The New Coaches On the Block

Here’s what I was listening to on Spotify while I wrote this:

The Tennessee Titans have two very important offensive staff openings: Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach. Todd Downing and Keith Carter, who held those positions respectively, had a really rough year. I was willing to give Carter the benefit of the doubt as he was saddled with Dennis Daley and Aaron Brewer and has shown he has been able to have success at the position before.

However, Vrabel had different ideas, and lumped him in with Downing and Anthony Midget, a defensive backs coach, and showed him the door. A move I wasn’t expecting, but completely understood. Vrabel obviously isn’t settling for mediocrity anymore, and Carter had his own issues with players liking him:

Taylor Lewan has been pretty open that Carter and him had a contentious relationship from the get-go. Not hard to understand, Lewan isn’t one that seems to like to be pushed hard in practice, and he even says he needs a pat on the back instead of a kick in the ass when he does something wrong. (Poor baby) Anyways, Vrabel had even more comments regarding what he is looking for in an offensive staff, that seemed to be a dig at Carter (3:07-4:05 if the clip doesn’t work):

I think he makes some pointed comments specifically surrounding the curious way the Titans handled Dillon Radunz. Now let’s be clear, Vrabel is at fault for letting Carter influence him. Either Vrabel agreed or he relied on loyalty and the skills of Carter influence his decision to continue to let Radunz only be a guard.

The Titans and more importantly, Vrabel, have a chance to make a major course correction in regard to the offense. Yesterday morning, I spent time diving into a complete change of scheme if the Titans were to hire one of the candidates from the Kansas City Chiefs. Today, I will be looking at two candidates who both are familiar with the concepts the Titans have ran since 2018 under Vrabel.

Both Charles London and Justin Outten are relatively unknown names when it comes to coordinator searches, but that seems to be changing this coaching cycle. Specifically, for Outten, he is becoming a real hot name in the offensive coordinator search for teams with a vacancy.

London was a name that hit the coordinator search for the Rams and Dolphins last year. Which is good news that both Sean McVay and Mike McDaniel at least liked what he brought to the table enough to interview him. And yes, he does have a Vrabel connection from their days with the Texans.

So, what’s the deal surrounding these two names and what do they bring to the table as far as experience? Let’s get to it.

Is Charles London the next Arthur Smith?