The Titans’ plan to draft a quarterback with the first overall pick in the draft raised obvious questions about Will Levis‘ future in Tennesee.
Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi shot down a late-March report that the team was looking to move Levis, but trade rumors persisted up until the draft. Levis remained in Tennessee through the weekend, and Borgonzi insisted after the draft that Levis still has “a lot of value.”
“There is going to be competition in every room, and he elevates the competition in that room,” said Borgonzi (via senior team writer Jim Wyatt). No. 1 pick Cam Ward is expected to take over as the Titans’ starting quarterback, but he will have to earn the gig during the preseason. Levis will likely be Ward’s primary competition, as veteran free agent signings Brandon Allen and Tim Boyle have never earned a starting job out of training camp.
Borgonzi said that all four QBs would get an “equal amount of reps” at the beginning of camp with head coach Brian Callahan and his staff making adjustments as they evaluate the position.
“We’re not going to name any starters right now, here in the offseason,” added Borgonzi.
However, it’s hard to imagine that the Titans took Ward without the intention of starting him right away. Of the six quarterbacks taken with the first overall pick in the last decade, only Jared Goff didn’t open his rookie season as a starter. (He took over for Case Keenum after nine games.) If Levis struggled to keep his job against lesser competition last year, there’s little reason to believe that he can fend off Ward this summer.
Well…maybe ….they thought about it?
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Team: hey TEN what’s up
TEN: not much
Team: cool cool you calling to make a deal for the number one pick
TEN: even better
Team: looking to deal Jeffrey Simmons?
TEN: even better
Team: Well tell us why you called suspense is killing us
TEN: How does a deal for Will……..
Team: “click” dial tone sound
TEN: huh must’ve been disconnected
TEN: “dials again”
Team: hello
TEN: so how about a deal for Will……
Team again: “click” dial tone sounds
TEN: dials again
Team: the number you are trying to reach is no longer in service
That’s how I envision the calls going also
Hahahaha
Let’s pretend that Cam Ward won’t be the week 1 starter by September day 1
@sentinelatl. They could wait 6 weeks. It’s not like it will change anything probably still be picking in the top 5 next year.
I’m sorry, but splitting snaps equally between 4 guys when one of them is the #1 overall pick, is just plain dumb.