Because Vrabel has said that when Ryan is fully ready to go he’ll be taking the starting job back, but if Levis proves to be worth the pick then why go back to Tannehill? I don’t know how Levis will perform against the Falcons defense and against the rest of the schedule, but ideally you should stick with your young guy throughout the rest of the season. Ryan has clearly lost a step and isn’t in his prime anymore, to also add on with his stats being the worst they’ve ever been. Levis might struggle at times and be good as well, but I don’t see a reason to give the job back to Tannehill. It’s about looking towards the future with Levis, letting Ryan taking the job back means it’s about giving him at least a decent send off to Vrabel I imagine.
We have seen vrabel stick with people much longer than he should (Todd downing, Dennis Daley, Cody Hollister, etc). Im worried that even if Levis looks decent (he probably won’t look amazing in his first game, let’s be realistic) vrabel will go back to Tannehill as soon as he’s healthy assuming he doesn’t get traded. I think that’s a terrible decision, but I think that while Vrabel is a good coach in many respects, he makes very questionable decisions at times when it comes to personnel and coaching. I think he values experience in the system over talent. The problem is I don’t really think that he’s put a super great system in place. I think this is why Levis was qb3 going into the season. Had more to do with Levis being a rookie and not playing in the pre season than talent or potential like some people think.
He wants the guys to earn their way up to the top for him to give them starting roles, which I think Levis has been showing that in practice I imagine.
Why not wait to see how he actually looks? Why do you feel the need to stick with Levis before you’ve even seen him play a single snap in the NFL? Seems weird to me.