<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/colts-news-jonathan-taylor-jokes-broncos-blunder-redemption-vs-titans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jonathan Taylor jokes about Broncos blunder after redemption vs Titans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Colts-news-Jonathan-Taylor-jokes-about-Broncos-blunder-after-redemption-vs-Titans.jpg"></figure><h1>Jonathan Taylor jokes about Broncos blunder after redemption vs Titans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-22T18:38:22-08:00">December 22nd, 6:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-22T18:38:22-08:00">December 22nd, 6:38pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jonathan Taylor took control of the game on Sunday. One week after experiencing one of the most humiliating moments of his five-year NFL career, Taylor proved he had learned from it by rushing for 218 yards and three touchdowns, powering the Indianapolis Colts to a 38-30 victory over the Tennessee Titans.</p><p>Taylor reflected on his mistake from the previous week, where <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/colts-news-jonathan-taylor-brutal-blunder-broncos">he dropped the ball before crossing the goal line in Denver</a>, saying it was an incident he would never repeat.</p><p>After his first touchdown, a 65-yard run, Jonathan Taylor kept his word by showcasing his determination and skill, reminiscent of former Raiders great Bo Jackson. It was his way of making up for the earlier mistake that had cost the Colts a touchdown in a tough loss to the Broncos.</p><p>“You get excited, sometimes maybe a little too excited, when you see that (open field),” remarked Jonathan Taylor <a href="https://www.twitter.com/RomeovilleKid/status/1870960013151436934" rel="noopener">drawing some held back laughter</a> and giggles . “Then you just start analyzing, where are the defenders? Then it’s like ‘OK, it’s just a foot race, I’ve got to get in.’”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Colts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Colts</a> RB Jonathan Taylor on breaking a long TD run:</p><p>“Well, I mean, you get excited. Sometimes maybe a little too excited. …” 😂</p><p>That’s as real as JT has been about last week’s blunder. Bounced back in a huge way today. <a href="https://t.co/ttVD8G6wu2">pic.twitter.com/ttVD8G6wu2</a></p><p>— James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) <a href="https://twitter.com/RomeovilleKid/status/1870960013151436934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Jonathan Taylor’s explosive night</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Colts-Jonathan-Taylor-celebrating.jpg"><figcaption>Christine Tannous/USA Today Network via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Taylor’s stellar showing continued after his initial touchdown. He broke free for a 70-yard score on the first play of the second half, once again holding the ball securely as he reached the end zone. He capped off the Colts win with a 1-yard touchdown plunge.</p><p>The 25-year-old required 29 carries to record the second-highest single-game rushing total in the NFL this season. It also ranked as the second-best rushing performance of his career, marking his most touchdown runs in a game since he scored four against Buffalo in 2021.</p><p>Additionally, the performance pushed him over the 1,000-yard mark for the first time since he claimed the 2021 NFL rushing title.</p><p>Anthony Richardson added nine carries for 70 yards and a touchdown as Indianapolis (7-8) set a franchise record with 335 rushing yards, surpassing the previous record of 318 set in 1956. Richardson’s sixth touchdown run of the season broke the franchise record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Remarkably, this achievement came on a day when he attempted only 11 passes.</p><h2><b>The Tennessee Titans’ struggle continues</b></h2><p>For <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-soft-accusations-allowing-335-rushing-yards">the Titans (3-12), it was another grim chapter</a> in a disappointing season. Their fourth consecutive loss came with three more turnovers and significant lapses in what had been a solid defense. In two of their last four games, opponents have rushed for over 200 yards, and Sunday’s total marked the highest rushing yards allowed by the franchise since its move from Houston to Nashville in the late 1990s.</p><p>The switch from Will Levis to Mason Rudolph also failed to spark a turnaround. Rudolph completed 23 of 34 passes for 252 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. He led the Titans on a 23-point run to cut the deficit to 38-30. However, the game was sealed when Kenny Moore II intercepted Rudolph for the second time as the clock expired.</p><p>Next Sunday, the Colts will travel to face the New York Giants, while the Titans will conclude their road trip with a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jonathan Taylor jokes about Broncos blunder after redemption vs Titans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-brian-callahan-soft-accusations-allowing-335-rushing-yards');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brian Callahan sounds off on ‘soft’ accusations after allowing 335 rushing yards');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Brian-Callahan-sounds-off-on-soft-accusations-after-allowing-335-rushing-yards.jpg"></figure><h1>Brian Callahan sounds off on ‘soft’ accusations after allowing 335 rushing yards</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-22T17:05:43-08:00">December 22nd, 5:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-22T17:05:43-08:00">December 22nd, 5:05pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In a rare display of emotion, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-brian-callahans-nsfw-response-to-tennessee-receiving-soft-allegations">Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan nearly erupted last week</a> when questioned about the perception of his team being soft. However, days later, the Titans struggled to counter that narrative, getting overpowered for much of the game in a 38-30 loss to the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.</p><p>“I guess complete and total bullshit, if you want my honest opinion,” the Titans head coach said Wednesday. “These guys are tough ********, man. They go after it every day.”</p><p>This time, Callahan <a href="https://x.com/TDavenport_NFL/status/1870942531254677835" rel="noopener">chose not to address</a> the “soft” accusations with the team during the week. However, he expressed disappointment in their performance, particularly the struggles with run defense.</p><h2><b>Brian Callahan on the Titans performance</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Brian-Callahan-on-the-sidelines.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“It’s a super disappointing performance,” Brian Callahan <a href="https://www.twitter.com/PaulKuharskyNFL/status/1870942565111099711" rel="noopener">told the media</a> in his post-game interview “Really, not at all what I thought what we’ve shown at all over the course of the year. Didn’t get off blocks. Didn’t win the line of scrimmage, then didn’t tackle in space. Then the speed of Jonathan Taylor showed up and we couldn’t get him on the ground.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Callahan on run defense.  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Titans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Titans</a> <a href="https://t.co/oPC4KrBZhI">pic.twitter.com/oPC4KrBZhI</a></p><p>— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulKuharskyNFL/status/1870942565111099711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The final score painted a rosier picture for the Titans, who allowed 38 consecutive points after grabbing an initial 7-0 lead. Tennessee mounted a late comeback with 23 unanswered points but fell short of securing a critical defensive stop in the closing moments.</p><p>Tennessee (3-12) suffered their fourth consecutive defeat, marking a season sweep by the Colts and their 13th loss in the past 14 December games.</p><p>The most glaring statistic was the Colts’ dominance on the ground, amassing 335 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 50 carries, averaging 6.7 yards per attempt. This included explosive scoring runs of 65 and 70 yards by Jonathan Taylor.</p><p>The 335 rushing yards were the most the Titans have allowed since the franchise adopted the “Titans” name in 1999. It was also the second instance in four games where Tennessee’s defense gave up over 260 rushing yards, with the Washington Commanders racking up 267 earlier this month.</p><h2><b>Jonathan Taylor eviscerating the Titans</b></h2><p>Jonathan Taylor led the charge, amassing 218 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries. Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson contributed with nine rushes for 70 yards and a score.</p><p>Anthony Richardson, whose passing has been inconsistent this season, attempted just 11 throws against the Titans. He connected on seven for 131 yards, including a touchdown and an interception.</p><p>The Colts dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, limiting the Titans to just 65 yards on 22 carries, an average of three yards per attempt. This gave Indianapolis an overwhelming 270-yard edge in the rushing game.</p><p>The Titans fought back late, scoring three straight touchdowns and two two-point conversions to cut the Colts’ lead to 38-30 with 2:53 remaining in the game.</p><p>However, when the Colts needed a first down to seal the game, they relied on their running game once again. On second-and-eight, Richardson faked a handoff and scrambled around the end, picking up nine yards for a game-clinching first down.</p><p>Callahan and the Titans regained possession on their own 11-yard line with only three seconds remaining in the half, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-officially-bench-will-levis-turn-mason-rudolph-qb">but Mason Rudolph threw his third interception</a> as the game came to a close.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brian Callahan sounds off on ‘soft’ accusations after allowing 335 rushing yards

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-will-levis-place-depth-chart-shoulder-injury-benching');   ga('set', 'title', 'Will Levis’ place on Titans depth chart amid shoulder injury, benching');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-new-Will-Levis-place-on-depth-chart-amid-shoulder-injury-benching.jpg"></figure><h1>Will Levis’ place on Titans depth chart amid shoulder injury, benching</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-22T07:12:00-08:00">December 22nd, 7:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-22T07:12:00-08:00">December 22nd, 7:12am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With three games left on the season, the Tennessee Titans are making a change at quarterback, as they have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-officially-bench-will-levis-turn-mason-rudolph-qb">sent Will Levis to the bench</a> in favor of Mason Rudolph. While some teams opt to bury their quarterback on the depth chart after benching them, it doesn’t seem like that’s what the Titans will be doing with Levis.</p><p>It’s been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-gets-real-on-future-after-benching">rough season for Levis</a>, who has looked completely lost under center after showing some promise as a rookie in 2023. Tennessee could have opted to just shut him down for the season since he’s still dealing with a bothersome shoulder injury, but he is still <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1870728730102120593" rel="noopener">expected to be Rudolph’s backup</a> in Week 16 when they take on the Indianapolis Colts.</p><p>“Titans QB Will Levis (right shoulder) is expected to be the backup to Mason Rudolph, despite being listed as questionable, source said,” Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported.</p><h2><b>Will Levis is one play away from getting back on the field for Titans</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-quarterback-Will-Levis.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Andrew Nelles-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In 11 games, Levis has thrown for just 1,916 yards, while throwing 12 touchdowns and 12 interceptions during his time on the field. It’s been a constant struggle for Levis, as he’s been unable to hit open receivers, while also committing a myriad of ridiculous mistakes. Frankly, it’s a surprise it took the team this long to turn to Rudolph under center.</p><p>However, Levis still could conceivably find his way onto the field, as he will serve as Rudolph’s backup, assuming he is healthy enough to suit up for this one. Rudolph has shown an ability to move the offense consistently when he’s been on the field this season, though, so chances are he will be given a fairly long leash as Tennessee attempts to play out the string on what has been a miserable 2024 campaign for them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Will Levis’ place on Titans depth chart amid shoulder injury, benching

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-tony-pollard-injury-update-week-16-colts');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans’ Tony Pollard gets promising injury update ahead Week 16 clash vs. Colts');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-news-Tony-Pollard-gets-promising-injury-update-ahead-Week-16-clash-vs-Colts.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans’ Tony Pollard gets promising injury update ahead Week 16 clash vs. Colts</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-21T22:27:55-08:00">December 21st, 10:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-21T22:27:55-08:00">December 21st, 10:27pm</time><address><a>Dakota Zientek</a>Dakota Zientek graduated from the University of Iowa in 2020 and has been writing about the NFL ever since. As a die-hard NFL fan, Dakota's fandom rides with the Chicago Bears through thick and thin -- regardless of how much pain it has caused his heart throughout the years. One day, he believes he will celebrate the Bears winning a Super Bowl. Maybe even... a few?</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Heading into their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-vs-colts-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-nfl-week-16-2024">Week 16 AFC South matchup against the Indianapolis Colts</a>, Tennessee Titans running back Tony Pollard’s outlook <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1870685278903672856" rel="noopener">appeared positive</a> in the team’s injury update on Saturday, per Adam Schefter on X.</p><p>“Titans RB Tony Pollard, listed as questionable for Sunday due to an ankle injury, is expected to play vs. the Colts, per source,” Schefter wrote.</p><p>While it hasn’t resulted in any missed time for Pollard, he’s been dealing with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-tony-pollard-gut-out-ankle-injury-pursuit-1000-yard-campaign">ankle and foot injuries for over a month</a>.</p><p>Pollard didn’t practice on Wednesday or Thursday, however, he was a limited participant on Friday.</p><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-officially-bench-will-levis-turn-mason-rudolph-qb">Will Levis benched for Mason Rudolph</a> heading into Week 16, the Titans’ offensive game plan could rely more on the rushing attack.</p><h2><b>Titans RB Tony Pollard expected to play vs. Colts in Week 16 after injury update</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tony-Pollard_f46dfe.jpg"><figcaption>Steve Roberts-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After 11 weeks of the 2024 season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-gets-real-on-future-after-benching">Titans officially benched their former second-round quarterback</a>. Rudolph will start against the Colts, with three games remaining on their schedule.</p><p>In his 11 starts throughout 2024, Levis completed 181-of-284 passes (63.7%) for 1,1917 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions, adding eight fumbles to his yearly total.</p><p>Though their playoff hopes no longer exist, the Titans hope to end their season strong, starting with a win against the Colts on Sunday behind their backup quarterback.</p><p>Rudolph was a third-round pick in 2018, spending five years with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Then, in 2024, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-tennessee-signs-ex-steelers-qb-mason-rudolph-will-levis-backup">Titans signed Rudolph as Levis’ backup</a>.</p><p>However, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-news-titans-bengals-turnover-frenzy-not-seen-2007">Levis’ egregious number of turnovers</a> in 2024, the Titans had to make a move at quarterback if they wanted any chance of winning another game this season.</p><p>With Rudolph under center, Pollard and running back duo partner Tyjae Spears will likely carry most of the load. The Titans match up well against their opponents on paper, considering the Colts allow the third-most rushing yards in the league (1,983).</p><p>But, since Pollard isn’t 100% due to a lingering ankle injury, the Titans could rely more on Spears after his two-touchdown performance against the Bengals in Week 15.</p><p>Following Pollard’s injury update on Saturday before their game against the Colts, the Titans expect to see the 27-year-old on the field to continue his streak of starting each game over the past two seasons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans’ Tony Pollard gets promising injury update ahead Week 16 clash vs. Colts

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bengals-news-joe-burrow-teammate-xmas-gift-ancient-form-respect');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joe Burrow’s teammate calls Xmas gift ‘ancient form of respect’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Joe-Burrows-teammate-calls-Xmas-gift-ancient-form-of-respect.jpg"></figure><h1>Joe Burrow’s teammate calls Xmas gift ‘ancient form of respect’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T15:58:54-08:00">December 19th, 3:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T17:13:07-08:00">December 19th, 5:13pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals kept their playoff hopes alive with an ugly win in an odd game against the Tennessee Titans in Week 15. Quarterback Joe Burrow notched his sixth straight game with at least 250 passing yards and three touchdowns, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-joe-burrow-enters-tom-brady-territory-another-monster-game">joining Tom Brady as the only QB</a> to ever accomplish the feat. This week, Burrow surpassed Brady in ancient forms of respect, thanks to his skill as a giver of gifts.</p><p>Burrow <a href="https://x.com/pauldehnerjr/status/1869850895942594705" rel="noopener">presented his offensive linemen</a> with Japanese Katana swords for Christmas, per The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr. Each sword is unique, and the Bengals’ linemen got to select which weapon they’d take home. Veteran tackle Orlando Brown Jr. noted, “Joe does a great job at buying gifts that are extremely meaningful… The fact that he bought me a sword, it’s the most ancient form of respect.”</p><p>The thoughtful gifts went over well with Burrow’s protectors, but the fifth-year passer might have been better served by arming his defense. Cincinnati has been a sieve this season, giving up the second-most points in the league and ranking 29th in yards allowed.</p><p>The porous defense has largely undermined an extraordinary season by Burrow. The Bengals’ star bounced back from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-joe-burrow-major-declaration-injury-filled-2023">an injury-plagued 2023 campaign</a> to throw for a league-leading 3,977 yards and 36 touchdowns in 14 games this year. But the standout performance has only led to a 6-8 record, as Cincinnati is two games out of the final Wild Card berth with three games remaining.</p><h2><b>Joe Burrow is having the best, least memorable season imaginable</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Joe-Burrow_7aa471.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Last season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-joe-burrows-bonkers-275-million-contract-details-come-light">Bengals signed Burrow to a five-year, $275 million contract</a>, which is a lot of money. So much money that it sometimes seems as if the Pro Bowl QB doesn’t know what to do with it. He’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/check-out-joe-burrows-incredible-373k-car-collection-with-photos">bought a bunch of cars</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-joe-burrow-makes-batman-revelation">Batman’s car</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-joe-burrow-ruthlessly-clowned-outfit-cowboys-clash">wretched outfits</a>. So it’s nice to see him spend some of that cash on undeniably awesome gifts for his teammates.</p><p>In Week 15, Burrow overcame an uncharacteristic three-turnover day to guide the Bengals to victory over the Titans. The teams combined for 10 turnovers – the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-news-titans-bengals-turnover-frenzy-not-seen-2007">most in an NFL game since 2007</a>. They even managed to cram multiple turnovers into a single play as Cincinnati safety <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-jordan-battle-fumbles-easy-td-goal-line-recovering-fumble">Jordan Battle fumbled at the goal line</a> after recovering a fumble.</p><p>The Bengals will host the Cleveland Browns on Sunday as the team hopes to win out and reach the playoffs in a disappointing season. Cincinnati won the first matchup against Cleveland in Week 7, but that was three quarterbacks ago. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/browns-news-cleveland-names-dorian-thompson-robinson-week-16-starter">Browns will start Dorian Thompson-Robinson</a> in Week 16 after ruining Christmas, and fun in general, by sending Jameis Winston to the bench.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joe Burrow’s teammate calls Xmas gift ‘ancient form of respect’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-will-levis-gets-real-on-future-after-benching');   ga('set', 'title', 'Will Levis gets real on Titans future after benching');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-news-Will-Levis-gets-real-on-Tennessee-future-after-benching.jpg"></figure><h1>Will Levis gets real on Titans future after benching</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T20:05:03-08:00">December 18th, 8:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T20:15:09-08:00">December 18th, 8:15pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tennessee Titans lost a sloppy game to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15. After turning the ball over a career-high four times, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">Titans benched Will Levis</a> for veteran backup Mason Rudolph. On Wednesday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-officially-bench-will-levis-turn-mason-rudolph-qb">Tennessee made the quarterback change official</a>, naming Rudolph the team’s starter moving forward and relegating Levis to backup duties.</p><p>Despite the bad news, the second-year passer is convinced that he’ll eventually <a href="https://www.nashvillepost.com/sports/football/titans-levis-still-believes-he-can-be-franchises-qb-of-future/article_927b99ec-bd8a-11ef-b0e5-3b6718b09a93.html" rel="noopener">regain the starting role</a>, according to John Glennon of the Nashville Post.</p><p>“I know that there’s a positive future for me whether it’s here or somewhere else… Hopefully I can show and prove I can still be the guy,” Levis said after learning he’d be the Titans’ backup QB for the rest of the season.</p><p>“I don’t think that that’s the end of the conversation… I still believe that I can be the franchise quarterback for this team. I have the utmost confidence in myself and my ability to lead any team in this league. I think this year was great development for me, and I think I truly did improve. Sure as heck don’t want to go out like that,” Levis added, per the Nashville Post.</p><p>Since being selected by the Titans in the second round of the 2023 draft, Levis has played 20 games. He’s turned the ball over 25 times, which is tied for the sixth most in the NFL since the start of the 2023 season.</p><p>This year he’s second in the league with 17 turnovers in just 11 games. He’s thrown 12 interceptions, which is tied for the fourth-most, and he’s lost an NFL-leading five fumbles. On Sunday, he threw his fourth pick-six of the season, which also leads the league.</p><h2><b>Will Levis won’t take his benching sitting down</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Will-Levis_b950be.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Turnovers have obviously been a persistent problem for the young passer. Head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-honest-admission-controversial-week-2-outburst">Brian Callahan confronted the quarterback</a> on the sideline after a reckless fumble in the red zone during a Week 2 loss to the New York Jets. A pick-six the following week already had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-pick-6-fans-calling-benching">Titans fans calling for Levis to be benched</a>.</p><p>In addition to the turnover problems, Levis has been sacked 40 times (the fifth-most in the league), he’s 33rd overall with 174.2 yards per game, while ranking 33rd in QBR and 36th in passer rating.</p><p>To be fair, Levis has improved his completion percentage. He got up to 63.7 percent before being benched this season compared to 58.4 percent in nine games last year. And his touchdown rate has also gone up. But his interception rate has skyrocketed and his sack percentage has jumped as well. Meanwhile his yards per attempt, yards per game and passer rating have all dipped in 2024.</p><p>While it’s possible the team <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-titans-must-move-on-from-will-levis-after-horrid-outing-vs-bengals">moves on from Levis permanently</a>, Callahan made it clear the benching is only for this season as it gives the team the best chance to win. At 3-11 and long since eliminated from playoff contention, it’s telling that the Titans aren’t using their lost season to develop Levis, if the team still views him as its quarterback of the future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Will Levis gets real on Titans future after benching

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-brian-callahans-nsfw-response-to-tennessee-receiving-soft-allegations');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans’ Brian Callahan’s NSFW response to Tennessee receiving ‘soft’ allegations');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-new-Brian-Callahans-NSFW-response-to-Tennessee-receiving-soft-allegations.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans’ Brian Callahan’s NSFW response to Tennessee receiving ‘soft’ allegations</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T13:19:08-08:00">December 18th, 1:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T13:19:08-08:00">December 18th, 1:19pm</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>At 3-11, the Tennessee Titans have had a lackluster season. Currently, on a three-game slide, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-will-levis-deals-social-media-trolls-titans-benching">some have questioned Tennessee’s toughness</a> in their latest losses. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-tony-pollard-gut-out-ankle-injury-pursuit-1000-yard-campaign">It’s getting to everyone in Tennessee</a>, even Titans head coach Brian Callahan. Typically known for his quiet demeanor, Callahan <a href="https://x.com/paulkuharskynfl/status/1869467282117992887?t=6xL5hLMF2vPcNLk1u7ZChA" rel="noopener">lost his cool</a> when asked if the accusations of his team being soft were true.</p><p>“I mean, you really want to get me going today?” Callahan said. “Yeah, I think, to be honest with you, that is complete and total (expletive) if you want my honest opinion.</p><p>“These guys are tough (expletive), man, and they go after it every day. They play hard as hell, and at no point have we put on tape at any point this season that this is a soft football team. I can’t even wrap my mind around how that would even be a conversation. I mean, just because we don’t win games doesn’t mean we’re soft.</p><p>“These guys play their ass off, they play hard, they play physical. You can ask any team that plays against us when they come off the field. They know they played us.”</p><p>“Yeah, that makes me relatively angry that that would be some presumption. That means you don’t watch the (expletive), you don’t know what you’re talking about, and you don’t know what you’re looking at. So, I’m not going to stand for anybody calling this football team soft. I think that’s (expletive).</p><p>“So if there are opinions out there that feel that way, then they don’t know anything about NFL football. I’d like for you to walk in there and call one of these guys soft and see what happens, you know? This is not a soft football team at all. Mentally or physically.”</p><h2><b>Titans head coach Brian Callahan was fired up after his team was accused of being soft!</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Brian-Callahan-coaching-Titans.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Callahan was then asked about Jarvis Brownlee’s comments about cold weather after the loss to Washington earlier this month, but Callahan brushed off the comment and called Brownlee a tough player.</p><p>“And I think one of the things mentally that’s really been impressive about the team is the way that they keep fighting through the way this season has gone,” Callahan continued. “They’ve not shown at any point that they’re not up to the task. They come out every day and work. They have.”</p><p>“You want to really get me going now? I mean, these guys come out here and do everything possible to win games. And if there’s any assumption anywhere that’s outside of this building. We don’t focus on all those things. But there’s no possible explanation to say that this team is soft in any way, shape, or form, mentally or physically. And the way that they go about their work is insulting to me, to them, and to everyone who works here.</p><p>“No chance ever in hell would I ever admit that to be the case, and neither would anybody in this locker room. So you can kind of shove that one right up your ass, to be honest.”</p><p>Given the chance to defend his team’s toughness, Callahan did so Wednesday with emotion and passion he’s rarely shown through his first season in Nashville. Hopefully, it’s enough to fire the team up to finish their season strong.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans’ Brian Callahan’s NSFW response to Tennessee receiving ‘soft’ allegations

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-officially-bench-will-levis-turn-mason-rudolph-qb');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans officially bench Will Levis, turn to Mason Rudolph at QB');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-news-Tennessee-officially-benches-Will-Levis-turns-to-Mason-Rudolph-at-QB.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans officially bench Will Levis, turn to Mason Rudolph at QB</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T12:57:44-08:00">December 18th, 12:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T13:05:03-08:00">December 18th, 1:05pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tennessee Titans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">benched Will Levis</a> in the second half of their Week 15 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Levis got the hook after throwing a pick-six midway through the third quarter – his third interception and fourth turnover of the day. The costly error gave the Bengals a 31-14 lead. Titans’ head coach Brian Callahan turned to veteran backup Mason Rudolph to finish out the game. Now, the <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/titans-bench-qb-will-levis-will-start-mason-rudolph-vs-colts?campaign=Twitter_atn" rel="noopener">team has decided</a> to stick with Rudolph as the starting quarterback moving forward.</p><p>Callahan announced that Rudolph will start for the Titans in Week 16, per Kevin Patra on NFL.com. However, the coach made sure to note that the change is only for the season, not Levis’ career. “I still believe in Will. I still believe he can improve. Those things haven’t changed, but for right now, this is the best decision for our football team,” Callahan said.</p><p>Levis has had a disappointing sophomore season, throwing for 1,916 yards with 12 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 11 games. The Titans are 2-9 with Levis as the starter and 3-11 overall. The second-year passer had a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-reveals-bench-will-levis-bengals">particularly dismal performance</a> Sunday, completing just eight passes for 89 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions. Levis also lost a fumble in Week 15 and has turned the ball over 14 times this season.</p><h2><b>Titans’ QB Will Levis will watch the rest of the 2024 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Will-Levis.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Titans selected Levis in the second round of the 2023 draft. He started nine games in his rookie year and has a 5-15 career record in 20 games with Tennessee. The team is now pivoting to Rudolph. The seventh-year veteran has started three games this season, going 1-2 and throwing for 1,015 yards with six touchdowns and five interceptions.</p><p>It’s unclear how the Titans will handle Levis heading into next season. Some believe the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-titans-must-move-on-from-will-levis-after-horrid-outing-vs-bengals">team will move on</a> from the young quarterback. Levis has not done himself any favors, infuriating Callahan on multiple occasions. Poor decision making led to game-wrecking turnovers in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-pick-6-fans-calling-benching">three consecutive games</a> early in the season. At one point <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-honest-admission-controversial-week-2-outburst">Callahan lashed out at Levis</a> from the sideline following a particularly egregious fumble.</p><p>The Titans head to Indianapolis to take on the Colts in Week 16. Indy’s second-year quarterback is dealing with his own growing pains as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/colts-most-blame-week-15-loss-broncos">Anthony Richardson threw two interceptions</a> in a brutal loss to the Denver Broncos Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans officially bench Will Levis, turn to Mason Rudolph at QB

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-vs-colts-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-nfl-week-16-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans vs. Colts predictions, pick, odds, spread for NFL Week 16 2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-vs.-Colts-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-NFL-Week-16-2024.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans vs. Colts predictions, pick, odds, spread for NFL Week 16 2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T12:00:25-08:00">December 18th, 12:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T11:48:08-08:00">December 18th, 11:48am</time><address><a>Cameron Zunkel</a>Cameron Zunkel is a former college athlete for the University of Illinois, Springfield. During that time, he earned his masters degree in Communication. After graduating in 2022, Cameron signed to play independent professional baseball with the Joliet Slammers, but his time was cut short due to injury. Nonetheless, his love for baseball and all sports never faded.Cameron loves the sports media and sports journalism side of things and does some light writing for a Chicago Cubs blog, as well. To go along with that, he loves sports betting and fantasy sports. He also loves digging on the research and creating content for both sports betting and fantasy sports!</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tennessee Titans hit the road to take on the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday afternoon. This game will continue our NFL odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> as we hand out a Titans-Colts prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game.</p><figure><img src="https://a.impactradius-go.com/display-ad/3065-2113640"></figure><figure><img src="https://paramountplus.qflm.net/i/492408/2113640/3065"></figure><h2><b>Titans-Colts Last Game – Matchup History</b></h2><p>The Colts beat the Titans earlier this season 20-17.</p><p>Overall Series: The Colts lead the all-time series 38-22.</p><p><i><b>Here are the Titans-Colts <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/nfl" rel="noopener">NFL odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </b></i></p><h2><b>NFL Odds: Titans-Colts Odds</b></h2><p>Tennessee Titans: +3.5 (-105)</p><p>Moneyline: +164</p><p>Indianapolis Colts: -3.5 (-115)</p><p>Moneyline: -198</p><p>Over: 42.5 (-115)</p><p>Under: 42.5 (-105)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Titans-Colts</b></h2><p>Time: 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT</p><p>TV: CBS</p><p><i><b>*Watch NFL games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/football/?irad=356362&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(Get Access | Save $30)</a>*</b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Titans Could Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The way for Tennessee to win this game is going to be their run game. Their passing attack has been extremely subpar, so it is going to be up to their running backs. Tony Pollard has 230 rushes on the season, and 982 total yards while finding the endzone five times. Along with that, Pollard has 39 receptions on the season. He has been their workhorse this year, and the Titans will need him to be at his best on Sunday. If Pollard plays well, the Titans will have a chance to cover the spread.</p><p>The Titans have actually played decently on the defensive side of the ball. Their offense has allowed quite a few touchdowns on the year, so the defense has not been giving up too many points. In fact, Tennessee has allowed the second-fewest total yards per game in the NFL, and the third-fewest passing yards. In their first matchup with the Colts, the Titans allowed just 269 yards, and 4.1 yards per game. If Tennessee can refrain from turning the ball over, their defense should be able to get the job done.</p><h2><b>Why The Colts Could Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Titans have not played good defense all season. They are allowing the third-most points per game at 27.1 points. In their 14 games this season, the Titans have allowed at least 30 points six times. Now, a lot of that has been because of their offense allowing opposing defenses to score, but allowing that many points makes it very hard to win, no matter how those points are scored. If the Colts can put some points up in this game, they will be able to cover the spread.</p><p>The Titans have not done a good job on offense this season, either. Tennessee is scoring just 18.1 points per game this season. The Titans have scored 20 points or under in 11 of their games this season, and they have won just one of those games. The Colts have an opportunity to play one of their better defensive games of the season Sunday afternoon. In fact, Indianapolis allowed just 17 points in their first game against the Titans. Now, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-likely-lose-qb1-struggles">Will Levis has been benched</a>, but the backup can not be trusted anymore. As long as the Colts can have a similar defensive game as the first one, they will cover this spread.</p><h2><b>Final Titans-Colts Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>I do not think a lot of points are going to be scored in this game. However, I do think the Colts will be able to pull off the win at home. The spread is small, but I will be taking the Colts to win this game straight up.</p><p><b>Final Titans-Colts Prediction &amp; Pick: Colts ML (-198)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans vs. Colts predictions, pick, odds, spread for NFL Week 16 2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/exclusive-will-levis-deals-social-media-trolls-titans-benching');   ga('set', 'title', 'Exclusive: Will Levis reveals how he deals with social media trolls amid benching');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Will-Levis-1-on-1-interview-on-dealing-with-social-media-adversity.jpg"></figure><h1>Exclusive: Will Levis reveals how he deals with social media trolls amid benching</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T11:34:46-08:00">December 18th, 11:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T09:58:18-08:00">December 19th, 9:58am</time><address><a>DJ Siddiqi</a>DJ Siddiqi is a features writer for ClutchPoints, with over 13 years of experience covering the NFL, NBA, and NCAA Football. Siddiqi has bylines at Forbes, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report, and Heavy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tennessee Titans quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-aaron-rodgers-name-dropped-as-possible-titans-replacement-for-will-levis">Will Levis</a> knows how to keep a positive frame of mind despite dealing with adversity in the social media age. The 25-year-old quarterback has had an up-and-down campaign in his second NFL season. He’s had some highlights, including his 278-yard, two-touchdown performance in a 32-27 win over the Houston Texans in Week 12. However, he’s had some lowlights, including his four-turnover outing in the Titans 37-27 Week 15 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals that has since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-likely-lose-qb1-struggles">led to his benching</a>.</p><p>With that being said, Levis knows how to keep a balanced mindset, and he recently detailed his technique in dealing with negativity on social media.</p><p>“On social media, I’m aversive to anything that comes my way,” says Levis in a one-on-one interview on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/djsiddiqi/2024/12/17/tennessee-titans-will-levis-on-maintaining-confidence-despite-struggles-and-what-he-wants-to-improve-on/" rel="noopener">behalf of his partnership with Optimum Nutrition</a>. “It’s because it’s so easy for people to reach you with notifications. I’ve found a good method over the past few years of just being able to glaze over things and not really pay mind to what people have to say.”</p><p>Levis also attributes his positive frame of mind — regardless of performance — due to keeping his “circle tight.”</p><p>“Keeping your circle tight and really understanding the people in your life who actually matter and whose opinions you should value,” says Levis. “That’s really important because at the end of the day, no one else does.”</p><p>The Titans are <a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1869107525930647964" rel="noopener">reportedly planning to bench</a> Levis for backup Mason Rudolph entering their Week 16 game against the Indianapolis Colts, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Rudolph relieved Levis in the third quarter of their loss to the Bengals and finished with 209 passing yards, two touchdowns, and one interception to go along with an 80.8% completion rate and 109.8 passer rating.</p><p>Levis certainly has the look of a franchise quarterback at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds. He also has solid mobility and a strong arm that made him a candidate to get selected in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft.</p><p>However, turnovers and pick-sixes (he has four on the year, which is the most in the NFL) have been a major issue early on in Levis’ career. The young quarterback acknowledges that <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/news/will-levis-opens-up-about-challenging-second-season-its-been-a-tough-go/" rel="noopener">learning two different offensive systems in two years</a> has been a challenge. However, he downplayed the difference in current head coach Brian Callahan and former coach Mike Vrabel’s coaching styles, saying that he’s learned a lot and responds well to both of them.</p><p>“There isn’t anything that I can point to that’s glaring,” says Levis when asked about the difference in coaching styles. “I respond to a bunch of different coaching styles. Obviously, I have different head coaches that have different styles of coaching. They both have their own things and I respond really well to both of them. That’s all I can really say about that.”</p><p>The one difference Levis points to is that Callahan is more involved in the offensive meetings than the defensive-minded Vrabel. Levis mentions that his relationship with Callahan is “great” and continues to grow throughout their first season together. The 40-year-old Callahan served as the offensive coordinator for the Bengals over the past five seasons, coaching Joe Burrow and helping lead Cincinnati to a Super Bowl appearance in 2021.</p><p>“It’s cool seeing a head coach go up there and install an offensive unit for that week,” says Levis of Callahan’s contributions to the offensive game plan. “It’s cool having a guy with so much experience and a great offensive mind like that leading the charge.”</p><p>It’ll be interesting to see where the Titans go with Levis moving forward, but he stresses that he wants to continue to get better and help Tennessee improve as a team entering next season.</p><p>For now though, the Titans may be giving Levis a chance to reset by moving forward with Rudolph as the starter for the remainder of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Exclusive: Will Levis reveals how he deals with social media trolls amid benching

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl-rumors-aaron-rodgers-name-dropped-as-possible-titans-replacement-for-will-levis');   ga('set', 'title', 'NFL rumors: Aaron Rodgers name-dropped as possible Titans replacement for Will Levis');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Aaron-Rodgers-name-dropped-as-possible-Titans-replacement-for-Will-Levis.jpg"></figure><h1>NFL rumors: Aaron Rodgers name-dropped as possible Titans replacement for Will Levis</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T09:20:17-08:00">December 18th, 9:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T09:20:17-08:00">December 18th, 9:20am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-jets-nfl-draft-qb-plan-emerges-regardless-of-aaron-rodgers-status">Aaron Rodgers’ future with the New York Jets</a> in question, it will be interesting to see what’s in store for the quarterback in the offseason. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Titans are dealing with a quarterback issue, as Will Levis may be benched for the remainder of the season due to his inconsistent play. There’s a world where Rodgers <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/43022769/nfl-week-16-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-tips-predictions-questions" rel="noopener">could be the replacement</a> for Levis next season, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.</p><p>“Does the news that the Titans are planning a quarterback switch this week spell the end for Will Levis in Tennessee? That certainly feels possible,” Fowler wrote. “Levis’ core issue is committing turnovers in bunches, and coach Brian Callahan has grown impatient with it. I can see a scenario in which the Titans continue to develop Levis this offseason, given the team might be picking in the back half of the top 10 in what’s considered a weaker QB class.</p><p>“But even as the Titans went back to him Nov. 10, post-shoulder injury, he reverted to his turnover ways Sunday with three interceptions and a fumble against Cincinnati. Mason Rudolph, the likely starter this week, helps Tennessee’s offense play on schedule more efficiently. Where does Tennessee turn this offseason? Rodgers has played well the past two weeks, finally looks healthy and has been linked to the team in the past.”</p><p>If the Titans don’t believe in Levis’ development, would they actually go after Rodgers? It’s hard to see that, but if they want to win now, Rodgers could give them a chance to do so.</p><h2>Aaron Rodgers future with Jets in doubt</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Aaron-Rodgers_3c56b5.jpg"><figcaption>© Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The New York Jets couldn’t have expected their season to go the way it went with Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback, but things turned out disastrous. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jets-news-aaron-rodgers-hints-at-curse-culprit-behind-nys-woes">Rodgers did not play up to the level</a> he needed for the Jets to win, and now there’s the question of if he will return as the quarterback next season.</p><p>With Rodgers getting older and not improving, it might be best for them to move on and try to find a quarterback in the draft. On the other hand, the past two games have been good for Rodgers, and if he can finish the season strong, there’s a possibility that they will hold on to him and see if they can improve next season.</p><p>The Jets have enough weapons on offense, but they just need a quarterback that’s going to be able to deliver them the ball. If the Jets believe that Rodgers is the answer, he’ll stay, but if not, he’ll have to look elsewhere next season to play.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NFL rumors: Aaron Rodgers name-dropped as possible Titans replacement for Will Levis

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As a die-hard NFL fan, Dakota's fandom rides with the Chicago Bears through thick and thin -- regardless of how much pain it has caused his heart throughout the years. One day, he believes he will celebrate the Bears winning a Super Bowl. Maybe even... a few?</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/will-levis-meet-the-titans-33rd-pick-2023-nfl-draft">33rd pick in the 2023 NFL Draft</a>, the Tennessee Titans selected Will Levis, hoping he could be the team’s franchise quarterback. However, as the Titans prepare for their Week 16 battle against the Indianapolis Colts, <a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1869107525930647964" rel="noopener">it appears</a> that they could be looking to bench Levis and start Mason Rudolph, per Jeremy Fowler on X.</p><p>“The Tennessee #Titans are planning to make a switch at quarterback this week, source told ESPN,” Fowler wrote. “Mason Rudolph is the logical candidate to step in for starter Will Levis, who likely heads to the bench barring surprise.”</p><p>Through 20 games in his NFL career, Levis has led the Titans to a 5-15 record, completing 61.2% of his passes for 3,724 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions.</p><p>And while expectations weren’t necessarily sky-high, the Titans appear unimpressed with the former Kentucky Wildcat leading their offense.</p><h2><b>Titans QB Will Levis expected to be benched for Mason Rudolph</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Will-Levis-Mason-Rudolph.jpg"><figcaption>Steve Roberts-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While Levis showed flashes of competency with the Titans, they seem to have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-starter-role-up-in-air-after-pulled-vs-bengals">promoted Rudolph</a> for the last few weeks of the season— or at least Week 16.</p><p>One of the biggest issues for Levis is his knack for turning the ball over.</p><p>To start the season, Levis had multiple games in a row that included back-breaking turnovers. And while he was given plenty of chances to protect the ball better, Levis’ Week 15 performance appeared to be the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-reveals-bench-will-levis-bengals">final straw for head coach Brian Callahan</a>.</p><p>Against the Bengals, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-titans-must-move-on-from-will-levis-after-horrid-outing-vs-bengals">Levis was relieved of his duties</a> after completing eight of his 12 passing attempts for 89 yards and a whopping three interceptions.</p><p>Though Rudolph came in and led the Titans to two scoring drives, he also left the game with an interception himself, falling to the Bengals 37-27.</p><p>According to the Titans’ depth chart, Rudolph is the team’s only option outside of Levis, making him the clear answer if they decide to look at secondary quarterback options.</p><p>Sitting at 3-11 on the season, the move to bench Levis could be a precursor for what the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-way-too-early-targets-tennessee-titans-2025-nfl-draft">Titans plan on doing in the 2025 NFL Draft</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans’ Will Levis likely to lose QB1 job amid struggles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bengals-news-sam-hubbard-season-ending-pcl-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals’ Sam Hubbard gets hit with season-ending PCL injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bengals-news-Sam-Hubbard-gets-hit-with-season-ending-PCL-injury-update.jpg"></figure><h1>Bengals’ Sam Hubbard gets hit with season-ending PCL injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T12:27:44-08:00">December 16th, 12:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T13:20:01-08:00">December 16th, 1:20pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals kept their (slim) playoff hopes alive with a win over the Tennessee Titans in Week 15. Cincinnati fell to 4-8 after Week 13, needing to run the table to have a shot at the postseason. While the team has been able to win two straight games to improve to 6-8, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-sam-hubbard-out-knee-injury-right-wild-td-titans">Bengals lost a key defender to a knee injury</a> during their victory Sunday.</p><p>Veteran defensive end Sam Hubbard <a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1868733636335616500" rel="noopener">went down</a> with a PCL injury in Week 15 that’s expected to end his season, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on X.</p><p>The seventh-year pro actually caught a touchdown pass from Joe Burrow during the game, hauling in the score with a little more than five minutes remaining in the second quarter. Unfortunately, it’s believed that Hubbard suffered the knee injury on that play.</p><p>It was actually the DE’s second career touchdown, as he is credited with a return TD in 2018, his rookie season. Hubbard’s score Sunday helped the Bengals take a 24-14 lead into halftime and the team hung on to earn the 37-27 win over the 3-10 Titans.</p><h2><b>The Bengals’ defense took a major hit in Week 15</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sam-Hubbard.jpg"><figcaption>Steve Roberts-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While Cincinnati got a much needed victory, the game was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-news-titans-bengals-turnover-frenzy-not-seen-2007">sloppy, turnover-filled affair</a>. The two teams combined to commit 10 turnovers, the most in a contest since 2007.</p><p>Titans’ quarterback Will Levis struggled mightily, throwing three picks and zero touchdowns before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">being benched for Mason Rudolph</a>. Levis also lost a fumble, totaling four turnovers of his own on Sunday.</p><p>Even Joe Burrow wasn’t immune to the sloppy play as the Bengals’ QB tossed two interceptions and fumbled the ball. However, Burrow ultimately continued his exemplary play, completing 26 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns. The performance helped lift the Bengals past the Titans and also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-joe-burrow-enters-tom-brady-territory-another-monster-game">placed Burrow alongside Tom Brady</a> as the only quarterbacks with six straight games with at least 250 passing yards and three touchdowns.</p><p>Despite the win, Hubbard’s loss will have a significant impact on Cincinnati’s defense, which was already playing poorly. Beyond Bengals’ sack leader Trey Hendrickson, the team hasn’t been able to consistently get to the quarterback. Hubbard had only notched two sacks in a down season but he’s consistently brought pressure throughout his seven-year career.</p><p>The Bengals are two games out of the final Wild Card berth with three games remaining in the regular season. The team will host the Cleveland Browns in a divisional matchup in Week 16.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals’ Sam Hubbard gets hit with season-ending PCL injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/why-titans-must-move-on-from-will-levis-after-horrid-outing-vs-bengals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Titans must move on from Will Levis after horrid outing vs. Bengals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Why-Titans-must-move-on-from-Will-Levis-after-horrid-outing-vs.-Bengals.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Titans must move on from Will Levis after horrid outing vs. Bengals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T11:48:17-08:00">December 16th, 11:48am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-17T12:39:52-08:00">December 17th, 12:39pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tennessee Titans lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 37-27 in Week 15. Head coach Brian Callahan<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-starter-role-up-in-air-after-pulled-vs-bengals"> benched quarterback Will Levis</a> after three more interceptions on just 12 pass attempts. It is not the first time Levis has been benched and the second-year quarterback may be out of a job soon. The Titans must move on from Levis after a second brutal season.</p><p>After last season, the Titans fired coach Mike Vrabel. There was reportedly a p<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-owners-statement-hints-at-major-reason-mike-vrabel-was-fired">ower struggle between Vrabel and general manager Ran Carthon</a>, which the latter won. They hired Callahan after a successful run with the Bengals to help usher along Levis. Things have not improved at the quarterback position. In 11 starts, he has two wins, 12 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. That is not good enough and with high expectations following Vrabel, Callahan must make a change.</p><p>Levis was a second-round pick out of Kentucky in 2023. He <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202310290oti.htm" rel="noopener">came in</a> last year when Ryan Tannehill got hurt and was up and down then as well. His completion percentage and touchdown percentage have gone up this year but his interception rate has skyrocketed. They do not have much stake in Levis, which would help move on from him after two years.</p><p>The Titans will be at the top of the draft and have plenty of money to spend in free agency. They will have choices and should let Levis either be their backup or trade him away. It is not worth keeping him around when he keeps getting benched and throwing interceptions. Who should the Titans roll with?</p><h2><b>Who should the Titans replace Will Levis with? </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Will-Levis-with-tennessee-Titans-.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The last time the Titans took a quarterback in the first round, they selected Marcus Mariota second overall in 2015. If they lose their final three games, they will be in the top five and can draft a quarterback. This quarterback class is not considered to be as strong as last year’s, so it may be a tough decision. But if they like one, they should take one.</p><p>Whether it is Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward, Jalen Milroe, or Quinn Ewers, there should be a quarterback available when they pick. Scouting this quarterback class could be the most important thing Carthon does as the general manager. If he does not like one and passes, the pick must be impactful to improve their team in 2025.</p><p>There are plenty of free agents available who can start for the Titans next season. And it does not mean that they will be well out of playoff conversation. It worked out for the Vikings this year and Tennessee could copy them by signing Sam Darnold. Minnesota is likely to let Darnold walk and allow JJ McCarthy to start next year. The Titans can offer Darnold a lot of money to be their starter after his great season.</p><p>Both Steelers quarterbacks are free agents after a surprising season. Justin Fields and Russell Wilson may both need new homes this season and either one would be a great fit in Tennessee. Callahan may prefer Fields, who he can build a long-term offense around and build some job security. But if Wilson plays like he has this year, it could be a fun season in Tennessee.</p><h2><b>What is next for Will Levis? </b></h2><p>The most likely landing spot for Will Levis in 2025 is with the Titans as the backup. Mason Rudolph is an unrestricted free agent after his one year in Tennessee and Levis has two years left. While many teams would want a raw quarterback on a rookie deal, Levis has not been good enough for teams to take a bet on.</p><p>If someone does, it could be the team who hires Mike Vrabel. We have not heard much from Vrabel since he took a job on the Browns’ staff. But if he believes in Levis from their time together last year, he could come in as a backup. A what-if is if the Giants fire Brian Daboll and hire Vrabel. Levis would immediately join a battle with Tommy DeVito and Drew Lock, which he could win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Titans must move on from Will Levis after horrid outing vs. Bengals

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He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tennessee Titans lost their third game in a row on Sunday, falling 37-27 to the Cincinnati Bengals. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">It was another brutal outing for quarterback Will Levis, who was pulled</a> after throwing his NFL-worst fourth pick-6 of the 2024 season.</p><p>On Monday, head coach Brian Callahan <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1868712157707485437" rel="noopener">said he’ll make a decision</a> in the coming days on the QB situation. Via Ian Rapoport:</p><p>“More QB decisions: The Titans pulled Will Levis on Sunday and coach Brian Callahan said he’s going to use the next few days to decide who his starting QB will be.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-reveals-bench-will-levis-bengals">Mason Rudolph came in to replace Levis</a> and actually played relatively well, completing 21 of 26 passes for two touchdowns and one interception. It does feel like Rudolph will get the chance to start on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts because Levis was truly horrible in Week 15.</p><p>The former Kentucky signal-caller threw three interceptions on just 12 pass attempts for 89 yards. He’s now thrown just as many picks (12) as TDs (12). Levis has also been sacked 40 times, but the Titans’ offensive line is also responsible for that.</p><p>Even though Levis struggled, Callahan didn’t put all the blame on him postgame:</p><p>“We just <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2024/12/15/will-levis-benched-tennessee-titans-bengals/76830426007/" rel="noopener">needed some momentum</a>,” Callahan said, via Nick Suss of the <i>Tennessean</i>. “We needed something to spark us a bit. We had three turnovers in a really tight amount of time. That gave them some points. . . . I just felt like we needed something. Not everything’s on the quarterback, but he’s the one that’s going to take the most heat when those decisions happen.”</p><p>The Titans are now sitting at 3-11. Levis’s performance contradicted what Callahan said last week where he expressed excitement about the young quarterback’s future despite his struggles in ’24, claiming Levis has “a whole lot of things in front of him he can still reach.”</p><p>We’ll see how much belief Callahan still has in the 25-year-old when he makes his QB1 decision later this week.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans’ Will Levis starter role up in air after being pulled vs Bengals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-hc-brian-callahan-doesnt-commit-to-will-levis-as-starter-after-3-int-day-vs-bengals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans HC Brian Callahan doesn’t commit to Will Levis as starter after 3-INT day vs Bengals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Brian-Callahan-doesnt-commit-to-Will-Levis-as-starter-after-3-INT-day-vs-Bengals.jpg?w=1024"></figure><h1>Titans HC Brian Callahan doesn’t commit to Will Levis as starter after 3-INT day vs Bengals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T18:46:44-08:00">December 15th, 6:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T18:46:44-08:00">December 15th, 6:46pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Things once again did not go <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-tony-pollard-gut-out-ankle-injury-pursuit-1000-yard-campaign">the Tennessee Titans’ way</a> on Sunday, as they lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 37-27 at home. Starting quarterback Will Levis had a rough day in particular, throwing three interceptions, including a pick-six on his last play of the day. He also lost a fumble. So, it’s not surprising that his head coach, Brian Callahan, <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2024/12/15/will-levis-benched-tennessee-titans-bengals/76830426007/" rel="noopener">wouldn’t commit to</a> the second-year quarterback as the starter for next week’s divisional matchup in Indianapolis against the Colts.</p><p>“We just needed some momentum,” Callahan said to reporters after the game, including Ben Suss of the Tennessean. “We needed something to spark us a bit. We had three turnovers in a really tight amount of time. That gave them some points… I just felt like we needed something. Not everything’s on the quarterback, but he’s the one that’s going to take the most heat when those decisions happen.”</p><p>Backup quarterback Mason Rudolph didn’t have the best day <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-reveals-bench-will-levis-bengals">but was better than Levis.</a> He threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns in relief of the former Kentucky Wildcat, in addition to an interception of his own. As the Titans look to finish Callahan’s first season strong, the question needs to be asked: will they have a better chance at winning with Rudolph at the helm? It’s possible, and now it’s something that needs to be considered.</p><h2><b>Can Will Levis rebound and take back Titans’ starting QB job?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-QB-Will-Levis.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: © Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>To <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/colts-news-indianapolis-loses-offensive-lineman-rest-2024-campaign">close the season, the Titans</a> play the Colts on the road, plus two more divisional opponents. They travel to Jacksonville to play the Jaguars in Week 17 and host the Houston Texans to close the season. At the moment, the Titans own the sixth overall pick, which could be used to upgrade the roster even more. However, they might be out of position to take a potential franchise signal caller in next year’s draft.</p><p>If that is the case, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-gm-ran-carthons-will-levis-revelation-hint-2024-nfl-draft-plans">then Callahan and GM Ran Carthon</a> will have to get creative to try and improve the position. Levis has been rocky in his inaugural campaign with the new head coach. Rudolph is a free agent after the season. 2022 third round pick Malik Willis was traded to the Green Bay Packers before the season.</p><p>Three games against division rivals to close the season is a tough blow for any team, especially one as shorthanded as the Titans are at the moment. If they continue to lose, then a rise up the draft order could happen. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-honest-will-levis-review-win-texans">Callahan’s players are still fighting,</a> despite their current position in the standings. For a team likely already looking forward to 2025 and beyond, seeing what players want to stay and are willing to stand out will be a major key to possible success for Tennessee.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans HC Brian Callahan doesn’t commit to Will Levis as starter after 3-INT day vs Bengals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-brian-callahan-reveals-bench-will-levis-bengals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans’ Brian Callahan reveals why he benched Will Levis vs. Bengals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-news-Brian-Callahan-reveals-why-he-benched-Will-Levis-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans’ Brian Callahan reveals why he benched Will Levis vs. Bengals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T14:19:31-08:00">December 15th, 2:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T14:19:31-08:00">December 15th, 2:19pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">Levis was benched for Mason Rudolph</a> in the third quarter of their Tennessee Titans’ game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Levis was benched after throwing a pick-six, which gave the Bengals a 31-14 lead. After the game, head coach Brian Callahan <a href="https://x.com/TDavenport_NFL/status/1868409882963329478" rel="noopener">was asked</a> why he benched Levis.</p><p>“Today wasn’t his day. I made the decision to sit him down. Those are the things you have to do sometimes,” Callahan said via Titans reporter Turron Davenport.</p><p>Levis finished his stint on the field with 82 passing yards and three interceptions. Rudolph had been the starter at one point during the season when Levis was sidelined with an injury. This season hasn’t been the best for Levis, and it will be interesting to see what they do at the position in the following weeks as the season winds down.</p><h2>Will Levis benched during Titans game</h2><p>Despite Will Levis’ struggles this season, head coach Brian <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-honest-will-levis-review-win-texans">Callahan has trusted his quarterback</a> and let him play through it. At the beginning of the season, Levis was costing the Titans with several of his bad decisions, including a pick-six in Week 1 against the Chicago Bears, in which they ended up losing the game. Levis was injured later on in the season, which led Mason Rudolph to take over.</p><p>In Week 10, Levis took back over the starting job, and even though he still had a few mistakes, there was obvious growth in his play while he was sidelined.</p><p>Callahan has spoken highly of Levis throughout the course of the season, but it seems like the quarterback is still trying to get comfortable and find a steady rhythm on the field. Levis seems to be the future quarterback for the Titans, so hopefully, he’s given a chance to prove that he can play better in the next final games of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans’ Brian Callahan reveals why he benched Will Levis vs. Bengals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl-news-titans-bengals-turnover-frenzy-not-seen-2007');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans, Bengals part of turnover frenzy not seen in NFL since 2007');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NFL-news-Titans-Bengals-part-of-turnover-frenzy-not-seen-since-2007.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans, Bengals part of turnover frenzy not seen in NFL since 2007</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T13:54:54-08:00">December 15th, 1:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T13:54:54-08:00">December 15th, 1:54pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-sam-hubbard-out-knee-injury-right-wild-td-titans">Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals’ Week 15 matchup</a> was a sloppy rollercoaster of a game. When the final whistle blew, the contest ended up making NFL history for all the wrong reasons.</p><p>Both teams <a href="https://x.com/ByJayMorrison/status/1868395799631241332" rel="noopener">committed a combined 10 turnovers</a>. It was the first NFL game with that many give aways since Week 2 of the 2007 season, via Jay Morrison of Sports Illustrated.</p><p>The Bengals ended up winning the game 37-27, but Joe Burrow threw two interceptions. He was also stripped of a fumble, that was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-tvondre-sweat-historic-stiff-arm-run-fans-wild" rel="noopener">returned 30 yards by Titans’ defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat</a>. Cincinnati also saw safety Jordan Battle fumble the ball away as he was about the cross the end zone on his own fumble recovery.</p><p>Ultimately, the Bengals were able to recover from their four turnovers. Burrow completed 26-of-37 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns. Chase Brown added 97 yards and a touchdown on the ground as Cincinnati kept their postseason hopes alive, moving to 6-8.</p><p>The Titans are simply playing for pride at this point. However, their day was mistake-ridden from start to bottom, taking away any chance for success.</p><p>It all started with quarterback Will Levis. He completed 8-of-12 passes, but for 89 scoreless yards and three interceptions. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">was eventually benched for Mason Rudolph</a>. Rudolph looked solid, completing 21-of-26 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns. But he also had an interception of his own.</p><p>Furthermore, the Titans gave up two fumbles, one from Levis and Tony Pollard to make six total turnovers. They fell to 3-11 on the season, suffering perhaps their most embarrassing defeat.</p><p>Both teams will look to grow and move on from this game. They have both now seen what it looks like at rock bottom turnover wise. It has been almost 20 years since two teams turned it over as much as they did. Tennessee and Cincinnati managed to keep it exciting with the outcome being such a high scoring affair. But fans who watched on Sunday’s matchup saw most drives end with possession changing after a blunder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans, Bengals part of turnover frenzy not seen in NFL since 2007

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-tvondre-sweat-historic-stiff-arm-run-fans-wild');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans’ T’Vondre Sweat’s historic stiff-arm run has fans going wild');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Titans-news-TVondre-Sweats-historic-stiff-arm-run-has-fans-going-wild.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans’ T’Vondre Sweat’s historic stiff-arm run has fans going wild</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T12:41:28-08:00">December 15th, 12:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T12:41:28-08:00">December 15th, 12:41pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Not much has gone well for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals">Tennessee Titans in Week 15</a> against the Cincinnati Bengals, but they still might have the highlight of the week. After Joe Burrow lost a fumble in the second quarter, defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat picked it up and showed off his agility in a 30-yard return.</p><p>Sweat broke two tackles on the run, including an <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868370841207185809" rel="noopener">impressive stiff arm</a> of Bengals guard Alex Cappa. He was finally pushed out of bounds just shy of Cincinnati’s 40-yard line.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">That stiff arm from T'Vondre Sweat 😬<a href="https://t.co/OIEdFIwpGp">pic.twitter.com/OIEdFIwpGp</a> <a href="https://t.co/0ASTy4i968">https://t.co/0ASTy4i968</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868370841207185809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Sweat’s run caused fans to go hysteric on social media due to his surprising athleticism. One fan <a href="https://x.com/NoFlagsFilm/status/1868374021005627568" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> that his 30-yard run was the longest of any player over 330 pounds since 2000.</p><p>Unfortunately for Sweat and the Titans, they coughed the ball up eight plays later, giving it back to Burrow and the Bengals. After gaining a first down, Will Levis was sacked near the 40-yard line and lost the ball, which linebacker Maema Njongmeta recovered.</p><h2><b>Titans and Bengals combine for five first-half turnovers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/TVondre-Sweat_0389fa.jpg"><figcaption>Steve Roberts-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The fumble from Burrow was not the only turnover in the first half. In a half that ended with the Bengals ahead 24-14, the two teams combined for five turnovers.</p><p>Burrow got the sloppy half started with a turnover on his first drive, throwing an interception to linebacker Luke Gifford. He would lead a touchdown drive in his ensuing possession but fumble the ball to Sweat on his third attempt. However, after recovering from the fumble, he would connect on his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-sam-hubbard-out-knee-injury-right-wild-td-titans">first touchdown of the day to defensive end Sam Hubbard</a>.</p><p>Levis managed to outdo him in the turnover department with three giveaways in the first half. The second-year passer threw two interceptions on consecutive drives — one to Cam Taylor-Britt and the other to Mike Hilton — on top of his fumble.</p><p>The turnovers ended Levis’ mini-two-game streak without an interception. After a third interception in the second half, he now has 12 on the year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Titans’ T’Vondre Sweat’s historic stiff-arm run has fans going wild

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/titans-news-will-levis-benched-mason-rudolph-bengals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Titans’ Will Levis benched for Mason Rudolph vs. Bengals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/0Will-Levis-benched-for-Mason-Rudolph-vs.-Bengals0.jpg"></figure><h1>Titans’ Will Levis benched for Mason Rudolph vs. Bengals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T12:26:58-08:00">December 15th, 12:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T12:50:18-08:00">December 15th, 12:50pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tennessee Titans made a big move during their game against the Cincinnati Bengals, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-will-levis-pick-6-fans-calling-benching">benching Will Levis</a> for Mason Rudolph in the third quarter. Levis was benched after <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868389052870807765" rel="noopener">throwing a pick-six</a> which gave the Bengals a 31-14 lead.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Geno Stone PICKS OFF Will Levis and takes it back for a Bengals TD 😳<a href="https://t.co/Xf3HmWeK1s">pic.twitter.com/Xf3HmWeK1s</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868389052870807765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Levis exited the game with 82 passing yards and three interceptions. Rudolph has played a few games this season when Levis was sidelined with an injury, so he has some chemistry with the players already. Levis hasn’t had the best season so far, and it will be interesting to see what they do with him as the season continues.</p><p>For now, it might just be a good idea to have him sit for the rest of this game and let him learn from his mistakes.</p><h2>Will Levis’ struggles continue for Titans</h2><p>Will Levis has struggled through the season but has also shown some signs of growth. At the beginning of the season, Levis was costing the Titans several wins with his decisions, including a pick-six in Week 1 against the Chicago Bears. Despite the struggles, head coach Brian Callahan trusted his quarterback and let him play through it, and then he was injured, which led Mason Rudolph to take over.</p><p>Levis took back over in Week 10, and even though he still had a few mistakes, there was obvious growth in his play while he was sidelined.</p><p>After their win against the Houston Texans, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/titans-news-brian-callahan-honest-will-levis-review-win-texans">Callahan shared praise for Rudolph</a>.</p><p>“I hesitate to make any proclamations or anything like that,” Callahan said, per NBC Sports’ Josh Alper. “But I’ve just been really happy with the way Will has progressed. He’s played winning football from that position, really over the last three weeks, and I’d like to see it continue.”</p><p>Unfortunately, the good things had not continued, and Callahan had to make the decision to bench Levis. Hopefully, Levis will be able to take his spot back next week.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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