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The Rams might want to give the Titans a call about Will Levis
The Tennessee Titans are about to make Cam Ward their franchise quarterback, which leaves Will Levis without a title. Except for maybe “backup”. Next could it leave him without a job? The Titans are probably going to be shopping Levis on Friday and Saturday after they take Ward first overall and the Los Angeles Rams could make sense as a team willing to buy low on the former Kentucky quarterback with ties to Liam Coen.
If the Rams do not draft a quarterback on Thursday, what harm could it do to trade a sixth round pick for Levis and see if Sean McVay can work the same magic with him that he’s done for Baker Mayfield, Jared Goff, and others?
Before the draft two years ago, most mock drafts had Levis going in the top-10 despite seemingly nobody actually liking him that much. I wrote an article about this before the 2023 draft, predicting that actually Levis would fall to round two.
And Levis fell to round two.
Turf Show Times writer Cliff Jackson pleaded for L.A. to take Levis if he fell to their pick at 36, but the Titans traded up to 33 for him first.
Levis went 5-16 as a starter in Tennessee, throwing 21 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. Despite his poor play, Levis has good physical tools and might have enough juice to be a really good backup in the league. The Rams have Matthew Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo, but Levis would be a monumental upgrade to Stetson Bennett as QB3.
His offensive coordinator at Kentucky was Liam Coen, a former Rams assistant coach and OC who is now with the Jacksonville Jaguars, so Levis probably has familiarity with McVay’s system.
For a sixth round, it could be worth it.
