Entering his second season in the NFL, Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis be playing for a new head coach after the team fired Mike Vrabel and hired Brian Callahan.
Levis admitted it was “surprising” to see Vrabel lose his job. However, he has some extra motivation after owner Amy Adams Strunk mentioned him as part of the franchise’s future plans in her statement following the move.
“It is a business, and all these decisions are made each and every year,” Levis said, per Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com. “It was surprising, and there was that limbo period of: What is going to happen with everyone else once we hired somebody? It was definitely a little uncomfortable, because we have no say in all of it. We all loved playing for coach Vrabes, but we all know Miss Amy and the front office, and the organization, has a plan for us.
“I know I am part of the plan, and for her to think of me and include me in it is really special and makes me want to work even harder.”
Despite feeling bad about the situation with Vrabel, Levis says he’s excited to work under Callahan, who has been in contact with him and keeping him in the loop about coaching staff hires.
“You could feel the excitement about the guys he is bringing in, and the guys that we are keeping on the staff,” Levis said. “It just seems like he is being very meticulous about each and every one of these decisions, and he feels really strongly that he has hit the nail on the head about the decisions made so far.”
“He has been able to work with a great amount of quarterbacks and it gets you excited when you see the track record and you see the stats and you start watching the film of how he is able to run an offense and do it really well at a high level efficiently,” Levis added. “So, I am excited to work for him and hopefully be that next guy that people mention of guys he’s had under his belt.”
While Levis has created no shortage of hype following an impressive rookie season, the Kentucky product is far from satisfied. He also noted that he’s close to being full healthy after finishing the season injured.
“Definitely not satisfied,” Levis said. “I know we had the opportunity to win a lot more games than we did, but you can’t fret about all those things, all you can do is look at the tape and do what you can to improve. For me, for one, it’s about getting healthy, which I am close to now, which is a great feeling. Having my body feel this way and as good as it has in 25 weeks or so is really cool. And, I am looking forward to just getting my athleticism back a little bit, getting my legs back, and just being able to be more of a (complete) player than I was this past year.”
