What Is The State Of The Tennessee Titans?
The Tennessee Titans, after shockingly firing former head coach, Mike Vrabel, in order to reportedly ‘get ahead of the market‘, seem to have done just that.
After going through multiple interviews with both head coaches and offensive coordinators, it seems like the Titans have finally found their guy, per Tom Pelissero.
The #Titans plan to hire #Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan as their head coach, per sources.
Callahan had a second interview today and Tennessee isn’t letting him out of the building. pic.twitter.com/9IZ41d62rP
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 23, 2024
Brian Callahan To Be Announced As Next Head Coach Of The Titans
Brian Callahan, currently the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals, helped the Bengals go to the AFC Championship game in back-to-back years before a season ending injury to Joe Burrow essentially ended their championship hopes in 2023.
Callahan, along with head coach Zac Taylor, is credited partially with the impressive growth of quarterback Burrow, who is currently the highest paid player in the National Football League. In fact, Callahan has quite the resume of quarterbacks he’s coached, as listed below by Adam Schefter.
A list of some of the QBs that Brian Callahan has worked with:
🏈Broncos: Peyton Manning
🏈Lions: Matthew Stafford
🏈Raiders: Derek Carr
🏈Bengals: Joe Burrow https://t.co/V76UoC9oer— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 23, 2024
Why Was Brian Callahan The Man For The Titans
One reason, and one reason only: quarterback play. Whoever the Titans’ quarterback for the future is; Will Levis, a free agent or a new name they find in this or a subsequent draft – they want an offensive coach to maximize every drop of talent from him: something they evidently felt defensive-minded coach, Mike Vrabel, was not able to do.
Regardless, this was a top name on the coaching carousel, and the first external head-coaching hire of the 2023 cycle.
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