Dianna Russini
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Senior NFL insider for @TheAthletic @nytimes
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Joined February 2010
Sources: Titans senior offensive assistant Mike McCoy will take over as interim head coach in Tennessee following Brian Callahan’s firing. McCoy was the head coach of the Chargers from 2013-16.
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we have placed QB Anthony Richardson Sr. on IR and claimed S Reuben Lowery off waivers from the ravens.
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Titans GM Mike Borgonzi and president of football ops Chad Brinker met with Brian Callahan this morning to inform him of his dismissal. Owner Amy Adams Strunk reached out individually to Callahan as well, sources say.
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The last four No. 1 picks at QB had coaches who were fired during their rookie season: ◽️ 2025: Cam Ward/Brian Callahan ◽️ 2024: Caleb Williams/Matt Eberflus ◽️ 2023: Bryce Young/Frank Reich ◽️ 2021: Trevor Lawrence/Urban Meyer
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Coaches are in the Titans’ facility, including Brian Callahan and his father Bill, the team’s offensive line coach. Players are not in today after Tennessee’s loss in Las Vegas Sunday.
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More on the Titans firing Brian Callahan after a 1-5 start to his second season:
nytimes.com
Callahan's Titans started his second season with four straight losses and went just 4-19 in his tenure.
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In January 2024, then-Titans GM Ran Carthon fired Mike Vrabel and hired Brian Callahan. Less than two years later, all three are no longer in Tennessee.
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Brian Callahan finishes with a 4-19 record in less than two seasons in charge of the Titans. Tennessee is the first team to make a coaching change in 2025.
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Fun fact: Tonight's game will be the first time since 1997 the Bears and Commanders will both have their same starting QBs in consecutive meetings. The teams have played each other 13 times in between.
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Mike Tomlin: "Andrew Berry must be a lot smarter than me or us, because it doesn’t make sense to me to trade a quarterback that you think enough of to make your opening-day starter to a division opponent that’s hurting in that area. But that’s just my personal feelings."
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I’m told Za’Darius Smith’s decision to retire is a personal one. It has nothing to do with the Eagles.
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Aaron Glenn said before the season that the last four minutes of each half belong to the head coach. Coincidentally, the #Jets have often been a disaster in those moments. "I think the decisions have been the correct decisions," Glenn said. "Sometimes we just didn't execute
Aaron Glenn played not to lose in London. And then the Jets lost to the Broncos anyway. A sequence before halftime was the picture of the 2025 Jets. In a word (or two): Dysfunctional surrender. Now they’ll go back to the US in silence, alone, the last team left at the bottom
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Fred Warner dislocated and broke his right ankle. He will need surgery and miss the rest of the season.
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The latest on Fred Warner:
nytimes.com
Add Warner to the 49ers' ever-growing list of injuries this season.
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NEWS: 49ers LB Fred Warner suffered a dislocated right ankle Sunday vs. the Buccaneers, per source. San Francisco’s All-Pro linebacker will meet with doctors to determine how much time he will miss.
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#Colts HC Shane Steichen says QB Anthony Richardson Sr. suffered an orbital fracture while doing pregame band work. He was taken to the hospital. No recovery timeline right now. Rookie Riley Leonard is QB2 “right now,” Steichen says.
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The Browns have lost 22 straight regular-season games in Pittsburgh. The only time Cleveland has beaten the Steelers on the road since 2003 was in the playoffs in January 2021.
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