Titans bring in Bengals OC Brian Callahan as Head Coach
Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz discusses the Tennessee Titans bringing in Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan as their next head coach.
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JASON FITZ: Nashville is screaming, tighten up, as the Titans have hired Brian Callahan to be their new head coach. Callahan has been the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals, where he's been responsible for working with Joe Burrow and helping develop him since he came into the league. The Joe Burrow element of this is interesting because this is a huge tone shift from Tennessee. The Titans are in a division where, frankly, it's defined by quarterbacks right now-- Trevor Lawrence, Anthony Richardson, and of course, CJ Stroud, who may be the best of all of them.
The Titans are banking that Will Levis can be that guy, or they can identify somebody in the draft. But more importantly, they're identifying that Callahan can be the person to develop their quarterbacks to be elite to compete at that level. Because let's be real here-- the Titans offensively do not have a Joe Burrow. They do not have a Ja'Marr Chase. So whatever chess pieces Brian Callahan is playing with will be substantially different in Tennessee than they were in Cincinnati for the Titans coming off of Mike Vrabel, who was known for his defensive mindset and for his toughness as a team.
This will be a large shift also in the way the team looks. Amy Adams Strunk, the owner of the team, made it clear she was looking for an organization that had better communication top-to-bottom in how they were going to be built and how everybody could get on one page in making this move. Callahan is presumptively going to be the person that can execute that from a coaching standpoint. This is a great opportunity for the team and for the organization and for the coach because in today's NFL, it feels more and more like we look for young guys with a great offensive mindset.
His resume with Joe Burrow has absolutely been unquestionable. The question is, without Burrow and those great weapons around him, what can he do? We'll find the answer out to that quickly. In the meantime, Nashville can be excited for an offensive mindset and a change in overall identity for the franchise.