{"id":229803,"date":"2025-07-23T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/229803\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:42:11","slug":"titans-great-taylor-lewan-skeptical-of-will-levis-surgery-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/229803\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans great Taylor Lewan skeptical of Will Levis surgery circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Titans offensive lineman and podcasting personality Taylor Lewan has more questions than answers when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/21\/sports\/will-levis-getting-season-ending-surgery-as-titans-shift-to-cam-ward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Levis getting season-ending shoulder surgery<\/a> so soon after arriving at training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Levis previously played through a sprained AC joint for nearly the entire 2024 season, suffering the injury in Week 4 against the Dolphins and missing Weeks 7 through 9, but eventually returned to play 12 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s a side to the story that explains why Will waited until late July to get this surgery,\u201d Lewan, a three-time Pro Bowler at offensive tackle during his nine seasons in Tennessee, said in a post on X. \u201cUnfortunately, I\u2019m too dumb to figure out what that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36617123\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/levis_9673e1.jpg\" alt=\"Will Levis in a Tennessee Titans uniform.\" class=\"wp-image-36617123\"  \/>Will Levis struggled in 2024.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Levis was previously drafted in the second round after expecting to be a first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. <\/p>\n<p>He had frustrated coaches at different points last season, with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/15\/sports\/titans-brian-callahan-unloads-on-will-levis-after-latest-turnover\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coach Brian Callahan asking him<\/a>, \u201cWhat the f\u2013k are you doing?\u201d after an embarrassing turnover against the Jets. <\/p>\n<p>The Titans decided to draft Cam Ward with the first pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and the former Miami star was an overwhelming favorite to be Tennessee\u2019s starter over Levis.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseetitans.com\/news\/titans-qb-will-levis-to-undergo-season-ending-surgery#:~:text=The%20Titans%20released%20a%20statement,on%20his%20long%2Dterm%20health.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">released a statement<\/a> that Levis decided to undergo surgery and they \u201csupport his decision to focus on his long-term health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36617126\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lewan-titans.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a man with a mustache, smiling.\" class=\"wp-image-36617126\"  \/>Taylor Lewan has questions about the timing of Will Levis\u2019 shoulder surgery. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe approached the offseason with professionalism and showed clear growth as a leader. We remain confident in his full recovery,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN reported, citing an anonymous source, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45787046\/titans-qb-levis-season-ending-shoulder-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levis experienced discomfort during minicamp<\/a> and began looking at his medical options.<\/p>\n<p>Levis struggled through his second season in 2024, throwing for 2,091 passing yards, 13 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions with five fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans were tied for the NFL\u2019s worst record at 3-14 with the Browns and Giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Titans offensive lineman and podcasting personality Taylor Lewan has more questions than answers when it comes to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,9,9399,526,394,2411,527,1246],"class_list":{"0":"post-229803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-taylor-lewan","12":"tag-tennessee","13":"tag-tennessee-titans","14":"tag-tennesseetitans","15":"tag-titans","16":"tag-will-levis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114902843051513539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}