Brian Callahan SABOTAGES Tennessee Titans v Denver Broncos & Cam Ward Shines Amid Disaster Coaching
Brian Callahan 100% sabotaged the Tennessee Titans in week one, proving once again he is not an NFL head coach. And I’m going to break it down on today’s edition of Locked on Titans. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. your team every day. Welcome to the Locked On Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Roland, Titans fans. Today’s edition of the Locked on Titans podcast is brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app. Create an account. Use the code locked on NFL for $20 off your first purchase. No doubt about it. No way around it. Brian Callahan is 100% at fault for the Tennessee Titans loss against the Denver Broncos. They lose 20-2. And quite frankly, it would not have mattered what the Denver Broncos did in this game because Brian Callahan is a first class bozo over and over and over again. This man proves he is not an NFL level head coach. I’ve said it throughout the off seasonason. I have talked about how much the microscope, the lens needs to be on Brian Callahan and nobody wanted to listen to it. Brian Callahan absolutely destroyed and sabotaged any chance that the Tennessee Titans had to win this game. Now, before we get into the long list of disaster decisions by Brian Callahan, do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free. Make sure you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It’s your team every day. Speaking of every day, shout out to my everydayers out there tuning in Monday through Friday. If you aren’t an everydayer, you need to be one. The season has kicked off. We got so much to talk about. Again, I am your host, Tyler Roland. 25 years as a Tennessee Titans fanatic, covered the team for USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and hosted the number one Tennessee Titans podcast, locked on Titans, for now seven seasons. All right, I am so angry. I am so angry in my bones. Not that the Tennessee Titans lost. Not that the Tennessee Titans lost. I told you guys, I thought that they were going to lose. And this is crazy how it happens all the time. I tell myself, I think the Titans are going to lose this game. I’m not going to get mad that they lost this game. I’m not going to get mad that they And then they find a way to lose the game in the dumbest fashion possible. And literally, literally, I might have a heart attack on stream. I am so pissed off at Brian Callahan. The Titans should have won this game. If you take 50 other NFL head coaches currently hired that have been fired in the last years. If you take 50 other NFL coaches, the Tennessee Titans win this game. Bozo Knicks tried to give the game away. The Broncos were awful in this game. Awful. Like, let’s go through the list. All we can do is go through the list. All right, let’s do it. Number one, the Titans come out of the gate. And what did I say all week that they couldn’t do? You can’t do slow developing runs. The Broncos are one of the heaviest blitz teams on rundowns in the NFL. And he comes out with two gap runs that take forever to develop. And guess what happens? They get smoked. And then it’s third and 10. You’re across your own 50 yardd line and you run the ball. You do a surrender run on third and 10 across your own 50 and surrender a field goal. You know what would have helped the Titans? A touchdown. Despicable cowardice from Brian Callahan to come out and start the game. Period. And then and then the play setups. These guys don’t know what they’re doing on offense. They have no clue. The Titans ran a handoff to Tony Pard and nobody took the handoff and Cam was just like, I guess I got to run it then. The Titans I have never seen this in my life. I have never in my life watching an NFL game seen a team run a wide receiver screen and nobody tried to catch the ball. Everyone blocked. Three people, Conquo, Calvin Ridley, whoever else was the wide receiver. They all blocked. Not a single person on the wide receiver screen turned around and said, “Cam, throw me the ball.” They don’t know what they’re doing. How many times did the Titans almost get a delay a game or actually get a delay a game because they could not get lined up? That’s coaching. The team is unprepared. They have no idea what they’re doing out there. And then and let’s just stay with the individual things. We get into the red zone. We get into the red zone. And do you guys remember the Detroit Lions game last year? Do you remember the Detroit Lions game last year where the Titans ran the same damn pick play over and over and over, four straight downs, and got a turnover on downs on the goal line because they ran the same roll out pick play over and over against the Lions. And Callahan gets one opportunity at the goal line. And what does he do? The same pick play that has never worked for you in your entire head coaching career. What are you doing? Holy cow. Holy cow. All right. Not only did he run the pick play, he rolled Cam Ward out so that Cam Ward, a natural creator and playmaker, only has half of a field to work with. Bozo clown car. Pathetic. This is a disgrace. And then we get to what might be what might be the most damning thing that happened to Brian Callahan throughout the game. Right before halftime, the Titans are on their own one yard line. Their own one yardd line out of all the times in the world for Bozo Callahan to run pass or run. You’re on your own one yardd line. What are you doing? There’s a minute left until halftime. What are you doing? He throws the ball three times in a row. Almost takes a safety and the Broncos don’t have to use any of their timeouts. They give the ball right back to the Broncos punting out of the shadow of their own goalpost. And the Broncos hit the only freaking touchdown that they had in the first half. Brian Callahan gave them seven points on a platter and didn’t even make them use their timeouts. That was You think that I am critical? Even the broadcast team, even the announcers are like, “What is this guy doing?” I saw Nick Wright from Fox Sports say that what Brian Callahan did before halftime is more negligible and more insane than anything that Will Levis did last year. And I agree with him. pathetic, irresponsible, malpractice coaching that gifted the Broncos seven points and you didn’t even charge him a few timeouts. Of all the times, the only drive in the game where he went pass pass other than the very last drive. No, he started with a run play on that one, too. There’s two minutes left. They’re down by eight and he runs the ball, but they’re on the one yard line before halftime and just need to sort it out and take it to halftime. and he goes pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass and gives the Broncos an easy field. I I mean it is like I have never been this animated on the show other than when the Titans lost to the Bengals in the playoffs and we just spent six minutes going through every despicable, insane, unacceptable mistake that Brian Callahan made. We didn’t even talk about the second half yet. We haven’t even talked about the big picture problems yet. Titans get an interception to start the second half. He goes, “Run, run, run, punt.” Thanks, Brian. How inspired. Way to take advantage of the turnovers. And we’ll get there. Then the busted run that I mentioned earlier by Tony Pard. Two penalties after that and the drive is dead. More penalties. And then the Broncos muff a freaking punt and put the Titans within the 30 yard range. run, sack, sack. And I saw people out there, people who cover the team for money say, “Oh, bad job by Cam Ward there. He can’t do that.” Did you see the routes? If Cam Ward is in the pocket and Brian Callahan is running vertical routes, how is Cam Ward supposed to get the ball get the ball out of his hands quickly? There aren’t any quick routes and the Titans ran heavy protections, so there aren’t any people in the flat or any checkdowns or dump offs. That’s a bad play call. You can’t run only vertical routes. It was third and eight. It was or no, it was like third and 18 or something like that. And if the Titans just get five or six yards, they’re in field goal range. But instead, Callahan calls vertical routes and Camar gets sacked and they lose 27 yards on the drive after a muff punt puts him basically in the red zone. Malpractice. I have never in my life since the Detroit Lions game last year. I have never in my life seen such a poorly coached football game. I have never in my life seen an NFL head coach give away the game for his football team the way Brian Callahan did. I’ve never seen it. I watched a high school football game on Friday night. I do the PA announcing. Both of those coaches would have not hurt the Titans as bad as Brian Callahan did today. He didn’t just not help them, he destroyed them. he sabotaged them. So those are the big picture things, right? Those are or not the big picture, those are all the little details where Brian Callahan absolutely sabotaged this football team. Now, let’s go to the big picture stuff. You guys want to You guys want to look at some stuff? What does this remind you of? Six sacks. Six sacks. The Titans win the turnover battle four to2 and really four to one. Cam Ward fumbled at the very end after he got sacked again trying to make something happen on the last play of the game. Really, the Titans won the turnover battle four to one. And then penalties, 13 penalties for 131 yards. The Tennessee Titans offense had 133. The Titans had as many penalty yards as they had offensive yards. I like I said it in my short video. I said it in my short video, but we need to call the DEA. We need to call the FBI. Somebody dig up Walter Kronhite. Somebody call Pablo Tore finds out. We need to have an investigation into Brian Callahan because there is no way that he is such a to do what he did out there today. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. I I I just I’m beside myself. And I saw another Beat reporter say, “Well, I thought the Titans were going to lose, but this brings up fresh concerns. Brian Callahan is a fresh concern. Brian Callahan should have been the number one concern. The number one concern all off all season. I said spotlights on Brian Callahan. He’s the biggest X factor. Microscope on Brian Callahan. my my background thing on YouTube with the rundown on the right hand side or whatever. It literally said Callahan’s big test. Would Brian Callahan have this team ready to play? Would Brian Callahan be able to correct some of the bad coaching that he had from last year? The answer is a resounding no. So, it may be week one. And I know all of you copers out there are going to say, “Tyler, it’s just week one. Tyler, it’s just week one.” No, it’s not. It’s week 19. It’s week 19 for Brian Callahan. This ain’t new. He ain’t a rookie. This is the same guy that lost the Titans multiple games last year. And yeah, Will Levice is to blame. But I’m looking at Brian Callahan right now and saying, “Well, Will Lev sure looked a hell of a lot better with Mike Vrabel.” So maybe I’m not saying Will Levice is good, but maybe Will Levice look like such crap because Brian Callahan is a first class bozo. Period. So I I got to stop sweating. I got to calm down. I’m so angry. I know you guys are, too. Let’s take a deep breath and let’s talk about what was good in this game. Tighten up. Tighten down. and Cam Ward. Poor Cam Ward. Poor Cam Ward. The entire team. Well, not the defense and special teams maybe, but on offense, whether it’s coaching or the supporting cast, the entire team let down Cam Ward. And he played. Don’t let the people lie to you. Cam Ward played great. Do want to let you guys know that today’s episode is brought to you by Prize Picks. the daily fantasy app where making the right call can actually pay off. You and I make decisions every day, but on prize picks, being right means cashing in. With football back, prize picks is the simplest and fastest way to get in on the action. Just pick more or less on two to six player projections, and you could turn your takes into real prizes all in less than 60 seconds. They have max discounts during the week where you could get like Dak Prescott more than half a passing yard. 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Look, the stats look terrible. 112 passing yards, zero touchdowns, 12 for 28, sacked six times, had the turnover at the end, which is nonsense. You know what I mean? Like, it’s nonsense. But did you see how Cam Ward was dotting the ball? Literally dotting the ball to his wide receivers. the perfect pass down the sideline. Oh, I didn’t even mention that in the Brian Callahan stuff. Alec Imanor caught the football and his elbow hit on the ground. One elbow is two feet. Brian Callahan didn’t challenge. Third and 18. Cam Ward throws a dot down the sideline to Elkio Manor and Brian Callahan doesn’t challenge the freaking play. And then the Titans punt. Bozo. Absolute bozo. But again, what a throw by Cam Ward. Cam Ward hits Calvin Ridley. How many times you got to throw the ball to Calvin Ridley before Calvin Ridley catches it? Calvin Ridley is a top five receiver. Cam, you better stop lying for these boys if they aren’t going to help you. Unbelievable the amount of drops that happened to Cam Ward today. Unbelievable. And then and then you add in Cam Ward sacked six times. six times. So, look, people are going to say what they want about Cam. You guys know how it’s going to go. The national media is going to say he didn’t play well, blah blah blah blah blah. But we know what really happened. We know what really happened. And when we go through the tape tomorrow on the Tic Tac Titans film channel, we’re going to look at how well Pam played. He was composed. He was poised. He never say die. He would float away. he would make things happen. Remember that scramble that he had that got called back because Dan Moore holding. Cam looked great in this game. And this goes back to remember my video where I said I have Cam Ward concerns. Not concerns about Cam Ward, but concerns for Cam Ward. Because I knew Brian Callahan’s a bozo. Dan Moore is not worth the money that they paid him. The wide receiver group is not very good. I had concerns for Cam Ward. And look what happened. The entire offense let Cam Ward down. Like it’s crazy. It’s crazy, man. The quarterback play improved. Cam Ward played almost a better game today than we saw almost all last year. And it still wasn’t even close. They lost by eight. They weren’t even close because everything else on the offensive side of the ball was not good enough. But Cam Ward was That’s the thing I said right after the game. The Titans need a wide receiver one. They need a new left tackle. They need an edge rusher. And they need a new head coach. But you know what the Titans don’t need anymore? A quarterback. cuz we got one, folks. We got one in Cam Ward. Period. Period. So, I already know what the narratives are going to be. I already know how people are going to talk. The dumbest person you know is going to say that Cam Ward played bad in this game. He did not. Do not listen. Do not listen to that. Period. Point blank. No questions. Now, listen. Cam Ward wasn’t the only person. Cam Ward was far from the only person who had a good game. Jeffrey Simmons was insane in this game. Jeffrey Simmons was absolutely unstoppable basically the entire game. He wrecked the Broncos offensive line. One of the best offensive lines in the NFL. He had four sacks. He had four quarterback hits. He had a strip sack fumble. Jeffrey Simmons was absolutely incredible. Worth every single cent. And I’ve been asking for that all all season. I have been saying big Jeff need you to look like you’re worth the money. Big Jeff need you to get more than five and a half sacks. Big Jeff need you to make special plays and be that allp pro player that you were in 2021 and 2022. That’s exactly who we saw out there today. Exactly who we saw out there today. Not only that, but Roger McCreary awesome in this game. Awesome. Gets the interception. When did you see somebody getting a catch on Roger? Maybe once, twice. Great high point catch on Courtland Sutton who’s way bigger than him to get the interception. Roger McCreary once again, awesome as always. Solid and awesome. Not only that, but Feola Dejo, y’all wanted to write him off as he developed in the preseason. You see Femi out there? Multiple pressures. Multiple pressures created multiple throwaways for Bo Knicks. Not only that, but did you see Femolio coaching the defensive line? I remember specifically the Broncos ran a run play to Femiola Dejio and he screamed at the defensive line and said, “Shift over. Shift over.” And the Dline shifted over and they ran right to it and they got a perfect stop with Femi at the heart of it. Femiola Dejo played great in this game. I mean, was he Miles Garrett? Was he Trey Hendrickson? No. But all of you guys said Femi’s a bust. What a terrible pick. They should have picked Mike Green. They blah blah blah. He played great in this game. He wasn’t the reason they lost. He didn’t kill him. He got pressure. He did his job. Femi Oljo did everything that you could have asked of him for where he’s supposed to be at in his development. So, I thought Femi was great. Tavandre Sweat makes the big time I’m so angry at Brian Callahan. Tavandre Sweat big time play. fourth down stop gives the Titans the ball back at the freaking half yard line with a chance to go tie it. And I think that’s when Brian Callahan went uh run sack sack. Like I I just Anyway, Big Jeff, Sebastian Joseph Day, Tovandre Sweat, Famolio, Roger McCreary all played really good in this game. Now, I want to go to special teams as well because the Tennessee Titans special teams was actually a major benefit most of the time. Chim DK No wonder they cut James Proche and went with DK. He had one punt return for 12 yards. Didn’t drop the ball. Good return. Awesome. He had four kickoff returns for 144 yards. That’s 36 yards per kickoff return with a 71 yard. And let’s just say this, that 71 yard return saved Brian Callahan’s butt after that disaster class of an end to halftime management. If Jim DK doesn’t run back that kick return right before halftime for 71 yards and give the Titans an extra field goal, we’re talking about 20 to9, which is what it should have been. So Jim DK was incredibly impressive. We got one, folks. The way they used him as a gadget player on offense, handed the ball off to him, the way he was able to return. We got a returner in Chim DK now. We got one. So, there are some major positives coming out of this game. The Titans players, the Titans roster does look improved. The Titans players and roster looked like, hey, this team did get a little better over the offseason, which is what we wanted. So, there are my tighten ups. If you guys felt I missed any tighten ups, let me know down below. But now, we got to talk about the Titanowns. do want to let you guys know that today’s episode is brought to you by game time. 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Again, use the promo code L O C K E D O N for $20 off. Swipe, tap, ticket, go. Download Game Time today. Titans fans, let’s continue today’s edition of the Locked on Titans podcast, breaking down the Tennessee Titans opening season loss to the Denver Broncos. They lose 20-12. It’s time for Titan Down. We talked about Brian Callahan’s sabotage attempt that was successful to start the show. We talked about the good stuff in the game. Don’t tell me I’m all negative. I talked about all the players that I was impressed by in the game. But now we got to do Titan down. And if you guys don’t know, Titan Up is the winners. Titan down my biggest losers. Obviously, Brian Callahan is the number one Titan down for me. But as I did earlier, I went through the list. The penalties 13 for 131. Basically the same amount of yards as the offense. the turnover battle the Titans won and still couldn’t even come within seven points. Third down run play across the 50. Offense can’t get lined up. No wide receiver to catch the wide receiver screen. No handoff. Nobody getting it. Bad red zone play calls once again. Mismanagement on the one yard line before halftime. Vertical routes when you need eight yards late in the game. It it was just an absolute disaster. So obviously Brian Callahan is my number one Titan down. Number one. No question about it. But when we talk about the players, Jarvis Brownley Jr. was a disaster. And you know, I got to tell you guys, I really get sick of people defending Jarvis Brownley and saying, “Oh, that was a bad call. Oh, that was a tickytac call. Oh, that was a that wasn’t a that wasn’t a pass interference. Oh, the refs are out to get the Titans. The refs are out to get the Titans. Do you guys not see patterns? Like I know that seeing patterns is a critical thinking skill and quite frankly my view of society is that a lot of people don’t have critical thinking skills. They can’t identify patterns. They like do you not see that this happens every single week with Jarvis Brownley Jr.? Like at what point in time every single game you guys are like, “Oh, he’s getting screwed. Those aren’t penalties.” Well, if every single week he’s getting called for three or four penalties, it’s a pattern. It’s not the refs. These are different crews, different wide receivers, different environments, home and away. It doesn’t matter. Jarvis Brownley Jr. is getting stupid penalties. He did it against Tampa Bay when he tried to suplex a guy. And Jeffrey Simmons, I’m not giving Jeffrey Simmons Titan down. Jeffrey Simmons gets a major Titan up. He was great in this game. It wasn’t his fault they lost, but the Titans did get a stop. And what did Jeff do? Another stupid personal foul penalty, which he’s done a ton in the past. At some point, when this pattern develops and it shows you clearly Jarvis Brownley Jr. is going to get multiple stupid penalties every single game, at some point you guys have to stop blaming the refs and look at the pattern. It’s him. He isn’t learning. He isn’t adjusting. I don’t care whether it’s fair or it’s not fair. They are calling it every single game. That’s on you now. You should know that it’s going to be unfair. You should adjust to that. Jarvis Brownley Jr. hurts this team way more than he helps this team when it comes to the penalties. There’s there’s just no more debate. There’s no more debate that can be had. It’s a pattern. That’s how I feel about Brian Callahan. People say, “Oh, you’re going to criticize every play call.” But once a pattern develops, you can’t point to a single incident and argue the single incident. Yeah, that single incident may not be it’s not Brian Callahan’s fault that Kevin Zeitler jumped all sides. Well, actually, maybe Kevin Zitler should have played in the preseason and he would be more ready to go and not get a false start penalty. And that is on Brian Callahan, the coach who chose to not play Kevin Zitler in the preseason. Therefore, he is not ready and ready to go. The buck stops with the coach. But again, Titan down for Jarvis Brownley Jr. and Titan down for Dan Moore. I tried to warn you guys, Tyler, you’re so negative. Why don’t you just Dan Moore is not worth $22 million. The Titans need a left tackle still. The Titans need a left tackle. Dan Moore ain’t the answer. He got panced out there. Penalties. They said it on the broadcast. Dan Moore had 24 penalties last year and 14 sacks. He was one of the bottom five starting left backs in the NFL. And you could say he had a good pass rush win rate. Well, that’s great. I hope the pass rush win rate will block for Cam Ward while Dan Moore is getting smoked. So, give me a break on that. And then Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley’s a top five wide receiver. I appreciate it, Cam. I appreciate it. But Calvin Ridley had more drops in this game than he had catches. Well, I think he had three drops and he ended up with four catches for 27 yards. But what a pathetic display from Calvin Ridley more than anything. Some of them are tough catches. I’m not here to tell you that, you know, especially some of the early ones, tough catches. But him dropping that post at the end, the Titans would have had the ball at the 50 yard line. Calvin might have caught that and ran to the freaking end zone. Clean, easy, dropped it right to the ground. Did you guys see Cam Ward’s dad in the stands? They showed him on the television broadcast. If you didn’t see it, Cam Ward’s dad is sitting in the stands next to my guy Ben Arthur from Fox Sports. Shout out Ben. But after Calvin dropped that, Cam’s dad literally stood up, walked into the aisle, and put his hands on his head, and looked down at the ground. Could not believe what they were doing to his son. I mean, Calvin Ridley was a 10,000 yard receiver last year. Calvin Ridley is a good player, but he’s the opposite of clutch. He’s the opposite of clutch. And I give credit. The Jaguars fans warned us. They told us he doesn’t know where to line up. He doesn’t understand the playbook. He’s going to drop the ball all the time. He’s not going to be in the right place. And so much crap happened last year in the game in the season that we couldn’t hate on Calvin Ridley. He went for a thousand yards. He So yeah, he dropped some passes, but the rest of the team was a freaking disaster. How am I going to talk bad about Calvin Ridley? But he really let Cam Ward down out there tonight. Really let him down. No question. Major Titan down for Calvin Ridley. And I know that there are other players out there that didn’t play very well, but I got to give my last Titan down to James Williams. Two two special teams penalties from James Williams. Two. Like, how can you It’s crazy. It’s just crazy, man. This team, man. This football team. I just don’t understand. I don’t understand. I never will. Like last year, rookie quarterbacks never win. Andrew Luck is the only only rookie quarterback in the last like 20 years to win week one until Ca or the number one pick to win week one until Caleb Williams last year. And guess who did it? The Titans and Brian Callahan. like historic things are happening against Brian Callahan week in and week out. Historic collapses, historic issues, monumental falloffs under Brian Callahan’s watch. So, in my opinion, I think Mike Borggoni was texting eye emojis and hearts to John Gruden during the game. I don’t think that Gruden is a is a great choice. I don’t think Gruden’s going to be the next coach. It’s mostly just a joke, but is it? Is it? It’s week one. You could say it’s an overreaction, but again, this ain’t week one for Brian Callahan. It’s week 19. And how many games does this dude got to blow for this football team before we all wake up and smell the roses? He’s not an NFL head coach. Not yet. He’s going to go be a good offensive coordinator and then maybe he’ll get another opportunity to be a head coach when he’s older and he’ll do better, but he ain’t it right now. And I would not be shocked, and shout out my guy Justin Graver from Titan Film Room who uh said this idea in my comments on Twitter, but I would not be shocked if at some point during this season, Brian Callahan is fired and Mike McCoy, who was brought on as a senior offensive assistant, who used to be a head coach in the NFL, is the interim head coach because there’s no way that Chad Brinker, Mike Borghazi, and Amy Adam are looking at what Brian Callahan just did and saying, “Oh, this is the guy to lead us into the future with Cam Ward. And again, you guys all want continuity. You want continuity with Cam Ward. Cam wants continuity. I get it. But maybe some of you are young. Maybe some of you found your high school sweetheart and you never had to worry about it. But if you have ever dated in your entire life as an adult, you know that staying with the wrong person for too long is just as bad as breaking up too soon. And this guy is not The Titans scored 12 points and Cam Moore played well. I don’t care what kind of continuity Brian Callahan is bringing to the table. It’s not the kind of continuity that I want. So, I got to go take some blood pressure medicine. I got to go take a shower. I’m disgusted. I’m disgraced. And I know that all you guys feel pretty similar to me. Let me just say 1300 people are watching this live right now. Hit the thumbs up button. Get subscribed. Stay subscribed, guys. I talk about film. I break down the talking points, the breaking news, analysis, opinion. There is not a Titans content creator on earth who is on my level. Sorry, not sorry. So, make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It’s your team every day. That’s going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Roland, and this was Locked on Titans. [Music]
The Tennessee Titans LOST to the Denver Broncos despite a tremendous showing by the defense and Cam Ward looking like he belongs, mostly because Brian Callahan absolutely blew the game. Penalties, play calls and mismanagement doomed the Titans and it all falls on the feet of Callahan, who again, looked completely lost as a coach. Cam Ward didn’t look good in the box score, but considering the support he was getting, it is hard to not be impressed by what Ward was able to pull off. He wasn’t alone though as the special teams and defense played fantastic. However, there was a lot of bad outside of Callahan. Calvin Ridley, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. and Dan Moore all did nothing to help the team.
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49 comments
I’m a Vikings fan and also a Hurricane fan. I was so upset seeing the lack of protection for Cam. I also can’t believe the amount of times the ball hit yall receivers in the hands and they dropped the ball. Why isn’t Restrepo in? They already have chemistry
It's the beginning of the end for Cally 🙁
SPOT ON‼️‼️‼️
How can someone that stupid be a h ad coach in the NFL?
Dude. I may have said, "Wtf are you doing?" Like 45 times.
They can blame it on 1st game woes, but come on gotta be better than that as an NFL organization.
I have to say I love the passion from the host! This is a host who is a true fan of the Titans!
Simmons looked great except the typical penalty at worse time. Could have used Landry. 2.5 sacks 4 qb hits.. silly we got rid of him for nada.
❤drop them bombs cam played well to much inconsistency today we could of won
Let’s not forget how many pathetic runs we had on 1st and 10. And when we finally have some success in the run game, we sub pollard out inside the 10 so we can give Chestnut some make a wish touches. Abysmal day for Callahan. He called the game like he had Levis at Qb
Thanks man, I needed to hear this this morning!
clown coach clown organization
The fact that Borgonzi doesn't take play calling away from Callahan is GM malpractice. A, he can't do it and B, he needs to focus on the WHOLE team
First class Bozo is hilarious 😂😂😂
I'm a Raiders fan. I feel as frustrated about this loss as much as Titans fans lol.. i feel for you guys. This coaching was about as bad as I've ever seen!! And I've seen Antonio Pierce and Josh mcdaniels. Your coach should be on the hot seat. Honestly, save some time and just hit axx him now!!!
The halftime debacle is inexcusable.
I bet you this guy is a banger of an announcer!!!
Titans need to hire Mike Tyson for head coach
Callahan looked like this was his first time in an NFL game. 100% correct analysis. I have never seen an offense look so confused in my life. Im not a believer in firing during a season but after that, man, dude needs to go. This is beyond first game back bs that people wanna say. This was awful coaching.
I I’m a broncos fan and I don’t think it was just Callahan. He could be part of it but Ridley dropped a few 3rd down conversions and Simmons with that dumb penalty.
lol you talking about using
The same pick play reminds me of the broncos using the same Jerry Jeudy jet sweep that never worked for every game when pat shurmur was OC
It’s only week one but it’s time to move on from Callahan. Tyler I really appreciate you being so upset!!! Bring on Chucky!!!!!
in my opinion they did great they should of never gotten as close as they did to winning this and the WRs had so many drops. it literally could be cam saying the wrong calls in the huddle too.
💯Thank you for saying out loud how we all feel.
This is why when you said Cally wouldn’t be fired after starting 1-8 I laughed so hard out loud. Dude has done nothing to deserve a leash even a little bit. The Will Levis tax has ended. Dude doesn’t make it past New England game
16-1 🥲
Need an episode breaking down what head coaches are out there.
Tyler, I feel you. I don't know how many times I said 'Don't run the ball on first down, they are so looking for it. They ran 5 out of times on 1st and it was stuffed every time and when they passed it worked. The end of the 1st half though was unforgivable. Deep in your own end, please do run it on 1st down and if you get something, then pass. If not run the clock out as much as you can and then punt. Don't put your rookie QB in that situation which almost ended in a safety, although that may have been better in the long run. A wasted effort by the defense in general, except the penalties. Cam is going to be great but inspite of B Callahan. It's begining to look like it was all Joe and not Brian at Cincinati.
callihan is in so over his head and he is not a leader, and clearly the speed of the game is too much for his brain. He is a B A D head coach. That was another totally winnable game we gave away, due solely to a lack of coaching decisions. Zero situational awareness. ZERO.
Shittyhans playcalls gave me flashbacks to Terry Robiskie smh
If Callahan isn’t a suitable nfl coach, then Calvin Ridley isn’t a suitable nfl wr.
Yep Callahan has to go I can't even talk today I yelled so much during that game, broncos did everything they could possibly do to let us win there, if I'm the players I don't want to play for him, you could even see cam and Ridley on the bench just shaking there head before halftime he's got to go while there is still a season anyone is better than him
Also, I really liked Ran and didn’t want him to be fired, but I’m starting to get now. You whiffed on a staring QB that you traded up for and looks like whiffed on a HC as well. Even if you were perfect in every other aspect (which he wasn’t) that could be grounds to be let go. Hate to say it but it’s the truth
And the defense isn't the problem guys it's Callahan period
As a Cam Ward dynasty owner, Callahan is absolutely killing me. Shades of being a Drake London owner w/ Arthur Smith being the coach
I can't say it enough coach Callahan HAS TO GO
This is your best video bro 😂 Been here since 2020
You know as a broncos fan I think I need to relax because I’m annoyed at the game but I’m still happy. My guy is going on a soliloquy about the titans and all the wrong doings over the years and suddenly I don’t feel like my complaints are worth being mad at. May not have ended how yall wanted but it was still a good game I’m sorry your recovers decided to not catch balls yesterday.
Pls enlighten me on how the broncos “gave” the game away instead of just being outclassed. By a team that forced turnovers
The broncos didn’t lose cause of pre snap penalties and only had one unforced turnover
The titans on the other hand, plenty of penalties and dropped passes and absolute poor coaching and still should’ve won. The titans gave this game away not the other way around
If they win by 50, broncos had an off day
If they win by 3, even with the broncos off day the broncos still almost win
If they lose by 3, the broncos had an off day and still won
If they lose by 50, the broncos are just a way better team..
Big Jeff did have a great game but his selfish, undisciplined penalty late in the game should have kept him off your Titan Up list.
cam said the offense was very mid in the preseason, he definitely oversold it lol its very very bad
Thank you Tyler.
I’m a Broncos fan and if it’s any silver lining the Titans run game looked really good. Gashing runs right down the middle against one of the best defenses. With Cam Ward throwing behind that I think there is hope for you all (after a few changes to the coaches staff)
I feel like I last felt after a playoff loss. I had such high hopes for this season. I know it's 1 game but scared that if this season tanks poor Cam who will have to deal with another new coach and offensive coordinator.
28:00 the Brownlee thing is super tough, because I do think this particular week there was a mix of easily avoidable penalties along with some really bad calls too. He does need to clean it up though
If it makes you feel better, Broncos fans aren’t too happy about the win. Bo looked terrible
Broncos fan here. Your defense was legit. I was very nervous about that game yesterday. Cam Ward will be a good QB. Good luck with the rest of the season.
Bozo Tyler Rowland 🤡 🚗 🎪
Was the broncos defense any good? Or just titans bad? Lol