The Will Levis era is off to a rocky start in Nashville. The Tennessee Titans’ second-year quarterback is tied for the league lead in fumbles with three and is second in interceptions with five.
So the game plan for the Miami Dolphins defense on Monday night is pretty simple: make Levis make mistakes.
“Will Levis has all the ability in the world. Right now, you can see he’s kind of fighting that turnover demon a little bit,” Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver told reporters Friday. “He’s capable. So we’re certainly not taking him for granted, and we’re certainly not taking that receiving corps for granted.
“We are cognizant of them, we have plans on how to potentially limit their productivity and then we’re going to try to do everything we can to rattle this quarterback.”
Will Levis has played 11 full NFL games. In those, Levis has:
* Taken 42 sacks
* Thrown 9 interceptions
* Fumbled 9 times
* Won 3 times pic.twitter.com/YuXFOyipYX— Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) September 23, 2024
Yet, despite the struggles for Levis early in his NFL career, if there was a shining moment that provides the Titans with optimism, it was his 2023 performance against the Dolphins.
In a Monday Night Football game in December, Levis led Tennessee back from a 27-13 deficit by orchestrating two touchdown drives in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter. In the second half of that game, Levis had 200 passing yards, a touchdown, and no interceptions.
“We got to exorcise those demons to an extent, but every year is different,” Weaver said. “There is a bunch of us that weren’t a part of [that loss] at all, but the guys that were here, we know that we want to go make it right this week. They have a new team, new staff, new coordinators, new players – same thing here, but those two logos, we know what this means.”
Through three weeks, the Dolphins have recorded six sacks, 22nd most in the NFL, and they’ve forced three turnovers, 14th most.
