Callahan directly lost the game

[IsntLifeFunny]

We lost by 8 points and 10 points the other way are directly tied to his play calls. He decided to go PA shotgun from the 6 yard line with 48 seconds and then throw an incomplete pass stopping the clock leading directly to a Broncos TD before half. He had been extremely conservative up until this point and switched gears with a rookie QB with 48 seconds backed up? Terrible. 

 

Then when we were in FG position he does a 5 step drop on 3rd and 22 instead of running a draw, which he ran on a convertible 3rd and 10 in the first half. Exceptional lack of situational awareness. 

 

Those ten points cost us a good showing from Cam and a stout defensive effort. 

 

Shout out to our captains: Ridley for forgetting his nuts and Simmons for being a maniac. Great way to drive the nail in the coffin! 

Edited September 7, 2025 by IsntLifeFunny

[oldschool]

I'm with you on the sequence to end the 1st half but the second scenario is on ward who took two back breaking sacks back to back. Ward will learn you can't do that in the NFL unless your name is Lamar Jackson.

Edited September 7, 2025 by oldschool

[TheChosenTitan]

1 minute ago, oldschool said:

I'm with you on the sequence to end the 1st half but the second scenario is on ward who took two back breaking sacks back to back. Ward will learn you can't do that in the NFL unless your name is Lamar Jackson.

Those can’t happen but that was the only real mistake he had today

[NashvilleNinja]

I will agree Cally didn't win us the game, but at the end of the day we lost by 1 score and had plenty of opportunities that the players didn't capitalize on.

 

And it remains to be seen just how good the Broncos are or aren't. We'll see. Hard for me to think a playoff team from last year is just that much of a paper tiger, but who knows?

 

I think the overreactions are on par with just how high everyone's hopes were.

[TerryBoats]

6 minutes ago, oldschool said:

I'm with you on the sequence to end the 1st half but the second scenario is on ward who took two back breaking sacks back to back. Ward will learn you can't do that in the NFL unless your name is Lamar Jackson.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but that second sack looked like there was literally nowhere to throw the ball away - every receiver in the middle of the field. So he would have had to ground it like he did at another point in the game, when yet again, there wasn't even an outlet receiver where he could mail it in his area.  

Edited September 8, 2025 by TerryBoats

[ctm]

The real world is never as simple as one cause to one effect.

[scine09]

I was waiting for someone to inevitably start a Callahan thread before piping in.  The reality is I think it's fair to question him at this point.  I was optimistic as the year ended that things would improve.  The special teams improved as last year went on.  From what I remember penalties weren't as big an issue later in the season.  They seemed more disciplined and the game was being managed better.  Then today happened.  I realize it's just one game but a quality head coach does not make mistakes like what happened at the end of the half.  It just doesn't happen.  For as much as people like to get on Vrabel, he wouldn't have made that mistake. 

 

Look, the team is opening a new stadium in two years.  Is Callahan the man to lead them into it?  I hope so, I don't like advocating for people not to keep their jobs.  He's a nice guy, easy to root for, but this is a results based business.  And today's performance was inexcusable.  

 

Also, this is supposed to be a coach focused on offensive football and passing.  So deep in Denver territory he decided it's best to run on 1st and 2nd downs?  He did that twice.  With a quarterback who can hurt you in more than one way.  

 

This was the worst game Callahan's had as the TItans head coach.  I did not expect it.  I've been defending him since the hire.  But today definitely put pause in my thinking.

 

Hopefully things can change with him.

[OILERMAN]

I remember last year in one of the Mahomes playoff games pointing out Mahomes avoided a sack when a rusher came through clean. He threw the ball at the RBs feet right away. I said that play is so underrated and will go unnoticed but he's so aware and likely saved a negative play. 

 

Ward is a rookie and I don't expect him to copy Mahomes, yet. But he can't take those two sacks that knocked him out of FG range. 

[scine09]

Sean Payton coached a crappy game today too BTW.

[Mythos27]

I don't feel like he directly lost us the game but if you do a blame pie he certainly gets at least 30% and I could be talked into 40. Too many execution faults in key moments to put the HC at 50% blame for me. 

[Starkiller]

Denver’s D is just much better than our offense. The OLine was overmatched and the WRs weren’t going to get open consistently against Denver’s secondary.
 

People can blame playcalling all they want but there’s no playcalling that can change the difference in talent. I said they had to win the turnover battle and be successful running the ball. They just weren’t good enough running the ball to have a chance on offense.

[OILERMAN]

Patience, That's not me saying it, that's the decision makers. 

 

No doubt Callahan would redo some things today but he's not to blame for Pollard fumbling, the OL not being able to block the Denver edge rushers or the dumbass 15 yders. 

 

This is just usual fan overreaction shit

[Mythos27]

Just now, scine09 said:

Sean Payton coached a crappy game today too BTW.

The no FG decision was worse than anything Cally did all day and the world will forget all about it because we sucked too much to make him pay. He gambled that even if they missed we couldn't move the ball and he was right. 

[OILERMAN]

BTW, it's pretty normal the last few years for the first 2-3 games to be sloppy by all the teams

[Mythos27]

Just now, OILERMAN said:

Patience, That's not me saying it, that's the decision makers. 

 

No doubt Callahan would redo some things today but he's not to blame for Pollard fumbling, the OL not being able to block the Denver edge rushers or the dumbass 15 yders. 

 

This is just usual fan overreaction shit

The coach and the QB are always the easiest guys to blame.