This season has certainly been more lows than highs and I know he hasn’t been perfect, but we should all be thankful that we got Will Levis to Nashville and that it’s looking like he’ll be our guy for years to come. His stats haven’t been elite and he’s made his mistakes/has a lot to work on, but there’s so much potential with the kid. Some of his throws, the touch he puts on balls when it’s needed, and the strong presence in the pocket isn’t normal for a 24 year old rookie. There is a lot of room for him to grow in addition to the skill set and intangibles he already is showing. This may be a down year but if Will can stay healthy it might be a blessing in disguise that he has this season to get his feet wet and adjust to the NFL without so much pressure to win right away, although he’s shown he can be a guy that will know how to win games as his career progresses. As a Vol fan, I wasn’t too happy when we called his name at the draft but I’m so glad he’s been proving me wrong. Let’s see what the rest of this season holds and no matter what happens we can all be excited for the future of what Levis can be for the Titans.
Call me a hater but this post showed up on my feed so I am going to write my honest thoughts on it, and honestly expecting to get some hate.
I am not a Tiatns fan, so truthfully i am being as unbiased as possible, but I would temper my expectations if I was a Titans fan. OP pointed out the fact that his stats have been mediocre, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the fact that aside from the falcons game his only other 2 td passes in 4 starts has come from 2 garbage time touchdowns down 27-0 vs the jags.
One of the reasons he has failed to score this much is his inconsistency. Yes as OP pointed out he makes some amazing throws but for everything amazing throw there is it always seems like a drive stopper is soon to follow and no points are netted from these highlight worthy passes.
The other thing OP touches on is the things he is doing are not normal for a 24 year old rookie. Thats because you generally dont come across many 24 year old rookie qbs. Recent ones that come to mind that have gotten a shot as starting QB are Kenny pickett and Davis mills. I am not saying he will follow the same path, but generally you don’t see much progress year to year if these guys already have extra years taken up from college.
He could surprise me, just as he did in his first start because I absolutely did not expect a 4 td, 0 int game from his first start. Or he could continue with what we have seen the past 4 starts which is below average completion percentage, not a lot of down field throws resulting in low yardage numbers and overall poor offensive production.
Only time will tell though, I don’t think handing him the keys right away is the wrong decision as that was always the plan, but I would be mindful of some real struggles that he has had.