Levis said he intends to use his legs more
Per PFF he has scrambled 3 times in 138 drop backs (before Wee 12.)
If we look only at qualified QB (20% of drop backs) and sort by scrambling, here's the bottom of the list:
35. Goff 4 (382 drop backs)
36. Cousins 3 (331)
37. Levis 3 (138)
38. AOC 0 (159)
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Will Levis (foot/ankle) listed as a full participant
Will Levis (foot/ankle) is practicing in full for Week 12 against the Panthers.
Advice: Levis was listed as a full participant because of the foot issue last week as well. He played without any limitations on Sunday. The ankle injury is a new addition to his injury report, but the full practice is all we care about here. shawdup if I need your advice I'll pull the string in back
Picked him up (Burrow/Goff) bc my options were Carr or a bag of Cheetos. I don't particularly like having orange fingers and they taste like....
anyway
@Bri the schedule looks pretty soft after the Panthers. How is the hopium factor in Nashville these days?
It's been a grim week that's starting to cheer up. Vrabel looked visibly worn down and beaten and sad. A lot of players had similar sentiments.
Tim Kelly claimed Henry has had running lanes he just hasn't used them well. That's not true and infuriated almost everyone. Vrabel has been saying and said a few times this week that they must give the ball. We were expecting an OC firing but he's also Vrabel's buddy. You can tell he's frustrated with his friend and as I've said for like a year- it's shaping up to be a replica of the Mularkey Robiske scenario. Titans brass said Vrabel's job is safe this week and the future but that wasn't true if Mularkey after his unwillingness to fire Robiskie. They cut a backup DL who mouthed off after that the D wasn't the problem in TEN.
Sooo it's been a super stressful week for the whole team.
I would say Henry either gets a lot of carries or Kelly is fired.
Levis has very little standards to be held to, but he has to do better than the two bad halves the last two games.
Radio hosts have been discussing what if Tannehill enters a game and plays well. Is team morale and desire to attract free agents more important than Levis getting reps?
This has this presumption that Tannehill would play well and he really hasn't in two seasons, since Kelly. Soo more discussion about Kelly's firing. It's clear as day- he became passing game coordinator and they had their worst year in decades. He became OC and they've had their worst year in a long time. So has Tannehill lost it? Or is it the Texans offense that he's running?
Back to Levis- if Tannehill can't succeed in this Texans offense how could they expect Levis to? Will a bad plan bad offense negatively impact his development?
The negative isn't done there. If the Titans have a top five pick would they be able to pass on Caleb Williams or whoever some draft site claims is super special?
Sooo there's a lot a whole lot of swirling negativity and doubt and Vrabel has been an absolute champ answering true but almost insulting questions and his constant reply is we gotta get Henry the ball more often.
Many of us have said all year that the Titans are a decent team if Henry gets 20+ carries. We have other less talented Titans teams for comparison and they simply don't have the WRs to get'r done.
Which brings me to Vrabel and Kelly answering Qs about Roberson this week. He was such a good UDFA that people are still asking for him in week 11. I've never heard of such a thing.
Harrison is on the PS and if we can't get Roberson then fans want another WR that did well in camp also with Levis.
Whyle out snapped Chig by like one or two but it may be the start of a change I've been saying.
The WRs the TE...people want Levis to get his guys.
Burks' neck and concussion were super serious so we don't know when he'll return and those guys make an obvious next choice.
The line has two new starters most weeks.
I wouldn't play Levis. No way would I. There couldn't be more dysfunction on offense and idc what ya want, a veteran needs to restore order in the field or ya put Malik in to scramble around in the chaos.
It seems he's going to ride out the year though. I think his success does depend on Henry attracting eight in the box and keeping the game simple for a rookie QB. It's so much more difficult without establishing Henry.
I wouldn't start him in FF. There couldn't be more red flags. Vrabel is a heckuva coach and he could restore order this week and maybe next week I'd be more comfortable with Levis but not now.
Levis is too dependent on the deep pass for FF stats. It's fine for a rookie the way he throws short ones and deep shots but he needs to progress to using the whole field. His job will be easier the less predictable he is and that's just usual growth
I'm confident this is a get it right week or there's some firings. The owner spent last game in the box with the GM and president and surely she was displeased.
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