Tennessee Titans head trainer Mike Vrabel has promised each rookie quarterback Will Levis and second-year quarterback Malik Willis will play Sunday towards the Falcons.
And whilst that is true, assets say the Titans plan to get started Levis in his first NFL regular-season motion and feature him play the vast majority of the snaps. The Falcons expect Willis, who got here in two weeks in the past instead of the injured Ryan Tannehill, to have programs like run-pass choices and designed quarterback runs.
The Titans are one of the crucial run-heavy groups within the league, so it figures that first-timer Levis would possibly not have a complete passing menu towards Atlanta’s top-10 protection.
The Titans took him in the second one spherical with the No. 33 general select, buying and selling up 8 spots with the Arizona Cardinals to make sure that they were given him.
Tennessee had its eye on C.J. Stroud within the draft, and if the Texans had taken every other participant at No. 2, it is most probably the Titans would have got right into a bidding struggle for the No. 3 select owned through Arizona. But Houston took Stroud at No. 2, and Tennessee moved on to the following contingency.
Levis performed in only one preseason game for the Titans and has but to play within the steady season. He went 9 of 14 for 85 yards and an interception — the receiver ran the improper course — in 30 snaps with the backups in Chicago for the preseason opener. He suffered a thigh harm and sat out the general two exhibitions.
Willis struggled ultimate yr in his 8 appearances, together with 3 begins. He finished 51% of his passes and threw 3 interceptions towards 0 touchdowns.Â
In the Week 6 sport towards the Ravens, Willis was once thrust into motion when Tannehill suffered an ankle sprain in a one-score sport. He performed 14 snaps within the fourth quarter, finishing 4 of his 5 passes for 74 yards and scrambling 3 times for 17 yards. But he took 4 sacks for 30 yards and struggled every now and then to stay his eyes downfield.