The Ringer NFL Show - Redrafting the 2024 NFL QB Class | Ringer NFL

Episode Date: October 14, 2025

Sheil and Dave Dameshek from the Football America! show get together to take a look at seven of the top quarterbacks taken in the 2024 NFL draft and rank them according to their current levels of succ...ess. (00:00) Redrafting the 2024 QB class(1:58) Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, and Caleb Williams(14:37) Spencer Rattler, J.J. McCarthy, Michael Penix, and Bo Nix(27:17) The Hurry Up: Titans fire Brian Callahan The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Dave DameshekProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Shield Capadia. There are currently seven quarterbacks from the 2024 draft class starting in the NFL. We saw Michael Pennix Jr., Caleb Williams, and Jaden Daniels play on Monday night. We saw Drake May, Spencer Rattler, and Bo Nicks play on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:00:20 And of course, J.J. McCarthy, who has been injured, but is still the Viking starter. So the exercise today is simple. Rank them. You get your choice of any of these guys for the rest of their careers, who are you picking first, who are you picking second, all the way down to number seven? My guest today is Dave Damashek.
Starting point is 00:00:38 You can hear him or watch him on Football America on the Lebitard Network. We talked about it. We disagreed. We had a lot of fun. And then at the end, in the hurry up, I give you my take on the Titans firing Brian Callahan, kind of the state of the Titans, our first coach firing of the 2025 season. All right, let's take a quick break. come back and we redraft the 2024 quarterback class.
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Starting point is 00:01:57 All right, here with Dave Damashek. So here's what we're doing. 2024 redraft, right? So Caleb Williams went first. Commanders took Jaden Daniels second, Patriots, Drake May 3rd. Michael Pennix, Jr. goes eighth to the Falcons. J.J. McCarthy, 10th to the Vikings. And then the Broncos take Bo Nicks.
Starting point is 00:02:29 12th. Six quarterbacks taken in the first 12 picks, Dave. We might never see that again in our lifetimes. And then in the fifth round, Saints take Spencer Rattler. So here's the exercise. We watch three of these guys just play on Monday night football. You have your choice for your franchise for one of these guys for the rest of their career. We're going to do all seven.
Starting point is 00:02:52 But who's your number one pick? Who do you got? Oh, we're starting at the top of the pile, are we? I have to say maybe because my brain works like that of a five-year-olds, but what I just saw is hard to sort of not overreact to or to lean into all the way. I might have said Jane Daniels had the commies vanquished the Bears, but it's Caleb Williams. You know what? I'm going to stay with Jane Daniels.
Starting point is 00:03:19 I don't want to overthink this. Jane Daniels played in the title game just what, eight months or so ago. And I find it remarkable for all of our conversations, you, me, and, you know, countless other people talking into microphones all through the offseason about what these teams need to get right. and all of a sudden the Washington commies, who previously had been a punchline for many moons, as a matter of fact, draft one guy, a quarterback,
Starting point is 00:03:50 and all of a sudden they're playing for a trip to the Super Bowl. Let's not overcomplicate. So were you deciding between Daniels and Caleb Williams? Like if you had to choose, was that, or maybe we'll get to that, because that's what you made it sound like, which is surprising to me.
Starting point is 00:04:06 I like Dr. That is surprising to you. I mean, listen, I like Drake. May quite a bit as well, obviously. I mean, what we've jumped into here, I'll, you know, full disclosure. I love debating all manner of things. You know, we could go back and forth, but it's sort of in and out and five guys and Fat Burger and otherwise. Like, I'm happy to live in a world where they all exist. And I don't think there are any what's remarkable thus far, at least, is we can eliminate Spencer
Starting point is 00:04:37 Rattler is a fifth round pick. But the first round guys, what would be anomalous if it ends up playing out this way is that none of them are busts. As you know, I mean, it's usually about a 55-45-45 proposition first-round quarterback 60-40 at best. And there's a chance at least from what we've seen that all these guys are going to work out to some degree or another. But you said you're surprised that I would say it's Caleb v. Jaden Daniel. who would be the other person in that conversation, Drake May? Well, Drake May. I was having a really hard time, David.
Starting point is 00:05:13 I was thinking, you know what? For content's sake, maybe whoever he says, I'll say the other guy. And I was debating Daniels and May. I have Williams as my clear-cut third. So we will talk about that in a second. I ended up, though, if I actually had to choose, I'm just going to stick with Daniels. I'm trying not to be a prisoner of the moment,
Starting point is 00:05:31 recency bias six weeks this season. I think Drake May has probably changed my opinion of him more than any of these other quarterbacks in the first six weeks this season. But I'm with you. You know, Daniels has the fumble on Monday night. He's playing with an injured knee. He's got the brace on. He's still slippery as usual. I mean, when he's in the pocket and he just has to elude one defender, there's nobody else in the end. Lamar Jackson. There's nobody else in the NFL who's that slippery and can just get away. And all of a sudden, it's an eight-yard scramble. throws a beautiful deep ball, can hit all parts of the field. He's accurate. And I just, you know,
Starting point is 00:06:05 we can still go back to the old school, like the moxie. He's cool under pressure. He went to Detroit and scored 45 points in a playoff game and won as a big underdog. So yeah, I still have all those things. I'm a little nervous about can his body withstand the rigors of like a long NFL season? He had an injury last year. Yeah, he had an injury this year. But yeah, I'm going to still stick with Jaden Daniels.
Starting point is 00:06:30 But I have Drake May clear cut. I mean, that, that I don't have to think three seconds about Drake. May over Caleb Williams. So give me your case for why Caleb Williams over Drake May at number two for you. Well, listen, you and I have exchanged a couple of notes back and forth before we did this, but I didn't ask you just for the fun of it and to keep it sort of open-ended. I say Caleb Williams, if I'm bringing Ben Johnson along for the ride. If I can assign Ben Johnson to Drake May or even replace Cliff Kingsbury with Ben Johnson. I'm going to do that.
Starting point is 00:07:08 I mean, it's very close for me, given the evidence we have. And it still isn't that much either for Caleb or for Drake May. Obviously, I think we would agree that Drake May's had the superior open to this season. I also think at this point in Mann's Recorded History that you can make a decent case that in most NFL situations, the progressive offensive play caller is more important than the guy at the trigger. I think you would rather have Kyle Shanahan, and there's been some buzz the last couple of weeks since Mack Jones has played the way he has. There's been some, did they make a mistake? Paying out Brock Purdy, and I think it's semi-valid because I think Kyle Shanahan would make most guys elevate their play based on what their standard is.
Starting point is 00:07:59 And I think the same thing is going to happen with Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams. I think the early returns are mostly positive. What I love is that Drake May is starting to take on the vibe of a guy who is willing to take some deep shots. He's a little bit fearless. He's got a little bit of gunslinger to him. I always say that there are two basic quarterback groups, and one is the gunslinger. and one is, I've dismissed the marginalizing term that is game manager. Tom Brady and Drew Breeze and Peyton Manning could be game managers,
Starting point is 00:08:38 not enough for them, what they are assassins, lethally accurate, winning pre-snap, using their brains, making a great plan, whereas the gunslinger shoots from the hip. And I think Drake May is kind of so far this season for what it's worth, and it's still early, but I think he is starting to present as being, maybe both of those things. So I'm excited about him too. I just like Caleb Williams' situation a little bit better than I do, Drake Mays. Okay. Yeah, I go May because I just feel like it's not hyperbole to say he's been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL through the first six weeks
Starting point is 00:09:13 this season. And listen, we both know Boston, New England people. And so like I said it on the last show, I take no pleasure in saying this. I would much rather go the other way and be like, calm down, everybody. He's going to stink. He's played six. games, but I can't cheat what my eyes see. I mean, he's completing 73% of his passes. You look at the boomer stats. You look at the nerd stats, whatever you want to look at. He's chucking it downfield, like you said, especially this last week.
Starting point is 00:09:40 Whereas earlier in the season, it was like he was playing that point guard and just executing the offense. And it's not a great situation. You know, I look at it. And it's like, Kishon Booty, Pop Douglas, Hunter Henry, you know, Stefan Diggs is playing on a snap count there. So I look at all those things. I can't cheat with my eyes.
Starting point is 00:09:58 I really, you know, I would have to think long and hard. If it was legitimately like I was, you know, Hey, Shield, we're giving you an expansion franchise. You get your choice of these guys. I would have to take a long time to think between Drake May and Jade and Daniel. So I've got him on just one tier above Williams. You know, Williams has the upside. Like if you put a reel of, hey, here are his 20 best plays of the season.
Starting point is 00:10:20 You'd be like, of course, that's the guy I'm taking. I think the consistency with some of the things in his game. That's why it makes me a little bit more bullish on me. made than Caleb Williams right now. I don't think you're crazy and you know both guys can use their legs a little bit. Drake May is probably a little more physical than than either Caleb or Daniel's running the ball. But yeah, I hear what you're saying. And I do think because you made this point about Baker Mayfield. And it is funny that who the name is under center or in shotgun either way impacts how we react to it. Baker Mayfield is like, boy, he got himself.
Starting point is 00:10:57 into a great situation. He had to crawl through a river of shit and he in multiple NFL play spots, but he finally came through clean on the other side in Tampa as though it's not Baker Mayfield pulling off those plays throwing the ball to Tess Johnson. I mean, if this were, again, to go back up to New England, like you say, Tom Brady rightly got a ton of credit in the late stages of his career for making it go. Yes, he had one of the all-time tight ends, but he also was throwing the ball to Danny Am and Dolan, Julian Edelman, and those cats. And it was, look at how great Tom Brady is. He makes a star out of everybody.
Starting point is 00:11:33 Baker Mayfield isn't afforded the same. I do think you're right. We do have to early on here take a look at what Drake May's done. His rookie season was behind an atrocity of an offensive line. It's a tick better now. And I'll say one more thing about May. He really deserved to win. The Patriots deserved to win that game against Pittsburgh a few weeks ago.
Starting point is 00:11:54 And I don't know what happened. after the, if they had won that game versus lost it, if things play out the same. But if we say that they do, we're talking about five and one. And now they are literally the number one seed in the AFC as we have this conversation. And as it stands, they're pretty close to it because they have the tiebreaker over the bills as we speak. Yeah, when they said that on the broadcast that, you know, Patriots are now in further, I'm like, oh my gosh, is this really happening again with the New England Patriots? So, yeah, they are in a good spot, easy schedule going forward and looks like they've got themselves a quarterback.
Starting point is 00:12:31 Before we go to break, Dave, was that, you know, bears win that game. They're making errors throughout. Troy Aikman's just like, you know, is so annoyed by some of the stuff they're doing. I thought there was no chance they were making that. Like, if anybody says they thought they were making that last kick, they're lying, right? Everybody thought, are, is this going to be a block? Is it going to be a penalty? Is he just going to hook it?
Starting point is 00:12:51 But the fact that it went in and it was only a 38-yard field goal, and I was legitimately shocked. That just kind of speaks to the viewing experience of this bear's team, I think. It's true. And it's funny that you would bring that up because I was texting with a San Francisco 49ers fan, my pal the Dutch mook, with whom I am in a fantasy league with the sports guy, Bill Simmons. So I bet you you've heard of before. Spoiler alert, Bill Simmons lost again and once again has the worst team in our league.
Starting point is 00:13:21 That is true every single year. It's remarkable that anybody can do. It's sort of like, we'll see if Caleb Williams can reverse the curse of 60 years. Somehow in the Super Bowl era, the best quarterback that the Chicago Bears have had is Jake Cutler. Somehow Bill Simmons is incapable of fielding a mediocre fantasy team. It's really, it's really wild. But watching that first half, what occurred to me in D.C., I'm talking about, was that I felt like Jaden Daniels, you could kind of squeat your eyes and kind of feel like,
Starting point is 00:13:54 oh, he's having the Caleb Williams experience of 2024. Yeah. The fumble, the pick, and otherwise, it felt like Caleb has kind of turned a corner here a little bit. And now Jane Daniels is having some struggles. I know he's not 100% and all the rest of it. But yeah, I was struck by that a little bit as well. Yeah, there's no doubt. If that fumble that he had at the end, if that was with the, it would have been LOL, Bears again,
Starting point is 00:14:19 you know, so you're right about that. But this time, bears on the winning end there. And you know what? They've won three in a row. So good for them. All right, we'll take a break. We come back. We get to the next tier because we had the same three guys in different order for the top three.
Starting point is 00:14:34 But let's talk about the next four. All right. We're back on the ringer NFL show. So Bo Nix gets the ugly win Sunday morning there in London. Michael Pennix, Jr. gets the win against the bills. They were underdogs. Big win for the Falcons Monday night. Spencer Rattler, face Drake May and the Patriots.
Starting point is 00:14:53 And then J.J. McCarthy, not playing right now. but still in the mix. All right. Rank these four for me from guy you would most want to least want going forward. Well, Spencer Rattler obviously falls to the bottom of the pile. And he serves as a great cautionary tale along with Sam Howl because I don't remember what year was. It was a 2020 or 2021 where the council of all the draft gurus was, don't take a quarterback this spring because the next QB class is loaded up and it's
Starting point is 00:15:25 headline by Sam Howell and Spencer Rattler. This is similar, not exactly the same, but a little bit of what we heard in springtime 2025. Don't take any of these guys. You don't want Cam Ward waded out. He would be probably the fourth or fifth guy taken in 2026. Now Arch Manning's falling away. Drew Aller, even without the injury,
Starting point is 00:15:50 was no longer probably a first round pick anymore. And I guess that would describe some of the names that we're looking at. I'm not even talking about Spencer Rattler. I will say, weirdest pick in a couple of years in the first round probably is Tyler Shuck. Why did the Saints do that? It's hard to explain how they arrived at that decision. So anyway, Rattler's at the bottom of the pile for me. You know, if we are including the play caller and play designer,
Starting point is 00:16:20 then J.J. McCarthy becomes much more appealing to. me. I think it's very weird how fast. I know everybody talks about this. Different guys progress at different rates, but man, it's been real fast with J.J. McCarthy. He got a red shirt last year. And then he played a game and a half. And it's like, well, he's a bust now. He had that huge rally against the Bears. And then, hey, turned the corner. Maybe we'll let's see what this kid has. Then he gets hurt. And now it's, now he's a bust and they need to move on. And they really made a mistake not keeping Sam Darnold and all the rest of it. I think he will ultimately turn the corner because if KOC saw him and liked him,
Starting point is 00:16:58 I'll defer to one of the genuine QB whispers in football. As it is, though, I'm going to keep him at the bottom or second from last. Then I'll go Penix. I know I'm going pretty chalky here with the way I've laid it out. Penix has a whip undeniably. Did throw a couple of dangerous balls there in the fourth quarter that were ill-advised given that the Falcons were holding on to a lead by seven for the majority of the fourth quarter. That was not great stuff, but I don't want to obsess about a play or two as we're talking about, you know, entire careers here. The thing, the knock on Michael Penix, by the way, I'm an Indiana University graduate and so I'm over the moon as we speak here, Fernando Mendoza and all of that, but I do remember Michael Pennix in COVID defeating the Penn State
Starting point is 00:17:45 Nittany Lions with that reach for the pile on. That's right. And if you remember that, ironic to bring that one up because Michael Pennix cannot run. And that is a liability where we are at this stage in pro football. And that is the edge I would give Bo Nix at this point is that he can take off with a little bit. He's in, you know, just straight up a better spot has been for a year plus six games than Michael Pennix has been. Nevertheless, I like Bo Nix. And again, I do defer to the notion.
Starting point is 00:18:18 that Sean Payton, if you buy him as one of those genuine QB whispers, saw a fit to purge Russell Wilson seeing what was upcoming in the draft. That doesn't mean that he necessarily had Bow-Nicks Circle, but I think you can assume that if you winnow it down, that that is who he was looking at and assumed that Bo Nix was going to be there. And he was willing to move on from Russell Wilson and that heavy, you know, tens of millions of dollars to put his fate, really because if he had, that it was not great results for Sean Payton in Denver until Bo Nix arrived. And, you know, back into last year they sort of took off.
Starting point is 00:18:58 So I'll go Bo Nix number four. Generational talents, though, I think there's a line after May or Caleb Williams, whoever you have one, two, three before you get the Bo Nix. Okay, so let's take the play callers out of it because I was doing this exercise and seeing if I could, you know, sometimes you do it. You're like, can I surprise myself a little bit here?
Starting point is 00:19:17 if you just swapped Spencer Rattler and Bo Nix before the season. So everything else stays the same on those teams. So right now the Broncos are four and two. The Saints are one in five. I asked myself, what would those teams be? I don't know that they would be much different. Are we sure there's a huge difference between Spencer Rattler and Bo Nix? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:19:40 Is this a hot take? I'm like, shit, are you doing a hot take? And then I'm looking at the numbers. And I'm like, this doesn't feel that hot. These look very similar numbers. Rattler's in a worse situation than Nix. They can both run a little. Like you said, they can scramble a little bit.
Starting point is 00:19:52 I think Rattler's more likely to lose the game for you. I think that's Bo Nix's superpower. Is that like he's not going to take sacks? He's not going to turn the football over. He's going to operate the offense, whereas Rattler might take some more chances and create some more negative play. So I'm not saying it's exactly the same. But I don't know that there's a huge difference.
Starting point is 00:20:12 Like, it's always interesting taking the guys out of the situations. I don't know that there's a huge difference there. And I'll tell you what, if the Saints call the Vikings and say, hey, Spencer Rattler for J.J. McCarthy, we're sure the Vikings don't even have a meeting? You're telling me that's a hard. No, I mean, where are we with these hypotheticals? Well, never really not because of the politics and the PR and what it would say about it. But just beyond the field. Yeah. If you can ignore all the extraneous stuff. I hear you. And I do think that things got unwound for Spencer Rattler. I mean, think about what, you know, his name was pretty prominent like we talk about in the draft process, maybe prematurely.
Starting point is 00:20:59 But then the South Carolina stretch happened. And I was surprised ultimately that he fell as far as he did based on what we saw there because that was sort of the, you know, I guess the last half decade or so of college. football, what has really happened all over the country is these NIL deals. And if you spend and get the one quarterback in there, it can kind of turn your program around if you get the guy, if you get the answer at QB there. And I think that's largely what happened with South Carolina. All that being said, I mean, Rattler's got a whip on him. He's got a better straight up. I'm sure he's got a more of an arm than Bo Nix. I am going to, this is, I don't want to be a pretentious ass.
Starting point is 00:21:47 This is something that the, that the NFL scouts and coaches and otherwise looked at. One guy, maybe a little bit of a reach for the Broncos where they took Bo Nix and Spencer Rattler was a fifth round pick. That's true. I know people miss on these things. I don't know if you heard about where Tom Brady went and all of that. But, I mean, it's come up before. You know, people mention that a lot.
Starting point is 00:22:11 Because I watch football games, and it seems like it gets mentioned a lot. But, yeah. So obviously, you know, they miss on their evaluations with these guys, but that's a pretty wild swing there. I assume that the pedigree, when you're up close with the two guys, it becomes imminently apparent that Nix is better than Rattler. I don't know. Maybe I'm not skeptical enough.
Starting point is 00:22:35 No, yeah. I know, you're right. You probably deserve the benefit of the doubt. I had Nick's fourth. I was just making the argument. I have Nick's fourth. I'm not sure what his ceiling is. You know, you can obviously win games with him. Like I said, he's going to avoid the negative plays. Everything else is at like an adequate level. Like he's like accuracy, solid athleticism, solid. Nothing's like, ooh, that's his, you know, defining trait right there. Penix, I'm with you. I think the lack of running ability, he almost has to be Philip Rivers and just be like, I'm chucking this from the pocket. and we're going to go downfield.
Starting point is 00:23:07 And we haven't quite seen that yet to any degree. But, you know, he's only made what? Eight career starts. So maybe we'll say it. Think about, I play this game a lot, the what if thing, if I can change a player two during the season. And I mean, you know, the Falcons just about had the Bucks beat early in the season. And if you flip that result, the Falcons are one of the stories right now,
Starting point is 00:23:33 much more so than Bake and the MVP candidacy and all of that and the big rallies, the conversation in the NFC South would be like, ooh, the Falcons. It took them a season to get going here under Rahim, but now they are. Yeah, they've got to be pretty happy with where they're at. So I don't think it's done yet. I think they can win that division still. Yeah, they could have some highlights the rest of the way. I have Rattler and then I had McCarthy.
Starting point is 00:23:58 My only, I'm not like, you know, there's this like Rattler Hive, you know, people. I see this probably doesn't make it on your time. Makes it on my timeline. Mostly like everybody settled down. I do think he's shown he can be like close to an average starter, which you say like, shield, that's not exactly the month. But if you get a guy like that in the fifth round, that's actually a huge hit in the draft.
Starting point is 00:24:19 I mean, you look at the history of quarterbacks taken on day three, and it's kind of hard to just find somebody who you're like, all right, this guy's not going to kill us if we have to play him for a season. So I've got Rattler. And then I'm the guy you're making fun of and have McCarthy last, because I'm like, I don't know. I just don't know that he can be an average starter. He's played two career games.
Starting point is 00:24:37 Maybe he will be, but I have less information on him than the other guy. So that's how I've ranked the final four there. Yeah, he feels like he's this unknown entity at this point. But, you know, for what it matters, I think maybe the most overrated thing that people point to is he's a winner. Look at what he did at Michigan. I mean, talk about circumstance and all of that. Nevertheless, I do think it matters for a little something that he did come through in some big spots. And those were only, what, 18 months, 24 months or so ago.
Starting point is 00:25:11 Let me ask you this, if I may, very quickly. Any of those guys that you, would you rather have, because I find it weird and I know how heavy the contract is, but are you surprised, I actually hear two names for you. Kirk Cousins, are you, I thought that if Matthew Stafford, if it turned out on the eve of the season, yeah, the back's not good. I thought the next move would be, well, we have to blow in a call to Atlanta and see what it's going to cost us to get cousins. I know the price tag remains heavy. And as it turns out, Jordan Rodrigue has told me, oh, no, the Rams love Jimmy G.
Starting point is 00:25:47 So they're going to stick with him. I think there are a number of situations that Kirk Cousins would make some sense in. And then we were talking on my show today. And with the dolphins where they are, you know, 10 years ago, nobody got traded in the middle of the season. is it plausible that the dolphins would trade too? And if they were willing to, are there any contending teams out there? As zany as it might sound, maybe you could.
Starting point is 00:26:10 I mean, put him in Minnesota, that seems like a good spot for him. I think with the contract, I get the contract. Yeah, right. Yeah, if he were still on his rookie deal, I think maybe you have a case, they blow it up.
Starting point is 00:26:24 With the contract, I don't think so. It's just, I don't know how you can pay that kind of money for him when you feel like Miami has sort of maximized what Tua can be. He's not a guy who you say, hey, put him in our situation and he's going to look better.
Starting point is 00:26:38 There are guys like that. I don't think he falls into that category. So I don't think so. Cousins has been a guy on my radar. I thought the Bengals, like why are you trading for Joe Flackerel? Why don't you go get cousins? That one surprised me.
Starting point is 00:26:50 But I don't know that there's another team right now. But I mean, Minnesota is interesting. Let's see what happens with the McCarthy injury here. If they feel like he's not going to be ready are not going to be healthy, they've still got some time there. So maybe they've been saving the Kirk Cousins call for that. So that was a lot of fun. His name is Dave Damashak.
Starting point is 00:27:08 You can check him out on Football America on the Lebitard Network. I will be right back with the hurry up. Thanks, Pally. All right, the hurry up is our closing segment where I give you a take on something happening in the NFL. And we had our first coach firing Monday, the Titans moving on from Brian Callahan. We did our worst coach's episode last week with Pat Dardy, and we led with Callahan because he's 4 and 19 in the last two seasons,
Starting point is 00:27:37 and he just looked overmatched. I mean, 23 games in, you should be able to tell if a coach gives you an edge somewhere, he did not give them an edge anywhere. But this isn't really a story about Callahan. It is a story about a dysfunctional franchise. The Titans consistently violate one of my rules for coach hiring. Make sure the coach and the GM are connected at the hip. either they succeed together or they fail together.
Starting point is 00:28:02 Now, not every franchise has to operate this way, but the Titans desperately need to. They first had that power struggle between John Robinson and Mike Rable. They fire John Robinson. Then they have a power struggle between Vrable and Rand Carthaw. They fire Vrable. They hire Brian Callahan. Then they fire Carthont. They hire Mike Borganzi as their GM.
Starting point is 00:28:23 Now they fire Callahan. I mean, what are we doing here? And it's probably just going to continue. Now they've got the GM, Borgonzi. He will hire than you coach. If the Titan stink, guess what? Borganzi fired. Now you got the coach.
Starting point is 00:28:36 Who is he hiring as GM? I mean, it is an absurd cycle. And so when the coach and GM aren't on the same page, you get dysfunction, you get backstabbing, you get power struggles. This is how the NFL works. I don't know how the Titans don't know this by now. So Titans will look for a coach who can develop Cam Ward.
Starting point is 00:28:54 Maybe they'll find a good one, but there's really no reason. to think that their ownership has a plan going forward. All right, thanks to Christopher Sutton for producing Kira Givens on social and additional production supervision by Connor and Evans and Arjuna Ramgapal. We'll talk to you tomorrow on the Ringer NFL show. Must be 21 plus and present in select states for Kansas in affiliation with Kansas Star Casino or 18 plus and present in D.C., Kentucky or Wyoming.
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