Titans Facing Former HC After Firing Brian Callahan

“…Think I’d file it under the category of, is it interesting or important?" Vrabel questioned, ahead of his homecoming in Tennessee. "And I would probably say this would be very interesting, but in the end not very important to our preparation or what we need to continue to try do to improve as a team."

Further, at the time, the Titans' choice to ditch Vrabel felt like a quick but potentially understandable change of pace for a team looking to hit the big red reset button. Hindsight is always 20/20, but looking back, it's hard not to be a little bitter about the move from Tennessee's current point of view.

Vrabel, in just six games at his new post in New England, has posted an impressive 4-2 record. That's as many wins in the first third of his inaugural year at a new job as Brian Callahan had in nearly four times as many games.

To boot, Vrabel and the Patriots are playing on the shoulders of second-year quarterback Drake Maye, who looks like a cut-and-dry franchise guy in the making.

Cam Ward still has time, of course, and he'll likely only be equipped with more tools as time goes on; but to see a developmental coach that Tennessee intentionally let go move on and do the very thing that the Titans have struggled to do since his departure is about as brutal as it gets.

With a 1-5 record of their own, the Tennessee Titans have more than enough to worry about in-house without welcoming their pointlessly scorned former leader back into Nissan Stadium. It'll likely be a theatrical event to some extent, one way or another, in week 7 as the Titans take on the Patriots.

At least Tennessee can look out for a better option at the head coaching position now that Callahan is gone. Dwelling on the past won't get you anywhere, especially if that past is now drawing up plays on the opposite sideline.