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Titans coach Brian Callahan counting on lots of familiar faces from Cincinnati

AP photo by George Walker IV / Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan watches Wednesday as the team works on the field in Nashville. Callahan, who was hired in January, and the Titans are using their offseason program to install his offense.
AP photo by George Walker IV / Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan watches Wednesday as the team works on the field in Nashville. Callahan, who was hired in January, and the Titans are using their offseason program to install his offense. AP photo by George Walker IV / Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan watches Wednesday as the team works on the field in Nashville. Callahan, who was hired in January, and the Titans are using their offseason program to install his offense.

By TERESA M. WALKER / The Associated Press 4 min read

NASHVILLE — The hiring of Brian Callahan meant the Tennessee Titans would look different this season.

Any transition from one head coach to another brings changes, of course, but when the former Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator took over in January — he replaced the defensive-minded Mike Vrabel, whose six-year tenure ended with back-to-back losing seasons — it was a question of the details of those differences.

Signing cornerback Chidobe Awuzie and wide receiver Tyler Boyd filled key needs on Tennessee’s roster, but their additions came with a bonus for the Titans: a special ability to spread Callahan’s approach inside the locker room.

Add new special teams coordinator Colt Anderson and safeties coach Steve Jackson, who coached the Bengals’ cornerbacks in 2020 and 2021, and there’s an undeniable Cincinnati flavor that Callahan and the Titans hope speeds up the turnaround of an NFL franchise that has lost 18 of its past 24 games.

Callahan called Awuzie and Boyd huge assets.