The Tennessee Titans suffered their biggest embarrassment of the season in Sunday’s 10-6 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. That’s really saying something considering they were down 28-0 to the Washington Commanders last week before you could even blink. Or considering they lost at home to Malik Willis earlier this season. Nope, it was Sunday’s “effort” versus a 2-10 Jaguars team with a backup quarterback that sits atop the lengthy “embarrassing things that happened to the 2024 Titans” list.
The Titans hired Brian Callahan to modernize and revolutionize the offense. Fast forward to Week 14 and they managed six points at home against a 2-10 Jaguars team no longer allowing a league-high passing yards because the Titans managed just 146 net passing yards, more than 100 yards less than the average weekly output. Callahan’s offense is scoring a 30th-ranked 17.5 points per game.
The Titans entered Sunday’s divisional contest with the No. 7 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft. The loss moved Ran Carthon one overall up the order to No. 6. Enduring Sunday’s embarrassment was nowhere near worth that “reward.” The Jaguars were severely more impacted, moving down from the top selection to No. 5. That’s an extremely minor silver lining.
Sunday’s defeat indicated how far the 3-10 Titans are from truly competing. Questions should continue hanging over Carthon and Callahan like a dark cloud. The Carthon-Callahan connection remains in its early culture-and-roster-building days, but the initial returns have been extremely concerning, especially considering how aggressive they were in the offseason in pursuit of expensive veteran talents like Calvin Ridley, L’Jarius Sneed, Tony Pollard, and Lloyd Cushenberry. The roster is better, but the team is worse.
It’s been an extremely disappointing campaign for the Titans. They’ve suffered a ton of embarrassments throughout a down year. Sunday’s loss to Jacksonville should be remembered as an all-timer given the circumstances.