The Titans suffered their first loss of the season this past Sunday as they fell to the Broncos 20-12 at Empower Field. The Titans were more competitive than people expected in this game, as they actually had plenty of opportunities to pull off a massive upset. 

The Titans played extremely well on defense, but were subpar on offense. Cam Ward had a hard time consistently throwing the ball as he was sacked six times, losing a total of 50 yards. The Titans are accustomed to this kind of football over the last few seasons, as their defense plays well, but they have no offense to back it up. 

The Titans' defense forced four turnovers, including multiple interceptions of Bo Nix. The Titans forced just 18 turnovers last season. Seeing the defense get off to a hot start is great to see. 

However, Titans fans were displeased with the coaching actions of Brian Callahan on Sunday. With the Titans up 6-3, and just 30 seconds left in the first half, the Titans controlled the ball on their own seven-yard line. 

Callahan decided to try to score, which resulted in a three-and-out.  Denver got the ball with minimal time remaining in Titans territory, and the Broncos immediately scored a touchdown. Slashing any momentum Tennessee created in that first half. 

Callahan also made the mistake of not challenging a catch by Elic Ayomanor. The Titans trailed 13-12 in the third quarter when Ayomanor made a massive catch to keep the Titans rolling. Callahan didn’t see enough evidence to challenge the play, according to this quote from an NBC Sports article. 

"We didn’t have a clean look at whether his foot was down as well. An elbow doesn’t equal two feet, so his foot would’ve had to come down as well. The call from upstairs was that it wasn’t worth challenging."

The confusing thing about it is that Ayomanor had his elbow touch in bounds, and the rules state that any body part besides the hands can touch in bounds and be called a catch. 

The so-called offensive guru who made Joe Burrow in Cincinnati doesn't know what a catch is? Regardless of what was going on upstairs and being relayed to him, he was able to get multiple looks at it on the Jumbotron. 

It just seems like Callahan has made mistake after mistake as the Titans coach. Fans were skeptical of who would replace Mike Vrabel, and many were skeptical that Callahan would live up to the hype.  Callahan hasn’t had much talent in his tenure as Titans head coach, but this still doesn’t leave much of an excuse, as Vrabel was able to win games with less talent as well. 

With the Titans' schedule getting more difficult,  changes or improvements need to be made if they want to see some sort of improvement this season. Getting rid of Callahan could be the beginning of those improvements.