Will Levis gets it 100% correct when asked about his role in Titans struggles
NASHVILLE — Will Levis spoke to the media for the first time in a calendar year over the weekend. The now Tennessee Titans third-string quarterback delivered a response that deserves more credit than most fans will give it.When asked by reporter Terry McCormick whether he blames himself for what happened to the Titans in 2024, […]
NASHVILLE — Will Levis spoke to the media for the first time in a calendar year over the weekend. The now Tennessee Titans third-string quarterback delivered a response that deserves more credit than most fans will give it.
When asked by reporter Terry McCormick whether he blames himself for what happened to the Titans in 2024, Levis offered a brief but honest answer. One that cuts to the heart of a franchise still digging out from years of organizational dysfunction.
“Absolutely not. No, I think— I mean, there’s no one person to blame. Like, I definitely could have played better. Um, yeah, no.”
A lot of people will look at that as a lack of accountability. That’s not the way I see it.
Will Levis is a flawed messenger making a valid point about the Titans’ 2024 season
Levis is an easy scapegoat.
He went 2-10 as a starter in his only full season under center, was benched for Mason Rudolph, and became the meme-able face of Tennessee’s first 3-14 campaign under recently fired head coach Brian Callahan. He’s not malicious. He’s not doing things to cause harm on purpose. He failed as a football player, and there’s no disputing that.
The way Titans fans treat him, however, is as if he is some kind of war criminal.
He’s a flawed messenger for sure. Where I think he really hits the nail on the head with a larger theme regarding the organization. This could be applied to any team, any business, where you’re looking at a terrible situation and asking how you got there. The instinct is always to point at one person, push them out, and then declare the cancer gone.
That’s not what actually solves problems.
What Levis is trying to get across is that there’s not one reason why this has happened to the Tennessee Titans. There are a number of different reasons.
Could he have given a more PR-polished answer? Sure. But he gave you the honest truth: a lot of things went wrong with this place over the course of these last couple of years that caused the franchise to crater. He holds some level of blame, and he understands that, even if his response doesn’t directly reflect it.
