Titans' Callahan cedes play-calling to QB coach

Tennessee Titans manager Brian Callahan said Tuesday that he's relinquishing his play-calling duties to quarterbacks manager Bo Hardegree, portion Nick Holz volition proceed to beryllium the violative coordinator and support the aforesaid duties helping physique the crippled plan.

Callahan said helium chose Hardegree to telephone plays implicit Holz due to the fact that of his acquisition arsenic interim OC for 9 games with the Las Vegas Raiders successful 2023. Holz was past an violative coordinator astatine UNLV successful 2022.

"It's a beauteous casual happening to bash erstwhile trying to assistance the shot squad win," said Callahan, who is 3-17 arsenic manager of the Titans. "They hired maine to beryllium the caput manager -- and portion of that process was being progressive successful the discourtesy -- but my occupation is to beryllium the caput manager of the shot squad and I deliberation that this [change] allows maine to bash that occupation a small spot better, wage much attraction to immoderate things that mightiness necessitate my attraction and beryllium much present.

"We're 0-3. We're trying to get better."

The Titans person been outscored 94-51 this season, with fans booing and chanting "fire Callahan" during Sunday's 41-20 loss to the Colts.

Holz and Tyke Tolbert volition proceed to beryllium successful complaint of putting unneurotic the reddish portion crippled plan, portion Randy Jordan volition proceed to grip the surface game.

Callahan said determination is nary disruption of however the process worked before. Callahan, Hardegree and Holtz volition inactive beryllium the ones successful crippled program meetings with backmost Cam Ward, who has lobbied for stableness aft the Titans person fired a caput manager oregon wide manager successful 3 consecutive seasons.

The Titans person 3 consecutive distant games starting with the Houston Texans this week, followed by West Coast trips to look the Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders.