Giants, Titans offseason crossover might not be done yet

Sebastian Joseph-Day | Getty Images The New York Giants and Tennessee Titans are having a crazy, mixed-up, intertwined NFL offseason. Former Giants’ head coach Brian Daboll and two of his assistants, Carmen Bricillo and Shea Tierney, are now Titans’ assistant coaches. Former Titans’ head coach Brian Callahan and two of his assistants, Dennard Wilson and Frank Bush, are now Giants’ assistant coaches.

Matt Nagy, the front-runner to take Callahan’s old spot as Titans’ head coach, did not get that job. He got the Giants’ offensive coordinator job, and Callahan now works for him. There are a number of Titans’ and Giants’ free agent players who could also be changing sides this offseason.

Chris Belcher of the Bleav in Titans podcast dropped by the ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast on YouTube to discuss all of this craziness. Listen to the full episode above. Some of the major takeaways are below. Brian Callahan in a ‘great spot’ [ NOTE: You can hear most of this starting at the 7:06 mark] Former Giants head coach Brian Daboll is now in Tennessee as offensive coordinator.

There, he will work with Cam Ward, the quarterback the Giants tried and failed to move up for in the 2025 NFL Draft. Former Titans head coach Brian Callahan is now the Giants’ quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator. in New Jersey, Callahan will help guide Jaxson Dart, the quarterback Daboll was largely responsible for the Giants trading up to select after they could not get Ward. It is a bit weird.

Could it be, though, that both coaches are now in roles more suitable to their skillsets? Belcher told me he believes Callahan is in a “great spot” with the Giants. Callahan has been an assistant coach on teams quarterbacked by Peyton Manning, Matthew Stafford, Derek Carr, and Joe Burrow.

Belcher said he “could not agree more” that quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator, a role where he can work directly with quarterbacks, might be what Callahan is best-suited for. “You look at his track record of working with Peyton Manning, Joe Burrow, Matt Stafford, etc., etc., and we don’t exactly know what his role was with those quarterbacks. We know that he wasn’t exactly calling plays.

We know he was essentially the offensive analyst slash quarterback’s coach slash work with the offensive coordinators, work with the play callers, what have you at various stops,” Belcher said. “But we know that those quarterbacks have had lots of success over the years. So Callahan has talent when it comes to that, for sure.” Belcher said Callahan was “way too far in over his head” as a head coach.

“The one thing that always stood out in my mind about Brian Callahan’s introductory press conference with the Titans is the point he drove home [about] the importance of his relationship with the quarterback. He wants to be in lock in step with that quarterback every every minute of every day. Off the field, on the field, doesn’t matter,” Belcher said.

“So, I think removing the head coach responsibilities allows him to invest in an already explosive Jaxson Dart. “I think the table is set nicely for Callahan’s situation in New York.” Dennard Wilson ‘is going to be great’ [ NOTE: This section starts at 21:56] There are Giants fans who wonder what John Harbaugh was thinking when he hired Dennard Wilson to be the team’s defensive coordinator.

After all, the Titans went 3-14 last season and finished 28th in the NFL in points allowed. They did not exactly have a great defense. “The Titans had a really good defense in 2024. And a lot of people just look at their record and look at the points that they gave up in 2025 and say they had a crappy defense. They didn’t have a crappy defense,” Belcher said.