{"id":677738,"date":"2026-01-14T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/677738\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:12:16","slug":"titans-are-dark-horse-big-time-job-in-coaching-carousel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/677738\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans are &#8216;dark horse big-time job&#8217; in coaching carousel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>&#8216; search for a head coach continues, the idea of coaching in Nashville has become more intriguing than most thought. NFL Insider Jordan Schultz says there are two main reasons for this: Cam Ward and Mike Borgonzi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At first, it seemed like no one would want to come to Tennessee. They have had a ton of turnover both in coaching staff and player personnel, and this past season was a mess. However, Schultz believes them to be a dark horse in this coaching carousel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The Titans are doing a very deep search, and they might end up with 20 head coach interviews. But over the last three to four weeks, I&#8217;ve heard from so many people around the league about how much they love Cam Ward after watching his film\u2014especially the last month. His arm talent, his off-platform throws, and his ability to grow into a bona fide leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And for the first time in a while, I keep hearing about Titans leadership and people actually wanting to work there, primarily with GM Mike Borgonzi, who came in last year from Kansas City. He is very well-respected both as an evaluator, a scout, and also a collaborative leader himself. People want to work with him; they want to collaborate with him. And that job has become very attractive as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">I do believe, at the end of the day, Tennessee targets a kind of &#8220;Leader of Men&#8221; type. But don&#8217;t sleep on this job. The Falcons, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ravens<\/a>, even the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Giants<\/a>\u2026 but with a hundred plus million in cap, a promising GM, and an uber-talented young quarterback, the Titans to me are that dark horse big-time job of this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Titans&#8217; search continues, and they might have more options than they initially thought they would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET As the Tennessee Titans&#8216; search for a head coach continues, the idea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,96009,96010,95882,95898,96073,95896,95891,95888,95895,95906,95884,95883,97551,95889,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-677738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnfltitans","12":"tag-sstsntitans","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","15":"tag-tagnashville","16":"tag-tagnational-sports","17":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagnfl-hub","20":"tag-tagoverall-positive","21":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagtennessee","24":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","25":"tag-tennessee","26":"tag-tennessee-titans","27":"tag-tennesseetitans","28":"tag-titans","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115895988713302899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}