It’s getting easier to see for the Tennessee Titans as head coach Brian Callahan suffered a new low. His job security seems tenuous, at best. And there’s zero reason for Callahan to spend another day as the Titans head coach.
Let’s start with this year. The Titans have taken the field four times, and they’ve been competitive once. They pushed the powerful Denver Broncos on the road in the season opener.
However, the wheels have come off. The Titans lost 33-19 to the Rams, 41-20 to the Colts, and — worst of all — 26-0 to the previously winless Texans. The time has come.
His career record of 3-18 speaks for itself. It’s not Hue Jackson bad (he went 3-36-1 if you can believe that). Jackson is considered one of the worst hires in NFL history, according to CBS Sports.
“[Jackson] framed his loss-littered Cleveland stint like he was a good egg inside a rotten setup bent on tanking for longer-term building blocks, oblivious to higher-up efforts to ‘use’ him for acquiring better draft capital,” Cody Benjamin wrote. “Still, it’s hard to drop 36 of 40 games in the NFL. He also had a noted falling-out with Baker Mayfield, who’s since proved to be a resilient starter after his own bumps.”
This is the direction Callahan is headed. The Titans don’t have a killer schedule coming up with the Cardinals, Raiders, and Patriots on the ledger. But that means it’s a good time to change captains, while some smoother seas might help the new regime get off to a good start.
This may be the biggest reason to cut bait with Callahan. The Titans drafted Ward No. 1 overall earlier this year. The organization can’t afford to have Ward have a first season like Carolina’s Bryce Young. That 2-14 start by Young may have ruined him for the long haul.
And Ward is fast headed there. He has completed just 51% of his passes with 614 yards in four games. He has two touchdowns and two interceptions. That yardage total is awful, and it suggests one of two things. Either Ward isn’t ready, or Callahan is failing him.
If it’s the latter, the Titans need a change immediately. The Titans didn’t score a lot of points last year, ranking No. 27 at 18.3 points per game. This year, they’re dead last at 12.8 points a contest. Yes, it’s getting worse.
And Ward doesn’t seem happy with the direction, according to Fox News.
“If we’re keeping it a buck right now, we a–,” he said bluntly. “We’re 0-4. At this point, we got nothing to lose. We dropped a quarter of our f—ing games, and we’ve yet to do anything. We have to lock in, especially myself. From the offensive line to the defensive line to the special teams to all three phases, we have to play together.
“We have not played together this...