There was a time the place the Tennessee Titans expressed confidence in QB Will Levis. That point could have run out. After throwing a pick-six for his third interception of the day, the Titans have benched Levis and changed him with Mason Rudolph to complete Sunday’s recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals.
Regardless of Bengals QB Joe Burrow having three turnovers of his personal that would’ve saved the sport shut, Levis’ continued expensive errors have shrunk any probability Tennessee had of profitable this recreation. His final mistake was a brutal one, throwing over the center solely to be picked by S Geno Stone, who ran it again for a landing. It put Cincinnati up 31-14 within the third quarter.
Levis went 8-of-12 for 89 yards, zero touchdowns, three picks, and one sack earlier than getting yanked. Tennessee went up 14-7 within the first quarter due to an early Burrow interception. Levis’ greatest play was a sideline throw to veteran WR Tyler Boyd for 40 yards. Past that, Levis did little to assist the trigger, and infrequently he put the crew in hurt’s manner.
Blunders and errors have been a theme of Levis’ season. He now has 12 interceptions to match the 12 touchdowns he’s thrown this yr and has thrown at the least one choose in eight of his 11 begins.
Mason Rudolph served as starter earlier within the season as Levis recovered from a shoulder harm. Regardless of some perception that the Titans would hold Rudolph within the lineup even as soon as Levis bought wholesome, first-year head coach Brian Callahan stood by Levis and dedicated to him returning to the beginning lineup as soon as wholesome. Levis turned the starter once more in Week 10. However the Titans have misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games with him on the helm and are on tempo to drop their sixth. That will ship them to 3-11 on the season, equaling the variety of losses that they had final yr, which led to go coach Mike Vrabel’s firing.
Coming into as we speak, Rudolph had thrown 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions throughout 4 video games, three begins. As of this writing, Rudolph had accomplished his first two passes as we speak for 13-yards.
Like in 2023 with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rudolph might get the prospect to complete the season within the beginning lineup. He signed a one-year take care of the Titans this offseason and a superb exhibiting might have him once more vying for high backup jobs come free company.
