EDITOR'S NOTE: After this story was published, the Tennessee Titans have fired general manager Ran Carthon after two seasons.
The Tennessee Titans are on the clock, holding the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft following a 3-14 season.
Coach Brian Callahan, however, isn't excited to hold the league's worst record in his first season at the helm.
"It is embarrassing," he said e. "I do not like standing up here talking about having the first pick in the draft. I don't like it. I don't like the fact that we won three games. It's not the standard that I set for myself. … It does motivate me. No professional that likes to compete likes to be embarrassed, and there's feelings of that when you only win three games, and I am determined to not let that happen again."
The Titans own the No. 1 pick for the first time since moving to Tennessee in 2017.
With woefully inconsistent quarterback play, Callahan's offense finished in the bottom 10 in the NFL in points per game (18.3), total yards per game (304.2) and pass YPG (195.1). Tennessee had six games with 3-plus giveaways and 34 total giveaways in 2024 (both figures tied for most in the NFL with Cleveland).
"Ultimately I have to do a better job as a head coach, so we are not in this situation again at any point," Callahan said. "I don't have any interest in repeating this season. I don't want to be in this position again, and I am fully determined and resolved to get us to a point where we don't have to talk about how many games we've lost, we can talk about how many games we've won."
Callahan was part of a 2019 Cincinnati Bengals team under Zac Taylor that went 2-14, which landed them Joe Burrow and helped turn around that franchise. To have any hopes of turning things around in Tennessee, Callahan needs to find his Burrow.
