While most Texans fans might be tempted to laugh, they should be devastated. Callahan’s firing means the AFC South just got tougher. The worst coach in the NFL is gone…
I'm going to do something that I was taught long ago to never do... even at the risk of making a, um, donkey out of 'u' and 'me,' I'm going to assume that I know what the general mindset of the Houston Texans fanbase is on this Monday afternoon in the immediate aftermath of the breaking news that the Tennessee Titans have made Brian Callahan the first coach fired in the NFL this season.
It certainly wouldn't surprise me if the immediate reaction of Texans fans would be to laugh at how quickly Brian Callahan's tenure with the Tennessee Titans ended. Callahan, the son of former NFL head coach and well-respected offensive line coach Bill Callahan, was relieved of his duties on Monday afternoon after a Week 6 loss at the hands of the Las Vegas Raiders. In his brief tenure, Callahan went 4-19 as the Titans head coach.
Now you may have clicked on the headline and expected to read some kind of holier than thou piece about how we shouldn't be celebrating the loss of job for any man or woman because it affects the livelihood of not just themselves but their friends and family members and blah blah blah. Sure, all of that is inherently true, but in the interest of Texans fans, this has nothing to do with turning the other cheek or being the bigger man or anything of the sort.
Texans fans should be not just upset, but devastated that Brian Callahan is no longer the head coach of the Tennessee Titans because he proved, over just 23 games, that he's a lousy head coach who could've been good for two wins each season moving forward for as long as he was situated in Nashville.
Sure, one of Callahan's four wins as a head coach came at the expense of the Texans, but the proof is in the pudding... this was one of, if not the worst coach in the NFL, and there were much smarter people than me who have been pointing that out for weeks.
But frankly, it doesn't take a scout's eye or a seasoned writer's vantage point to see that Callahan was in over his head. Anyone who spends 10 hours every Sunday watching football could've arrived at this conclusion.
The Titans point differential over their last 23 games has been a staggeringly bad -227, which means Tennessee is being outscored by nearly 10 points per game in that time. Tennessee's offense has ranked in the bottom six in both points and yards in each of the last two seasons, and the defense has only been marginally better. This year, the Titans ranked dead last in yards per play, 3rd down conversions and net penalty yardage.
Brian Callahan's presence was a gift from the football gods after Tennessee made the bewildering decision to move on from Mike Vrabel after the 2023 season. It all but ensured that the Titans would be one team that the Texans wouldn't need to worry about in the AFC South. But even with a league-average coach, that won't be the case anymore.
Pour one out for Brian Callahan tonight, friends. He was taken from you too soon.
Nick Sirianni is backing Kevin Patullo as Eagles prepare to face the Vikings in Week 7
The Philadelphia Eagles' offense is in shambles after losing back-to-back games, but head coach Nick Sirianni refuses to put the blame on offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo.
"Yeah, like I said earlier, not in this sport is it ever on one person, and we’re not in the business of assigning blame," Sirianni said. "We’re in the business of finding solutions. As we watched the tape today, it was a little on everything and that’s this game of team football. I know that we live in a world that wants to assign blame, point the finger, but that’s not the reality of what good teams do. That’s not reality of this sport, and we’ve got a lot of confidence in Kevin and the offensive staff and love some of the thoughts that we have."
Eagles Have No Plans to Change Their Offense
The Eagles had a longer weekend to get ready to face the Minnesota Vikings in Week 7, but Sirianni and the rest of the coaching staff aren't going to divulge what they really learned about themselves over those extra days.
"I know you’ll ask them, ‘Hey, what were some of the things you found on the bye-week?’ They’re probably not going to tell you those things either," Sirianni said. "It’s not good for us to share that with our opponents, but a lot of confidence in there. And again, we’re all about finding solutions. I saw that quote of [former NFL Head Coach] Bill Parcells a long time ago of finding solutions, and that’s what we’re in the business of."
While Sirianni wouldn't go into details of what the Eagles did over the mini-bye, he did say there was no change coming to the offensive play-calling.
"This isn’t like you lose this one and then you’ve got to wait again to play for a year," Sirianni said. "No, we get an opportunity to go out, get better from this, continue to come together as a football team and get back to work."
