Titans GM shares shocking replace about Cam Ward, Will Levis
Shortly after the Tennessee Titans chosen Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the primary choose of the 2025 NFL Draft, Titans normal supervisor Mike Borgonzi hinted that he needed Ward to earn the Week 1 beginning job in a contest with 2023 second-round choose Will Levis.
Throughout a Thursday look on “The Wealthy Eisen Present,” Borgonzi expanded on eager to “create competitors” between Ward and Levis heading into coaching camp.
“I believe the expectation is, you’re taking a quarterback No. 1 total, that he’ll uplift your franchise and be that man,” Borgonzi defined, Bleacher Report’s Julia Stumbaugh shared. “However a part of our job right here is to handle expectations as we undergo the method right here. Ultimately, that is what we wish it to turn out to be. However we need to take the correct steps to verify he is able to go on the market and play, whether or not it’s Week 1, or Week 2 or Week 3. If he hits the bottom operating right here in coaching camp, he’ll be on the market Week 1.”
Titans head coach Brian Callahan benched Levis for poor play this previous December, which suggests Callahan can be not less than barely disillusioned if Ward would not emerge because the membership’s starter by the point Tennessee’s ultimate preseason sport wraps up. Per Professional Soccer Reference, Levis ended the 2024 common season ranked final amongst certified gamers with a 27.8 adjusted QBR. Moreover, he was thirty fifth out of 36 signal-callers with a 36.5% passing success fee.
Latest historical past reveals that quarterbacks drafted first total turn out to be Week 1 starters as rookies — Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, Trevor Lawrence of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Bryce Younger of the Carolina Panthers and Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears are all examples. That mentioned, Borgonzi hopes that Ward’s presence will “carry out the very best in” Levis over the subsequent a number of months.
“Will’s a younger quarterback that is nonetheless creating, however any time you’re taking a quarterback with the No. 1 choose, your anticipation is that he’ll at some point lead the franchise and be a franchise quarterback,” Borgonzi added.
In brief, Levis doubtless will spend the preseason auditioning for different groups as his present employer prepares at hand Ward the keys to its offense.
