NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After Will Levis made a play similar to the opening-day killer in Chicago Week Two against the Jets, he headed to the sideline after the ugly turnover and a furious Brian Callahan greeted him.
 
CBS cameras captured the exchange.
 
“Hey, what the fuck are you doing?” Callahan yelled at his quarterback.
 
He reacted naturally in the moment, a hard piece of coaching that capped work in the previous seven days to get such a hero-ball attempt out of the quarterback’s consciousness.

Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan speaks with Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis (8) in the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets in Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Brian Callahan and Will Levis/ George Walker IV, ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

While we claim to hate boiler plate, robotic and cliched behavior from coaches, quarterbacks and people throughout the NFL, when something different happens, it turns out many of us can’t stand it.
 
So the day after that, Callahan was asked about the broadcast picking it up and if there is an adjustment period for him as a head coach knowing the cameras are on him -- as if he must reform such behavior because, the question suggested, there was something wrong with it. 

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