{"id":856260,"date":"2026-04-06T03:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856260\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:38:24","slug":"qb-will-levis-out-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856260\/","title":{"rendered":"QB Will Levis Out In Tennessee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Titans utilized the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NFL Draft to draft Miami quarterback Cam Ward<\/a> last year, it was clear that Will Levis<\/a>\u2018 time as a starter in Tennessee had likely come to an end. So far, in 2026, the Titans have added two more quarterbacks<\/a> in free agency<\/a>, and this time, there\u2019s a chance it could spell the end of his time in Tennessee altogether.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Levis arrived in Nashville as a second-round pick out of Kentucky. He was selected in much the same manner as Malik Willis<\/a>, who came out of the third round the prior year. Both young passers were being given a chance to stake out a role as the future at quarterback for the Titans in the dying days of Ryan Tannehill<\/a>\u2018s NFL career. Willis had disappointed in a short sample size starting as a rookie, and Tennessee felt the need to bring in some added competition from the top few rounds of the draft.<\/p>\n

After Tannehill got injured, a rookie Levis stepped up and, thanks to a four-touchdown game in his first start, looked like a promising option for the position moving forward. In nine games, Levis averaged about 200.9 passing yards per game with eight touchdowns to only four interceptions. When both Tannehill and Willis departed the next year, Levis was named the starter for 2024. An AC joint injury limited him to only 12 games, but Levis\u2019 13 touchdowns to 12 interceptions while averaging just 174.3 yards per game were a disappointing followup in his sophomore campaign, handing the Titans Ward at the top of the draft.<\/p>\n

Before the 2025 season, Levis underwent season-ending shoulder surgery<\/a> in July aimed at resolving an issue to prioritize his long-term health. With Levis out of the picture, the Titans signed veteran reserve options Brandon Allen<\/a> and Tim Boyle<\/a>, with Allen winning QB2 honors and backing up Ward during his rookie season. Allen boasted starting experience from his time filling in for an injured Joe Flacco<\/a> on the 2019 Broncos then again the next year, when he started five games in place of an injured rookie Joe Burrow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This offseason, the Titans signed two more new arms in free agency, inking veteran Mitchell Trubisky<\/a> and Hendon Hooker<\/a> to new deals. According to Jim Wyatt, a senior writer\/editor for the Titans, Trubisky is not just coming in to serve as the veteran voice of experience in a young quarterbacks room, he\u2019s coming to fill the QB2 role<\/a> behind Ward.<\/p>\n

That means two things for Levis. Either, he will compete with Hooker for the QB3 job and a likely spot on the practice squad, or he will be traded to another team that may want to give him more of a chance to play. In order to put him on the taxi squad, Levis will need to be subjected to the waiver wire, where any team would have the chance to claim him with the Titans getting nothing in return. Considering that, it makes far more sense for Tennessee to attempt to get something for Levis now before they need determine whether to risk him on the waiver wire or keep three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n

One team that may be willing to trade for Levis is the Jets. According to ESPN\u2019s Rich Cimini, New York could be looking to add a veteran backup<\/a> before the draft, and a healthy Levis could be the perfect puzzle piece to their current roster. If the Titans determine that Levis is the odd man out in their quarterbacks room, offloading him to the Jets could be a best case scenario for all involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Titans utilized the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NFL Draft to draft Miami quarterback Cam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,12568,255,6,526,394,2411,527,1246],"class_list":{"0":"post-856260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-mitchell-trubisky","10":"tag-new-york-jets","11":"tag-nfl","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\/116355683968696351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856260","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=856260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}