Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Brian Callahan is a NIGHTMARE for Tennessee Titans, Cam Ward is Falling Apart & Wasted Performances

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

The Tennessee Titans got drubbed once again, this week by the Las Vegas Raiders, proving once again that last week's win was an absolute fluke. At this point, if Brian Callahan isn't fired, it is because the Titans actually want to lose as many games as they can this season. Losing is one thing, but Cam Ward looking like the worst quarterback in the NFL is really what should get Callahan fired because that is what truly matters this season, but Ward being bad won't leave him lonely as this team is awful across the board. Even more frustrating, the Titans had some good performances from Jeffery Simmons and Femi Oladejo and the defense overall for a while before the lack of offense crippled the team. Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Mint MobileReady to say yes to saying no?Make the switch at https://MintMobile.com/LOCKEDONNFL Upfront payment of $45 required (equivalent to $15/mo). Limited-time new customer offer for first 3 months only. Speeds may slow above 35GB on Unlimited plan. Taxes and fees extra. See Mint Mobile for details.BetterhelpThis episode is sponsored by Betterhelp. Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://BetterHelp.com/lockedon. BILTTurn your rent into rewards and start earning points around your neighborhood by going to https://joinbilt.com/lockedonnfl.Supply HouseJoin the free TradeMaster program today and score serious perks like priority shipping, lower prices, and a dedicated support line. Visit https://SupplyHouse.com to sign up for free and use promo code SHNFL5 for 5% off your first order. PelotonLet yourself run, lift, flex, and push forward. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ today at https://www.onepeloton.com.RugietReady to level up your confidence in the bedroom? Head to https://www.rugiet.com and use promo code LOCKEDONNFL for 15% off your first order.PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNFLGametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelRight now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

If that performance wasn't enough to get Brian Callahan fired, then I don't know what will because the Tennessee Titans are an absolute nightmare. That and more 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 Rowland Titans fans. Today's Misery Monday edition of the Locked on Titans podcast

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off the unexpected. They get the fluky win against the Cardinals last week, but I tried to remind you all that this team is awful. They have the worst coach in the NFL, maybe the worst coach in NFL history, and that things weren't going to get better. And what do they do? They come out there and they look like an outright disaster against the Las Vegas Raiders. Enough has to be enough at this point to get Brian Callahan fired. It is one of the scariest, spookiest times ever to be a Tennessee Titans fan because everything

is a disaster including Cam Ward and not only that but the Titans truly wasted some pretty good performances out there that we'll get into but before I do I do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans your first listen each and every day Monday through Friday Tennessee Titans content all year round always for free make sure that you get subscribe stay subscribe

it's your team every day but simply put this team as an outright disaster and Brian Callahan has to be fired now like what else do you need to see what else has to happen I continue to ask the question look peek behind the curtain

I'm supposed to lead with my take not a question you guys know the questions I'm supposed to give you my strong opinion but my strong opinion is a question when is enough enough when is enough enough how much more

of Brian Callahan's football team do we have to see before this clown will be fired it's October I get it it's a big month for clowns maybe they're just trying to look out for Bozo Callahan and keep him employed during a big month for clowns but quite frankly again

how much is too much When is enough enough? How much more do we have to see before we get rid of this cancer that is eating us all alive? It's unbelievable to me. And again, the big thing is I'm watching a Brian Callahan football team every Sunday.

Not only that, but the Indianapolis Colts are the number one seed in the AFC with Daniel Jones at quarterback. The Jacksonville Jaguars lost. but they're a competitive football team that just beat the Chiefs in prime time. The Titans got the Texans right. The Texans bounce back with two wins.

You know that they're going to come back and be a competitive team this year. Not only that, but you want more salt in the wound. I'm Salt Bay right now. You want more salt in the wound? Mike Vrable has his team at 4 and 2 and they're coming to Nissan Stadium next week to drop 30 F-in points on the Titans.

They are going to beat the team. Titans by 40. Drake May looks like an MVP candidate. Like, how much worse could this get? Like, I cannot recall a more devastating, horrifying, murderous time to be a Tennessee Titans fan. Like, it is an outright disaster. Everything across the board. Jarvis Brownlee Jr., the Jets suck.

Jarvis Brownlee, Jr. went to a different team and still can't get a win. But, I mean, he's out there forcing fumbles, making tackles in big moments. You gave him away for peanuts. To move up 30 picks on day three, you gave away a young, cheap, productive, starting corner that was a dog. And again, that is a very minuscule detail in the outright collapse of the Tennessee Titans organization. You know, I hate to be so nostalgic, but at times like this, it's like, I can't help, but screw this game.

Screw the game. The Titans got drubbed by double digits against one of the bottom five teams in the NFL. The Raiders suck. The Raiders are a terrible football team. They are awful. Max Crosby is good. Ashen Genty is good. Gino Smith is a disgrace right now.

That offensive line is terrible. They made Jihad Ward look like T.J. Watt for most of the game. The Raiders suck, so I don't really care about this game. But just think about just a few short years ago. Four years ago, we were in the midst of getting the number one seed in the AFC with Derek Henry, A.J. Brown, Mike Rable at Coach. Beating teams we shouldn't be upset. people knowing that we would

compete every week and look at where we are now in the gutter. I said it. I wanted to live on some positivity after a win. But this is the worst football team in the NFL still. That was the flukiest

of fluke wins. And again, I just don't know I don't know how much more Brian Callahan has to do before he gets fired what are we doing here the here's the only theory I have the only theory that I could possibly give you to justify Brian Callahan keeping his job is that Mike Borgonzi and Chad Brinker tanked this season long ago they said we are gonna suck we are gonna be awful this roster is terrible this coach is a bozo and we

need to secure the number one pick once again that is the only theory I have for the potential that they could keep Brian Callahan after what we've seen how much more do you have to see again when is enough enough this is a disaster

this is a nightmare this is the worst experience on a Sunday and not just this week I mean the entire season so far we're a third of the way through the season the Tennessee Titans experience has never been this bad ever before

ever period It is never, in 25, 26 years, well, it was at 1996, 1996, 1997 they moved and they played in Memphis, weren't a while. Since the franchise came to Tennessee, it has never been this bad. It has never been this bad. The lack of hope, the lack of talent, the lack of coaching, the performances on a week-to-week basis, it has never been this bad ever before. We are truly in a Tennessee-type country.

nightmare. This is a Tennessee Titans night terror is what we are dealing with right now. It has never been this bad, this despicable, this small amount of hope to be a Tennessee Titans fan in my entire life. And I've liked the team since they moved to Tennessee. It's never been this bad. The wiz and hunt years were not this bad. They were not this bad. Like, and if that isn't enough,

if that is not enough, to do something, do something, fire this bozo and get them out of our lives. Even if the team doesn't win another game the rest of the year, you must do something. And you got Titans ticket reps chirping back at Titans fans. The fan base is very happy with this team right now. This organization is entirely lost from the football side to the business side, from the janitor all the way up to the owner. Every single person involved in this organization is lost in the sauce right now.

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It's time for Mazda's moving the game forward moment of the week and for those who believe it's not just about playing the game it's about redefining it. There are moments that do more than put points on the board. They move crowds, they move cultures and they keep the game moving forward. This week's moment that move the game forward

is Jeffrey Simmons' performance against the Raiders. I mean, he continues to be an absolute animal out there, defensive player of the year. The Titans are absolutely wasting his efforts. every single week, but Big Jeff has definitely moved his game forward and when you follow what moves you the unexpected is only the beginning

and just like there's more to every highlight from Jeffrey Simmons, there's more to a Mazda vehicle. It's Mazda, move and be moved. Titans fans, let's continue today's edition of the Locked-on Titans podcast, breaking down. That despicable loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, I mean, 20 to 10, but we all know it was not that close. It was nowhere near as close as 20 to 10 because the Titans get a garbage time set or garbage time touchdown out there.

A little Freudian slip there as I get ready to talk about this pathetic offensive line. But do want to thank you again for making Locked on Titans. were at first, listen. Quite frankly, guys, it can't get much worse than this. Actually, that's an absolute lie. I can't lie to you guys. When Mike Vrable comes into Nissan Stadium next week, Cam Ward gets sacked seven times, looks like an absolute bust, and the Titans lose by 30, and Brian Callahan still isn't fired. That will be worse than this.

100% will be worse. But I got to tell you, you know, we talk about the big picture stuff, but drilling down onto the actual football field doesn't make me because what might be the most despicable part of the Brian Callahan experience is what he's doing to Cam Ward. I mean, he is making Cam Ward look like the worst number one overall pick in the history of football. That's what he looks like right now. If you look at the advanced data, you look at the numbers, you look at the box score, you look at the tape, you look at whatever. Cam Ward looks like the worst number one

overall pick of all time right now. Do I think that he is? No, I do not. I do not think that. I think Cam Ward is a good football player. I think he's a rookie quarterback who's going to have his struggles. But Cam Ward is nowhere near

as bad as Brian Callahan is making him look. And look, I said it online. I'm going to say it here. I've been saying it for weeks. You know, I don't understand. Brian Callahan knows more about football than me, okay?

Like, period. But I don't understand how you can look at what Cam Ward had success with in college and how you can lie in the press conference. I got in some arguments. Me, me getting in arguments online, no way. Unbelievable, right? But I got in some arguments with some folks saying, oh, the Titans offense is going to change.

They said it. We're going to see. One specific guy named Brandon was like, oh, you'll see. Oh, what did you see? Did you see the Titans change the offense? Was there more RPO? Was there more play action? Was there more up-tempo?

Was there more no huddle? Was there more deep shots? Was there... No. You know what there was more of? Stupid screens that don't work. Predictable runs and predictable situations. Like, Brian Callahan will never change.

He will never change. He will never adapt. to his talent. He will never do what his quarterback is actually good at. He just wants to run his own thing and I forget who said it to me, but somebody said to me online, people are going to start to notice that Brian Callahan has just as big

of an arrogant, stubborn ego as Mike Vrable just with a nicer personality. We saw it last year with Will Levis. What does Will Levis do well? Play action. Shots downfield. What did Brian Callahan try to make him do?

Two-man West Coast concepts. Quick screens Slow developing run plays How many times are we going to run the power sweep With the front side guard And the center pulling out They get stopped five yards in the backfield The Titans are down by 17 points

It's third and one And you run a quick screen To the 34-year-old corpse of Tyler Lockett Oh my God Oh my God I'm getting a migraine I literally am getting a migraine If I have an aneurysm on screen

Someone call the cops You know Someone call the ambulance for me Because I'm thinking back To the game plan for Brian Callahan It just blows my mind Where is the RPO Where is the design rollouts in the pocket movement

Where is the play action game The Titans ran like Three play action passes I complained last week that it went from 23% to 19%. It can't possibly go down. It's going to be less. It's going to be less.

Disgraceful. Callahan will never change. He cannot pair his offense to his talent. He simply cannot do it. He is incapable of doing it. And it is making Cam Ward look like a disgrace as well. Now, Is Cam Ward playing well?

No. We have to be honest. Cam Ward is not taking advantage of opportunities that are there either. But there's not that many opportunities that are there for him to take advantage of either. Tyler Lockett, who is a corpse, again, the corpse of Tyler Lockett. Get him off the field. Van Jefferson, who is a special team's only player at this point. Elek I-O-Manner, who is a fourth-round rookie, who's a developmental project.

That's the wide-receiver trio once Calvin Redley's out of the game. Tyler Lockett, Van Jefferson, and Elykeyeomanner. That might be the worst wide-receiver trio of the past decade in the NFL. Disaster. Who's open? open out of that group. Who threatens the defense out of that group? The answer is nobody.

All right. And then the offensive line, what a disgrace, man. We know that Max Crosby is awesome. All right, you got it. Max Crosby is awesome. But J.C. Latham looks like a fraud. First game back from injury, hasn't played, goes against Max Crosby.

That's tough. But he got whooped. That's a top 10 pick. Look at how Joe Alt played when he was in the game. Look at how J.C. Latham plays. Look at Armand Membue this year. Like, the Titans got scammed by the Callahan's. You're telling, and there are people out there, Titans reporters

who said that Bill Callahan liked J.C. Latham more than Joe Alt. There are Titans reporters who act like they're so much better than me because they're on the beat. who tried to say that if you think Joe Oll is a class above all the other offensive tackles, you're a moron.

You don't know anything about football. Oh, man, who? It's a good thing that I have tried to turn a new leaf and don't bring up those old tweets. Yikes, like everybody does to me. Whenever I get anything wrong, every single other person in the Titans Media Complex likes to tell me I got it wrong.

But when I see all these other stupid tweets from these other people. You know, I try to be the bigger person. You know what I mean? But if Bill Callahan truly thought J.C. Latham was better than Joe Alt, then kick him to the curb too. What an idiot.

This offensive line gave up six sacks. They couldn't run block to save their lives against a terrible. And I don't care what a Raiders fan has to say. Your team sucks. The Titans suck worse. The Titans suck worse. All right.

You got me. You got me. But for the Titans to give up six sacks. And the way that they happen to, like the fourth sack of the game, where Kevin Zitler and Lloyd Cushingberry both blocked nobody and the Raiders just brought a four-man rush and sack cam Ward in a millisecond, that's coaching.

These guys have no clue what they're doing. The Titans could have five Hall of Famers on the offensive line and they'd give up five sacks a game because the coaching is a disgrace. And the Titans have bad wide receivers. Don't get me wrong. But I see other teams with bad wide receivers who are getting guys open.

I mean, the San Francisco 49ers last week played with like UAB's wide receiver group and there were people wide open. They made Kendrick, Kyle Shanahan made Kendrick Bourne look like Jerry Rice because he can scheme guys open. So, Cam Ward looks awful.

He looks terrible by any metric, by any number that you want to look at. But quite frankly, with the worst head coach, or at least the second worst, maybe Urban Meyer, sure. But with the worst head coach in the last 25 years in the NFL, The worst wide receiver trio out on the field today in the last 10 years in the NFL. And this disgraceful offensive line, I don't know what you want a young rookie quarterback to do. But again, out of all of the terrible things and all of the disgraceful things that Brian Callahan has done as the head coach of the Titans, making Cam Ward look as bad as he looks

is probably the number one thing that's going to end up getting him fired. And it better be now. I even said a couple of weeks ago, I said the Titans will probably wait to fire Brian Callahan to get that that fired coach bump for the Vrable game. And here we are. It better happen, man.

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Again, the Tennessee Titans lose 20 to 10 to the Las Vegas Raiders. The score was honestly much closer than what the game was. If you watch the game, it was not that close. It was an absolute beatdown, a terrible football team beating down an even worse football team. And again, I pose the question. If this isn't enough to get Brian Cowell, a hand fired, then what is? What could possibly be enough to get this man fired if this is enough?

Because this is the worst moment to be a Tennessee Titans fan of my life. I cannot think of a more desolate, dystopian, disgraceful. I keep coming back to disgraceful because that's how I feel. I am disgraced to be a Tennessee Titans fan right now. the worst coach in the NFL, making Cam Ward look like the worst quarterback in the NFL, potentially the worst roster in the NFL. Nothing is good.

Nothing. There's nothing even to be excited about. And they are just despicable every single Sunday. And they get that fluky comeback on the Cardinals and some people believe and, you know, maybe it made the people in turn, the scariest thing is if, the people in the building thought that that would turn something around. If Mike Borgonzi, Chad Brinker,

Amy Adams-strunk thought that that would turn something around, if they're that stupid to think that that game was some light bulb moment. I got on here on Wednesday show, my third show of the week, I told you, this is not a light bulb moment. This team sucks. This head coach is a disgrace.

This is not a flip-the-switch, turn the season around game. They're going to come out and lose again. and that's exactly what they did. And it wasn't even as close as I thought it could be. I had it 20 to 16 and the Raiders won 20 to 10. Three points. And again,

what makes it even worse, what makes it even worse, and you've got to be honest, the Jags are competitive. The Colts are number one in the AFC. The Texans are back to being competitive. Mike Vrabel's 4 and 2 and making Drake May look like an MVP.

Like that stuff makes it even worse. And now Mike Vrable is about to come to Tennessee. Boys and girls, it is going to be ugly next weekend. And that, that will be rock bottom. But if the Titans are smart,

they're going to look even dumber. if they fire Brian Callahan after he gets his, gets body slammed by Mike Vrable. Like, that's going to make them look even worse, public relations-wise, the optics, right? It's going to look even worse for you and be even more embarrassing. If you fire Brian Callahan

after he gets smoked by the guy you let go, they need to do it now. And the thing is, you know, I talk about where everything is bad on the roster. Jeffrey Simmons once again was absolutely dominant. Against the run in the past game. Jeffrey Simmons is the defensive player of the year. And no one's going to care because this team sucks.

The guy all of you guys gave up on after five games, Femiola Dejo had his best game as a Titan. He had multiple pressures. He had multiple tackles for loss. He finally looked like he had his balance. And then he gets hurt. Calvin Ridley, the only good wide receiver on the football team. There's one. It's him.

Hurt early. And if you wanted to trade Calvin Ridley, well, now he's hurt. Let's hope that they just sat him out because they are going to trade him. And he could have played. And they just didn't do it because they're going to get ready to trade him. Let's hope that that's the case. Like, it's just, Taday Spears

Taday Spears looked explosive 5 carries, 31 yards caught 4 catches 19 yards Taday Spears looked explosive no doubt about it I know the offensive line was absolutely terrible but Peter Skoronsky continues to look like an all-pro

him and Jeffrey Simmons there by far are the best players on the team it's not even close no one else is anywhere even close to that to Pete and Jeff nowhere even close And, I mean, again, Chim Dike, been a pretty good returner, the special teams. There were a couple of decent returns for the Raiders today,

but I thought that was on Johnny Hecker. Johnny Hecker did not have a good day. But, like, there are some good things in here. And when the Titans let Cam Ward play with a little bit of tempo, and at the end of the game, when they're trying to come back, he makes some throws, and it's like, There he is. That's what we wanted to see. He's got it in him. So there is some good stuff in there.

But nothing matters as long as the Titans have this cloud hanging above them. That is Brian Callahan. Bozo Clownahan. Ruining our October. Ruining our season. And I've gone through the numbers. A couple of weeks ago, I went through the numbers. You fire your head coach when they're as bad as Brian Callahan is. before week 8

and your team ends up doing a lot better. So again, the only theory that I have that could lead to Brian Callahan keeping his job is if the Titans are truly tanking the season and they plan to tank the season all along. So, oh man. I got to tell you guys, I'm running out of ways to say that this team sucks and Brian Callahan needs to be fired.

How many different weeks, how many different episodes, how many different days, how many different ways? Can I get on this show and tell you this coach is an absolute moron? And there's no hope for not even wins, improvement. isn't that what any logical Tennessee Titans fan that you talk to or heard from would say I don't know how many games they're going to win

but I just want to see them improve they've done the opposite they've regressed they're even worse this year than they were last year so when is enough enough I'm looking at you Amy when is enough enough

It's a disaster. Spookiest of spooky seasons I can ever remember being a Tennessee Titans fan but with that being said that is going to do it for me today folks as always I am your host Tyler Rowland

and this was locked on Titans You know,