Las Vegas Raiders (2-4) in Week 6, Ward acknowledged that he was “not taking part in how I need to play proper now.” ESPN stats present that he heads into Week 7 ranked final within the league amongst certified gamers with a 24.9 adjusted QBR for the marketing campaign. The Titans are 31st within the NFL with a mean of 13.8 factors scored per recreation, and Callahan compiled a woeful 4-19 report earlier than he was proven the door.
Did Mike Vrabel impression Brian Callahan choice?
The 1-5 Titans fired Callahan lower than one week earlier than the membership will welcome the New England Patriots (4-2) to Nissan Stadium on Sunday. New England head coach Mike Vrabel held that job with Tennessee for six seasons till he was fired in January 2024.
“Some folks I’ve talked to consider Vrabel’s presence was an element, at the least subconsciously,” Fowler added in regards to the Titans firing Callahan. “One business supply informed me half-jokingly, ‘They did not need Vrabel to be the one to dunk on [Callahan],’ thus getting forward of it. Folks across the league with a elementary understanding of the Titans’ standing additionally questioned if this was an opportunity to reset. As one group government put it, that is the ‘final cleanup’ underneath president of soccer operations Chad Brinker. Now Brinker and basic supervisor Mike Borgonzi can handpick their coach.”
That final level suggests Titans controlling proprietor Amy Adams Strunk ought to’ve utterly cleaned house final winter when the franchise parted ways with then-general supervisor Ran Carthon. What’s finished is completed, and the Titans will now spend the subsequent few months trying to find a coach who believes he can flip Ward right into a top-tier QB1.
