There are very few reasons for anyone to pay attention to the Tennessee Titans these days, and therein lies the problem for Brian Callahan. That's why the Titans head coach is rumored to be on the hot seat.
Of course, it doesn't take an advanced degree to figure out that a winless team that feels like it will remain winless for a very long time will eventually fire those in charge of being winless. And that responsibility calls on Callahan.
Callahan came to the Titans before the 2024 season began, after serving as the Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator from 2019-23. The Bengals' annual fireworks display with Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Joe Mixon made Callahan a hot head coaching candidate, and the Titans installed him with the hopes of reshaping the AFC South.
Mike Borgonzi might get his chance to handpick his own head coach in the near future with the Titans.
Expectations for the Titans have never been great in Callahan's year-plus with the team. Last year's anemic 3-14 finish did, at least, place some pressure on his second season to yield improvement. Yet instead of showing more fight and buy-in, Callahan's offense is going nowhere (his specialty), with first overall pick Cam Ward describing the team's play as "ass" in recent comments to the press.
In Week 4, the Titans loss to another winless team, putting them alone in the basement of the AFC South, which is not exactly a competitive division top to bottom. That means Callahan's ouster is a solid bet in the very near future.
This should open the door for Mike Borgonzi, the Titans general manager, to hand-select his own head coach for the next chapter of Tennessee football.
Borgonzi was hired away from Kansas City as GM last January after 16 years with the Chiefs organization. Borgonzi was a fixture at Arrowhead, having lasted through the tenures of Scott Pioli and John Dorsey before being promoted to Brett Veach's assistant GM. With such a wealth of experience, especially for the NFL's reigning dynasty, Borgonzi was an obvious choicel.
Now it seems Borgonzi will get to make a choice of his own. Will it be someone with a history in Kansas City? That's another subject for an appropriate time, but an opening is coming sooner or later unless Callahan can work some magic in Nashville.