The Tennessee Titans are 1-6 and already making plans for 2025. The No. 1 pick in next spring’s draft is more likely than any type of run on the playoff side. But unlike a few teams that put their young starters at quarterback to face veterans, Tennessee is committed to playing Will Levis as soon as he returns from a right shoulder injury. That could happen as early as Sunday, when the New England Patriots travel to Nashville in a battle of combined 3-12 teams. Lévis did not show the big arm that gave him a pleasant surprise last year when he took the reins at the end of October. He averaged two turnovers in five games, throwing seven interceptions and losing three fumbles. Brian Callahan is a first-year coach with a free pass at the moment. He and the franchise can afford, to some extent, to play Levis and let him – and the team – take lumps now in the hopes that they can learn from their mistakes later. “There’s not a lot of patience in professional sports in general,” Callahan said. “Sometimes it takes a little bit of time to learn all these things. You have to balance winning and developing and that’s a very, very difficult thing to do in professional football and probably in all professional sports because the fans want to succeed “It’s a really tricky thing, but it also mainly comes from the fact that (quarterback) is such a difficult position to play and there’s so much demand on that position that you have to play a lot of football to play. learn these lessons. ” Levis is currently completing 66.4 percent of his passes, up eight percent from last year, but he’s averaging less than nine yards per completion. Mason Rudolph is completing nearly 59 percent of his attempts , but averaging just over 10 yards per completion has his own quarterback questions, even after snapping a six-game losing streak last week with a 25-22 win over the Jets. of New York. Rookie Drake Maye suffered a concussion late in the first quarter and played in a limited role Wednesday, leading a touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter to secure the victory. , will start if Maye is unable to follow league protocol “I feel very comfortable with Jacoby because he is a professional and he always stays ready, as you could see in the last game. ” first-year Patriots coach Jerod Mayo said of Brissett. “Anyway, we’ll see.” One thing that became clear last week is that Mayo found the right button to press after a blowout loss to Jacksonville in London on Oct. 20, when he called his team sluggish. The Patriots showed renewed resolve against the Jets, an opponent who beat them 24-3 in September in New York. “I would say these guys rose to the challenge,” Mayo said. “I don’t think we have any soft guys in the locker room.” The Patriots listed 13 players as limited during Wednesday’s practice, including Maye and safety Kyle Dugger (ankle). Three players did not practice: linebacker Christian Eliss (abdomen), offensive tackle Vederian Lowe (ankle/shoulder) and defensive tackle Jaquelin Roy (neck). Levis was a limited participant while nine of his teammates missed Wednesday’s practice, including wide receivers Tyler Boyd (shoulder) and Calvin Ridley (shoulder), running back Tony Pollard (foot), cornerback L’ Jarius Sneed (quad) and nose tackle T. ‘Vondre Sweat (hip). The Patriots own a 26-18-1 advantage in the all-time series with the Titans, including four playoff games. New England won the teams’ last game 36-13 in 2021 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. -Field Level Media
