Will Levis Week 8 2023 Analysis

[@nicknacrelli4400]

Love that you mentioned the league and safties will adjust to his deep ball potentially . That just means less stacked boxes vs Henry. In theory this should open up the run game tremendously for Henry.

[@hownotto4067]

Don’t get me so happy

[@justinmj6586]

@@user-pq8on8bx9g Haha, it's not. You'll also lose how effective your play action based offense is in theory with lighter boxes. It's just not going to work how you think, the NFL is much complex than a game of madden.

[@bobbypinkston9374]

@@justinmj6586the Eagles have run this offense for a few years and no one can stop it. Also, Levis isn’t only deep shots, merely the threat of them changes how defenses will respond.

[@knickson4796]

@@justinmj6586he’s not talking only deep shots as you can see in this video

[@lukeallen7529]

​@justinmj6586 that's not true, play action works in spite of a bad running game. Having a running back like Henry makes play action easier for sure due to his causing the stacking of boxes.

[@michaeldesrosier1068]

I hope this channel never changes. I love the unvarnished opinions. Who else out there is willing to say stuff like "Listen, that route sucks, and its lazy" about deandre hopkins on a touchdown? Love it.

[@recrdholdr]

After watching Levis in college and now in the NFL, I’m convinced that shrug or fake is just part of his routine. He does it almost every pass regard of the situation.

[@josephnewbern2717]

Right. Other QBs (Malik Willis, for instance) pat the ball before pulling the trigger. That "shrug" is from Levis' "internal metronome".

[@bridgelaurie9490]

@@josephnewbern2717yeah it’s definitely just part of his mechanics like a tick. Which normally you’d try to coach away from but his release is so fast it doesn’t matter so you let him do it and hopefully throw some DB’s off along the way

[@charlesh1735]

I loved watching Levis at Kentucky. He has an excellent arm,good vision,solid mechanics and very mobile when breaking the pocket. Will Levis reminds me a lot of Josh Allen when he came out of Wyoming. A little raw,but a pro style ready QB. I love it!

[@MatthewHatcher849]

Been waiting all morning for this. You rock

[@claytonhilliard925]

16:10 they reviewed the play and they did give him a first down, but it was also a penalty by number 10 which Atlanta accepted so Tennesse was backed up by 10 yards and punted it away.

[@brycehoward4139]

@@Tennessee_Edno it was against D Hop Vrabel talked to D Hop after the penalty reminding him to “try” to avoid contact

[@Tennessee_Ed]

@brycehoward4139 I looked it up and you are correct. I will delete my comment so that I don't have to respond continually.

[@jonmc07]

After watching him in person, I mentioned to my friend that I couldn't wait for your analysis.

[@TheQBSchool]

my man

[@npierce14]

Bro balled out!!!! I haven’t seen a titans qb throw deep balls like that since Air McNair

[@bigmac575]

Tannehill had quite a few up until about 2 years ago.

[@coniccinoc]

Fan of McNair. Tragic end, may he rip.

[@npierce14]

@@bigmac575 no he is a dink and dunk qb only deep balls he threw were on trick plays

[@joshkim6196]

@@npierce14 That just isn't true. When we still had Art and AJ, Tannehill was throwing fine deep balls. Over the last 2 years his arm got weaker not that we have weapons and Tim Kelly

[@Roonco12]

@24:18, is one of the best throws we've seen from any QB this season. And I'm not even a Titans fan.

[@tovarestwhite7866]

This kid had to start somewhere... He's got a lot to learn... But he's in a good spot... He's got Henry, D-Hop, Spears, and Burks... Levis might surprise us coming down the stretch...

[@lukeallen7529]

​@@user-pq8on8bx9gor Mariota's 1st game against the Bucs.

[@kidzbop38isstraightfire92]

I'd add that Burks is ZERO help for him at QB. Matter of fact, if say he is a liability.

[@lukeallen7529]

@@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 the AJ Brown trade keeps looking worse and worse for Titans.

[@clayp6090]

Yeah he started with a 4 touchdown 0 INT win lol

[@tovarestwhite7866]

@@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 it won't stay that way... Homeboy, he will break out soon... DON'T WRITE HIM OFF CUZZZ...

[@rogerwilliams4428]

I was there. it was exciting for all of us for sure. I think we have a winner. We saw the same thing with Mariota. So hopefully the future will be better this time. Thursday night should be fun.

[@_GloryHolz]

Best uniforms in the league. Levis looks great.

[@ChumblesMumbles]

Making a debut and getting 4td's and the win while also getting to rock the throwback oilers jerseys? Can't draw it up any better.

[@Icarys_]

I’ve been waiting for this since 4pm on Sunday. #TitanUp

[@mattjones1378]

them houston oilers uniforms are more lit than the current titans uniforms

[@DerrikRobinson]

Fantastic as always JT! I find it extremely insightful to be able to watch game film through your eyes. I especially find it educational when it involves a young QB or a transition at the position from one QB to the next and this has both! For future videos I personally would love to see your thoughts of what happened in Atlanta this week were a QB gets pulled and they go with the backup. Would love to see a comparison between the two to see what each player brings to the table and how that effects the team. Keep up the great work and thank you for providing fantastic free material for us working Dads that don't have the time to seat down on Sunday all day to watch all the games. You are my after the kids go to bed go to!

[@clevefisher]

Elite heads up block by 77 at 7:00

[@Dad44315]

Great breakdown!!! And made it were even I could totally understand. wisdom and knowledge!!!!

[@WarloyJenkins]

The throw to Burks for what you said looked like a first down did get reviewed and it was a first down, however there was also the OPI that got called so Atlanta went back and accepted the penalty after the spot got overturned to a first down.

[@maiarasantos526]

Waiting for Bryce

[@yanksfan6833]

Lol so is Carolina

[@ElJewPacabrah]

Favorite football KZbinr right here! Thanks JT!

[@Mustyplatypus06]

Would’ve loved to see the breakdown of the deep drop he put into double coverage

[@nashrust]

On the 4th down play, eventually it was ruled a first down but the penalty was called on the rub. So the result was a punt after accepted penalty. So you saw it right. Much, but not all of your analysis was brought up locally' Excellent job and nice delivery. Thank you.

[@donjoe8518]

taking the sack you didnt like I believe was when there was under 2 left in the half and the D only had 1 TO left so it forced them to take it. Kind of was my thought process on it but could be totally wrong

[@TheRealKazmir]

Yes it was correct ESPECIALLY because the loss of yards in that position is irrelevant with Ryan Stonehouse punting like he is. The clock was more important

[@evhwolfgang2003]

I've been waiting for this.. Titan up

[@jerrywalz9056]

When Hopkins gets to the 25 yard line, the ball is in the air, Atlanta cornerback grabs Hopkins and holds on until Hopkins does the swim move over the cornerbacks shoulder to get loose. Defensive interference until the swim move, offensive interference to shake loose. Refs correctly allow the play

[@TheQBSchool]

meh

[@diegonaranjo2425]

Yeah, the ref saw that and thats why he let them play

[@Tennessee_Ed]

I thought the defense initiated contact as well.

[@davidlawrence8051]

Yeah the DB wasn't contacting him with his hands but was boxing him out like Charles Barkley and pushing him out of bounds. Since the refs let the DB get away with some contact he kinda had to let D hop go as well.

[@kennyguerrero5751]

Been waiting for this one

[@michaelhooper6227]

I knew this was coming and i been waiting

[@bridgelaurie9490]

That Dhop OPI was clean. The Db sold it after giving up on the play. He spun on himself. He DPI’d down the sideline and then when it got returned he flopped. Ref made best call.

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

Levis did good he Got to get one over on Atlanta and with a bunch of returning players back and Vrabel finally bringing up stonehouses actual special teams he allowed the offense have risk reward making the defense absorb whatever happened. This let levis avoid the pressure cooker that is the qb job in th behind this oline..avoided redzone struggles.

[@trapdoorfloyd]

It looks to me that he knows how to angle the deep passes so the receiver has a better chance to see and catch the ball. Kind of like a long version of a fancy Tom Brady short pass perhaps

[@YDCFF_]

You know how much I liked this kid before the draft. He was just balling out there! It's a good feeling when you put a high grade on a kid and delivers when he gets his first opportunity. I think he lust won the starting job. Looks like a young Favre out there taking shots down the field. I love it. There is too much dink n dunk offense in the NFL now days. He is in the record books following his 1st start. 2nd all time passer rating with 25 or more attempts and one of 3 to throw for 4 TDs.

[@yeerk]

New subscriber, Sweet video and channel! I love the analysis. I know he’s just a rookie, but I’d love to see analysis of a more complete game for him. Love hearing your perspective on all aspects, keep it up!

[@jackburton4892]

The Houston Oiler helmet made me click this one. I miss those days.

[@ppalm951]

Nice breakdown JT!

[@BarnettBlazer]

been waiting for this one!

[@realDesertRat]

Hope he see this video before his next start. Great job

[@stephenstejskal6475]

Sequence on the 4th down rub route was: -ruled short by linesman who was taken out -linesman recovers to throw flag for the pick (you can see him start to reach for the flag when the film cuts) -penalty declined for turnover on downs -booth review (because of turnover) rules line to gain was reached -penalty enforced -punt Very funny to watch someone go through the play without any of that context.

[@wslaxmiddy]

17:52 like others have said, they did end up giving Titans the first down here, but Hopkins got called OPI for the pick anyway and they had to punt

[@TheQBSchool]

there ya go. thanks

[@wslaxmiddy]

@@TheQBSchool nono thank you for the Analysis, glad the Titans actually have someone worth looking at, going to Pitt Thursday will be a real test for him

[@Jake22419]

Looks big and strong. Elite arm talent and Uber smart. Didn’t even wear a wristband

[@AJ_Ol]

Zero reason for him not to be the guy moving forward. He needs to work out these rookie mistakes. Sitting him does nothing, he knows how to run a pro style offense. Time to unleash him

[@wockcup38]

agreed he ran it at UK so this is not his first rodeo we need to let him play and play free

[@julianbell9161]

It would be criminal is Vrabel start Tannehill over Levis. At the very least, Levis did enough to secure the job. This is the best the the Titans offense has looked all year

[@specimen-]

people clowned on me when I said he has great potential in the NFL

[@mjciavola]

Houston Oilers! Brings back memories of Earl the Pearl

[@chrislambert491]

the first td pass to d hop you can see before contact is made the db is the first to put hands on him so to d hop trys run thru it and the db pushes his to sidelines in that event the wr can use to stop being pushes cause the penalites to runing out of bounds and in so the ref notices and let them play so no its a good no call by ref

[@stevedave70]

As a Titans fan, I loved his debut but there are a lot of plays that worked out that weren't necessarily what was supposed to happen and might not work out in the future.

[@GamblersAnonymous1123]

This guy knows

[@robcanisto8635]

Cold af where I am, really appreciate JT wearing the hoodie 😌

[@TheQBSchool]

it was chilly this am

[@prattacaster]

Very cool channel!

[@mccoffee2317]

on that Burks play they did get the 1st down after review but they did end up calling that OPI and they punted

[@Scare28]

sucks that Minkah is out for the Steelers on Thursday, would've loved to see how Levis adjusted to a top tier safety lurking in center field

[@santaclause3487]

Blah blah blah. Levis is cheeks. Pickett is cheeks. Trubisky better than both of them combined.

[@steeno7880]

#3 for the falcons bit on the shrug/drag route

[@ElJewPacabrah]

Yeah that 1st Hopkins td was DEFF offensive PI. Hopkins turned the dbs shoulders so hard and spun him 😂

[@onetaketrell24]

The play where 16 try to stretch the ball out for the first, he actually got the first but DHop got called for the pick

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

That first touchdown was pretty bizarre. It almost looked to me more like Hopkins was a punt-coverage guy and he was getting forced out-of-bounds. Then Hopkins realized he’s a receiver and really should’ve been flagged for OPI I think. But the last TD that Will threw was a thing of beauty. He had to go back foot then launched it over 50 yards in the air on a dime. Looked like an Aaron Rodgers’ throw. But the first time I saw Will Levis throw - it was draft night, I’d never heard of him, and when I saw him sitting there with a frown on his face I looked at his highlights - I thought immediately of Phillip Rivers. But Will has a “better” more over-the-top throwing motion and I think a slightly better arm than Rivers had. I get the feeling that Levis’ play during his first NFL game was no mirage although he will hit speed bumps. Everybody does.

[@fbwthe6]

We did get a first down on the 4th and 2 play and they did call a penalty on Hopkins. We ended up punting.

[@cactusyak8287]

That beautiful baby blue luvya oilers uniform gave him super powers! Lol

[@DefaultName-w2b]

16:09 - it was a penalty on 10 man - i was waiting :D lets go titans!

[@kingkobra_1945]

as a PSU fan i remember calling for this kid to get a shot over Clifford. he made the right decision for his career but that arm talent combined with dotson/pat freiermuth/ parker washington would have been electric

[@hesspatrick95]

The 4th down play was reviewed and it was a 1st down. Unfortunately for us Titans fans it was OPI on D Hop though. But they did review it and replayed 4th down and Tennessee punted

[@lukechristopher8824]

He played pretty good man

[@jonathangreen2064]

Will reminds me of a MIX between FARVE and CARSON WENTZ i hope we found OUR QB many blessings this week vs TJ WATT

[@notthatgoodatbikes]

Commenting before I watch the video... I hope you mention that half turn before his release. Really interested to see if you think that's a problem. I can only assume that slows his release down and is a tell to the defense.

[@pxpyy286]

Right on time for lunch

[@futureforward3153]

sounds like there may be more schematic issues and levis was able to just muscle arm his way into a few big plays. kind of bailing out the OC or execution which Tannehill was not able to do

[@rondogg04]

You can tell if Nuk is the 1 by his route pacing off the line. Wonder if safety's can see that and adjust.

[@DaftRabbit09]

The first route to Hopkins is DPI on the DB well before you can even claim Hopkins was guilty of OPI, so that's why is ended up being a no-call, plus the DB like you said gave no effort at the end of the play, so he got what he deserved for blatantly shoving Hopkins out of his route illegally after five yards.

[@TheAlbert1A1]

I don't know how people call that OPI when the defender clearly puts his hands on dhop 20 yds down the field, if anything that DPI so makes sense the refs just let them play and then let it play out

[@TheWilder30]

That's what I been saying. He was running Into him trying to force him out of bounds. Should have been pass Interference on the defender.

[@johnhendrix28]

Will also a sneaky good rusher remember 500 rushing yards last year in college

[@roflsalad]

Ooooo. Nice shiny intro JT!

[@TheQBSchool]

Thanks! 😁

[@terry7907]

Love the channel, but if Bryce had had the same performance, I think JT would have been gushing, instead of so critical.

[@TheQBSchool]

or he would have prob been the same

[@johnhendrix28]

Coach can you make a video on what Richardson can work on to avoid injury

[@derps0n839]

16:08 this was reviewed and he got the first down, but also a penalty so they end up punting. The flag came in late and probably got cut off the video.

[@jacklongley5932]

He got the first down on that 4th down play they called it on the field short and threw a flag for pi on Hopkins for the pick then had to over turn it and apply the flag

[@grindtimetv8583]

I honestly hope this kid pans out. He was getting killed during the draft and preseason. He made me kind of a fan.

[@Fiver555]

11:10 you want him to go from right to left in one movement ?

[@timmywilliams8077]

He has happy feet but manning did too. He had one foot in and one foot out so it was close. Hop would have caught that ball.

[@Titanium13579]

I think for some QB’s having constant movement keeps them focused/alert…it’s like a stimulus

[@TheNumberOneGuy]

In regards to his first TD on the play where DHop got away with pretty obvious OPI, I think that is what Sean McVay calls a "love of the game" play. That's why he got rid of Goff, who is a great QB, but plays very rigid and within the play call. In the Super Bowl the Rams won, one of Stafford's TDs to Cooper Kupp wasn't even part of the progression, Kupp was just a distraction... Stafford saw him getting open anyway for a huge TD. That's what Levis did here, in my opinion.

[@JamesFuson-u6y]

Will Levis was a great QB his first year at UK. Liam Coen taught him how to be a Pro Style QB. Coen left and UK made the worst OC hire in history to replace Liam, also battled injuries the whole year his second year. There is not a guy in the locker room who is more competitive and wants to do good than Will. Also a stand up guy who does alot of good in the community. Remember he came to UK in 21 as a run first QB out of Penn State. He's not been a pass first QB except for the past few years. He still has alot to learn, but he has the advantage of being this good before he really learns the position fully. Hopefully he progresses and has a long career he deserves it. Also the shrug is a Levis thing. He does it regularly. I think it's just a routine thing like patting the ball.

[@Tennessee_Ed]

Throw on the side line was placed where only his guy could catch it. Not mad at that fro a young QB.

[@wockcup38]

if teams want to stop him from throwing deep balls then they have to take defenders out of the box and that’s a problem cause we still have the 👑 and he’s still top 5 in rushing

[@TNmountainguy]

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, Ryan

[@jaredgibson7462]

😲

[@creepycrespi8180]

At 9:06. It is pronounced 6 man protection.

[@chrisgehr7381]

We see a lot of the same inconsistencies from him as we did on his college tape. One thing that discouraged me from him as a prospect was his ability to read the field, especially for someone who is already near 25 years old as a rook. He is very much a double edged sword, Carson Wentz esque

[@eastons1687]

Can you do Howell?

[@NOT42u]

Elvis is the King 👑

[@glennsmith8390]

Glad he played well-but just like Colorado in College-1 games does make a season or a career.

[@JulioDanko]

They did in fact call a penalty on Hopkins but not for the rub. They said he was driving his man downfield lmao.

[@anthonyflowers4904]

Can u do Mac Jones? Is he that bad ? Or is it his supporting cast around him?

[@derps0n839]

06:13 yes, a busted play. The guys on the radio call know what it was supposed to look like because they saw it in practice.

[@matt6951]

Havent done dak since week 3, but hurts has been featured 4 times since then?!

[@jl4646]

Will he replicate this again?

[@EricRamsey]

I bet you've been excited for this video since around the start of the 2nd quarter of this game. I have been, at least...

[@robertgray6631]

I’m a Steelers fan that wished Pittsburgh would have drafted Willis even if they did draft Pickett. I know they drafted two quarterbacks that year. I wish Pittsburgh would try to get Willis on the team seeing that the Titans seem to favor Levis. What’s your opinion on the two quarterbacks?

[@hunterwixson5921]

Why no geno this year

[@watcherofthewest8597]

The linesman got knocked down and threw the OPI flag when he got up....Side Judge JT wouldve been throwing that flag on the way down baby!

[@ajg8722]

“That’s my quarterback”.

[@iangarstka708]

What is wrong with Purdy rn?

[@MrNetnut]

Where's Their , A WILL Theirs A Way!!! ;-)))) TY Sir. Peace/;-)))

[@coopermartin1678]

I disagree about that long one down the sideline to Burks that was out of bounds. That ball was 6 inches to the right and it’s a 50 yard gain. Rookie in his first game making that throw is absurd, and he was literally inches away from getting it

[@kennethstemmler4862]

Had to throw a negative on the last one, 55 yard BOMB TD while taking a shot haha what a harsh critic jk