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Is Will Levis sitting? Invest some money in trades?

Is Will Levis sitting? Invest some money in trades?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Welcome to the mailbag. It’s been a while. Nice to be here.

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Because Will Levis played against the Colts and fully participated in padded practice on Thursday, Brian Callahan was not asked about his status on Friday. Then the QB showed up on the injury report as questionable after it was revealed to be a limited practice. So there’s a chance Mason Rudolph gets the call.

The next step could be calling up Trevor Siemian from the practice squad on Saturday as a backup in case the Titans need to consider the move on Sunday. But it could be that they would be happy with Levis as a replacement if he can’t start.

To your questions where members have priority…

Alex Law Has there ever been a team that finished with a top-five defense and a bottom-five record?

Yes, the Panthers last year. They ranked fourth in total yards defense and finished the game 2-15. Pretty much the same profile as the Titans now. I haven’t looked deeper, but with one that’s so easy to find, I suspect there’s more.

Additionally, the Titans are on pace to give up 3,981 yards. Only nine teams in history have given up so few yards, most recently the 2008 Steelers.

Each of these teams played a 16-game season and won at least 10 games. The defense will likely end up giving up even more yards. We will observe whether such a deviation remains.

Audrey Kate Collins Would it be beneficial to start Rudolph for a few weeks and let Levis watch and learn, or do we just have to let him crash and burn?

I really don’t think there’s much truth to that idea, and more importantly, it’s clear the Titans won’t do that as long as he’s healthy. He still has 11 games left in a season. Brian Callahan said the Titans want to learn everything they can about him and do everything they can to develop him.

People love this sit-and-study idea and it’s fine under perfect circumstances if you have a significantly better option and plenty of time. But the Titans have neither.

I’m all about winning and not worrying about the draft, and even I see the point of this plan. Try to get Levis over the hump. Learning is faster when playing than when not playing. If they continue to lose with him, they will reap some draft rewards, not intentionally but as a side effect.

Player Improvement and Brian Callahan are establishing something.

I know this is difficult when it looks like they are suffering a lot of losses. But if you really like this team, I think you can keep an eye on three guys in particular – JC Latham, T’Vondre Sweat and Jarvis Brownlee – and enjoy the progress of the newcomers and have some excitement about their future suggests the Titans may be able to do so in upcoming drafts.

Look for continued growth from Peter Skoronski and Roger McCreary to keep getting better. I hope Jha’Quan Jackson gets some touches and can do some things in space. Maybe Josh Whyle will show up?

See what Ernest Jones continues to do and advocate for him to get a new contract out of it.

Will Levis can also get better. That is also possible.

That’s not a lot when you add it all up. Things are bleak at the moment. But in a bad season you have to find something.

Not so worried. I mean, Saahdiq Charles’ development sucked and left them in a hole. Dillon Radunz is improving, but depth is poor.

I don’t understand why people are taking the Jamal Adams thing so seriously. He didn’t play. And when they signed him, it was a flyer. If it worked, it was a bonus, and if it didn’t, it wasn’t much of an investment. There is no position that cannot be filled because of his absence. They wanted to create a niche position for him if he was healthy and fit, and that wasn’t the case.

A lot of people quit during Mike Vrabel’s tenure: Ty Sambrailo, Kevin Johnson, Vic Beasley, and practically Jadeveon Clowney, to name a few.

Sure, but… The Titans just spent a lot of money in free agency. It’s going to be hard for Chad Brinker and Ran Carthon to go to Amy Adams Strunk and say that if we take more of that guy, we can get a third-rounder for this guy we recently signed for too much money , which is what we signed him up for.

Still, that’s life in the big city when you have to give up players for picks and they have contracts that trade partners don’t want to accept.

However, some are no problem: Harold Landry (quite $1 million a week), Jeffery Simmons (a little less this year, $6 million guaranteed for next year) and DeAndre Hopkins (nearly $500,000 a week) are all affordable purchases.