As high as many Tennessee Titans fans and media rightly are on quarterback Will Levis, the truth of the matter is he has some ways to go before solidifying himself as the team’s franchise quarterback.
While Levis no doubt had his flaws in Year 1, he showed flashes of having the goods to be a long-term solution under center — and those flashes are made more impressive by the fact that he had a lackluster supporting cast, with an offensive line that couldn’t block and a wide receiver corps. that couldn’t get open consistently.
With the jury still out on Levis, it comes as no surprise that he landed at No. 28 in a rankings of starting quarterbacks compiled by The 33rd Team’s Derrik Klassen. Here are his thoughts:
Will Levis has the exact profile that can and will trick teams into giving him time.
Levis has some traits you can’t teach. For one, he has one of the league’s strongest arms. The ball absolutely jumps out of his hand. Levis is also tough as nails in the pocket, sometimes to his detriment. He is an old-school gunslinger with a penchant for chucking it deep and zero aversion to being hit.
Levis has a lot to fix, though. He needs to clean up his footwork, speed up his clock as a passer and improve his down-to-down accuracy from terrible to average. We’ll see if new head coach Brian Callahan can make headway in those areas.
Continuing to develop and improve his game is certainly part of the puzzle for Levis becoming a locked-in starter for years to come, but the Titans also must put him in a better position to succeed by improving the offensive line and receivers room.
Solving those two issues will truly allow us to properly evaluate Levis and give us a better idea of where he needs to improve.
But, based on what we saw out of Levis in 2023, if the Titans can indeed get better in those two areas, I’m pretty confident he’ll be fine and it won’t be long before he’s moving up lists like these.
