Tennessee Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk parted ways with general manager Ran Carthon following the club's 3-14 season but decided to give head coach Brian Callahan at least a second campaign to try to right the ship.
While at the Senior Bowl this week, Callahan discussed wanting to reward Strunk for the vote of confidence.
"I am trying to prove her right for believing in me, and I am going to do everything I possibly can to put together a winning team, one that she can be proud of and ultimately our fans can be proud of," Callahan explained, Titans.com's Jim Wyatt shared on Friday. "We have a lot of work to do. I think the urgency is high right now for me."
Callahan, Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker, and recently hired GM Mike Borgonzi will spend the next several months working to improve the club's quarterback situation for 2025 and beyond. That could involve hoping 2023 second-round draft pick Will Levis becomes a top-tier signal-caller due to working with quarterback guru Jordan Palmer, signing a proven veteran in free agency such as Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets and/or spending the first selection of the upcoming draft on either Miami’s Cam Ward or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders.
Throughout the winter, insiders have suggested that neither Ward nor Sanders is worth a first-round selection, let alone the first pick of a draft. That said, history shows that desperate coaches and executives will make desperate moves to keep their jobs.
"I want to do right by her, and I want to make sure that everything we do is something she can be proud of and that she believes in what we're doing," Callahan added. "That part is exciting, and I am appreciative of it. ...I am really excited about where we are heading into year two. I feel like a whole different person with so much more clarity about what is to come, and how we are going to do it and where we can improve."
Strunk could show Callahan the door if the Titans don't show significant improvement by Week 18 of next season.
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