Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan has Peyton Manning, one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and one of the best athletes in Tennessee football history, in his corner.

"I'm very happy for Brian," Manning told TennesseeTitans.com on Wednesday. "Brian was extremely helpful to me during my four years playing for the Broncos, when he and I were together. Extremely hard working, extremely intelligent and just overall a great person. Not only did I benefit from his coaching and all the help that he gave me as a quarterback for the Broncos, but also just thoroughly enjoyed being around him and coming to work every day.

"The quarterback room is a small room, and you've got three quarterbacks and usually two coaches in there. So, Brian and I spent a lot of time in those quarterback meetings. So just enjoyed being around him. So very happy for him getting this opportunity. I think it's a great hire for the Tennessee Titans. I know he'll give the Titans everything he has."

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Callahan was an offensive assistant on Denver's staffs from 2010-15, overlapping with Manning in the final four years of that stretch. The Broncos won Super Bowl 50 at the end of the 2015 season and Manning won an MVP, an Offensive Player of the Year award, a Comeback Player of the Year award and was named to two All Pro teams in his Broncos tenure.

Since leaving Denver, Callahan has been a quarterbacks coach with the Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders and, most recently, offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals from 2019-23. Callahan helped lead the Bengals to two AFC Championship games and a Super Bowl appearance.

"Brian and I have stayed in touch since I stopped playing for the Broncos and all the places he's been, Detroit, Oakland and Cincinnati," Manning said. "I've talked to Joe Burrow about him a number of times. I know Joe's a big fan of Brian and Brian's helped Joe out a lot as well. I know he's going to do great things for Will Levis. But really obviously he's the head coach of the team and will do great things for the team as well."

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Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.

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