All eyes are on the Tennessee Titans and the current QB2 situation. Mike Vrabel brought in a perceived steal in QB Will Levis while the team already had second-year QB Malik Willis falling behind the obvious starter in Ryan Tannehill.

With one preseason game under our belt, A to Z Sports Film Room broke down the difference in Levis and Willis' games. There was some good, some bad, and truly some ugly. These next few games are about to be a lot of fun.

Let's take a look.

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Disclaimer: The following is a transcript of a YouTube video titled "Grading Malik Willis & Will Levis's 1st Preseason Game: Film Breakdown" The content is for informational purposes only and was originally presented in video format.

We're going to break down Will Levis and Malik Willis's week one pre-season performance. I thought they both did okay. If I had to pick, I would probably say Malik Willis was a little bit better, but the pass protection, or lack thereof, makes it a lot more difficult to evaluate.

So, we're going to start off with Malik Willis. This first play they're running a play action bootleg slide concept which is a staple concept across pretty much every playbook. Usually, this over route from the backside is just going to go straight to the sideline. I don't know if it was a design for Chris Moore to cut off his route, but either way, great job by Malik of reacting quickly with pressure in his face and getting the ball out. Each quarterback had an inaccurate screen pass. Levis's resulted in an incompletion, but you can see here Malik throws it behind Mason Kinsey, so he has to run backward to get to the football and can't build up any speed. His interception, I know, was a big point of debate on Titan's Twitter. As with most negative plays in football, the blame falls on multiple people. This throw is obviously way too high, so I would definitely put this on Malik. Although, I do want to see a better effort from Josh Whyle here. I don't know if he's capable of jumping higher than this, but I probably put this 60-40 on Malik. You can see his front foot is pointed directly towards the goal post. So, to get it there accurately, he has to work across his body.

This play is a good example of what both quarterbacks were dealing with for the majority of the game. They hit the final step in their drop, and they're already under pressure, and no one's open down the field. This is a play you probably wouldn't have seen from Malik Willis last season. They've got a dagger concept on the left side of the field which is a dig with a seam route. They're running a mesh concept underneath, and then on the right side of the field, they've got a deep corner which is going to clear out the flat defender and create space for the checkdown to run after the catch. Willis stays locked onto the right side for a while. My one explanation is that he's expecting Mason Kinsey to convert this into a deep corner against two high, but if not, you would want him to get through that progression more quickly. Either way, this is a good job of standing in the pocket and working through your progressions. This is another simple play that again you probably wouldn't have seen from Malik Willis last season. Nothing opened with this first concept, so it quickly moves on to the speed out to the right side of the field and delivers a really accurate pass. There are a few times with both quarterbacks where they were just a second away from making a really nice throw, but the pressure got to them. So, right here, you've got this post-hitch combo on the right with a backside dig. I don't know why Malik double clutches on this hitch route. If he would have let it go, he probably would have had a first-down conversion, but he moves off of that and wants to hit this backside dig. And right as he's getting into his throwing motion, the edge rusher gets in for a strip sack. So, he's going to all the right places with his eyes, which isn't something you could say about him last year. It's just the process of going from one to two to three; all needs to be a little bit faster so he can get through his progressions before the pass rush gets there.

On this play again, he gets pressured from the left side, but he's got Mason Kinsey wide open on this curl route. So, he gets hit as he's thrown, but he should have let go of the ball about a second earlier. More playmaking outside of the pocket right here. He's trying to step up, but the B Gap gets closed off, so he breaks the pocket, keeps his eyes down field, and he makes a really accurate throw to the sideline on this comeback. Really good patience on this play. The Titans are running an arches concept where you have a shallow cross and then an angle route developing behind it. Malik does a great job standing in the pocket, waiting for this route to develop behind the hole defender. This is another similar example. The Titans are running a hitch with a dig route behind it, so the hitch route is supposed to hold this hook defender and create an opening for the dig. 

And again, he does a great job holding the underneath defender with his eyes, waiting for the route to develop, and delivering the ball quickly. And then, the final Malik play, a look out from his last drive. He's extending the play, he's got Mason Kinsey wide open in the back of the end zone, but he sails it over his head. He does have to aim this high so he can get it over the top of this defender. So, this is a much tighter window than it looks like, but still a missed opportunity. If you're enjoying the video, make sure to subscribe and leave a like. Also, follow us on all of our social medias. The links to those are in the description.

Moving on to Will Levis, his first throw is a speed out, perfect ball placement right here. Obviously, it's hard to take away too many scheme conclusions from a preseason game, but the Titans ran this Omaha concept over and over again, especially as a check. So, my guess is when we get into the regular season, you're going to see a lot of speed outs against off coverage. The second play was a very similar throw, but he places it behind Colton Dowell, and Tyreke Stevenson's able to break up the pass right here. The Titans have a three-man concept on the left side; the Bears have the deep options covered up.

So, Levis moves on to the backside dig, but Jaelyn Duncan and Xavier Newman-Johnson can't pick up this stunt, so he gets sacked. If you watch his eyes here, you can see that he's moving on to the backside dig right as the pass rush gets through. Ideally, you'd like him to recognize this pressure with his peripheral vision, but ultimately a quarterback needs to be able to trust that his offensive line can pick up a simple TE stunt.

On this play, the Titans are running a bootleg. I really like the protection design here to have Hassan Haskins as kind of a lead blocker. The best way defensively to counter these bootlegs is to have the play-side defensive end just flash into the backfield and pressure the quarterback. So, this is a great way of keeping him clean by having the running back just clear him out of the way. Terrible coverage here by Chicago. Mason Kenzie's coming wide open on this deep corner, and Levis is able to make an accurate throw on the run.

This was probably one of Levis's worst plays. He's getting pressure from the left side, and as he's escaping the pocket, he doesn't have his eyes downfield. But if he was looking up, he's got two or three open options in the end zone. And that's my biggest question at this point with Levis. How does he look under pressure? What's his play extension ability like? Because we didn't see that a whole lot at Kentucky. And then, this is the screen pass I mentioned earlier. He puts it low and behind the receiver, and it falls incomplete.

Right here, you see some incredible pocket maneuvering. Really nice quickness here to escape the sack. Zach Johnson gets beat immediately to the inside, but Will Levis is able to sidestep the pressure and get a first down. This is another nice job evading pressure. You saw him make similar throws in college where he's drifting to one side away from the sack, and he's still able to make an accurate throw. It's third down, so you want him to know if this hook defender is breaking on the hitch, then he's going to have this dig route developing wide open behind it. But from an evaluation standpoint, I like seeing him being able to execute this.

And then, you see the exact same motion on this play. He has the strength to avoid this first contact that Jaelyn Duncan allows. He steps up and then slides to the left to avoid this second sack attempt, and then he throws a strike over the middle of the field. It hits the receiver in his hands, but he isn't able to bring it in.

So overall, I think they both need to improve their accuracy on screen passes. They both showed some ability to extend plays, but there were times they were oblivious to the pass rush. And from Malik specifically, I thought the processing was just so much faster than it was last year. There's still definitely room to improve, but at least he looks like a competent developmental quarterback. If they had to put Malik Willis in the game, I think there's a better chance they'd be able to run their normal offense. But until we see them behind the starting offensive line, it's hard to take away too many conclusions because the protection all game was just awful.

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