Once the 2025 NFL Draft starts up, it's widely expected that the Tennessee Titans will have a new starting quarterback. The team appears set to select former Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick, which would mean the end of Will Levis' chances of being the starter.
Levis is only two years removed from being a second-round pick but his play was so poor in 2024 that the Titans don't seem interested in giving him another chance. However, not everybody is ready to give up on Levis.
ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. was very high on the former Kentuck quarterback before the 2023 draft. He even had him ranked higher than CJ Stroud.
Though the first couple of seasons haven't been good, Kiper still thinks Levis can perform in the right situation.
“Will Levis was dealt a bad deck of cards,” Kiper said, via The Tennessean. “I mean, the bottom line, that offensive line was awful. They moved (JC) Latham back to right tackle. They brought in their veteran guard. The receivers had some key drops. They had a couple of punts blocked in those early games. ... He got hurt with the sprained shoulder. Nobody talked about that. … It was, just, I don't know how you survive. I don't know how you deal with that first year in that system.”
“(Levis) deserved some of that criticism," he added. "But he did the best he could under really, really tough circumstances. If they want to kick him to the curb, I get it. I think he can maybe figure it out somewhere else.”
The Titans haven't shopped Levis yet but if they do end up taking Ward with the No. 1 pick, it stands to reason the former second-round pick would be available.
Titans Have Surprising NFL Draft Need
The Tennessee Titans are likely to take a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and Miami's Cam Ward is projected to be the selection.
There are a number of needs that the Titans will need to address over the three days of the draft, but there's one position that may come as a surprise to some people.
Bleacher Report writer Alex Ballentine listed interior defensive line as the most surprising position of need for the Titans going into the draft.
"Signs continue to point toward the Titans taking Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick, so there isn't much chance for a shocking need being addressed there," Ballentine writes.
"The Titans' need at quarterback is clear and should be addressed at the top of the draft."
"It's not as clear that they need to add talent to the interior of their defensive line. T'Vondre Sweat was their second-round pick last year and he stepped right into his role as a space-eating nose tackle. Jeffrey Simmons is one of the Titans' best overall players and Sebastian Joseph-Day played like an elite run-stuffer."
"All that being said, Joseph-Day is a 2026 free agent and there just isn't much depth beyond those three. There are more pressing needs, but the Titans should be willing to draft a potential impact player on the interior of the defensive line."
The Titans' biggest strength on the roster might be the defensive line, so continuing to pour into the position with some young, promising depth could really help Tennessee in the long run.
Of course, other positions may need some more love, but the Titans have eight picks to work with, and it wouldn't be a major shock if they used one of those Day 3 selections to take a defensive lineman.
