The Tennessee Titans will once again be rolling with backup Mason Rudolph in Week 9 as they host the New England Patriots, despite a week of progress for Will Levis and his injured shoulder.
This will be the third week in a row the Titans play Rudolph, after turning to him following an embarrassing turn of events against the Colts the last time they played in Nashville .
Indications going into the weekend were that Levis would need to blow the Titans away with a final test of his shoulder on Saturday, otherwise he’d be given another week on the sideline to rest up.
Testing his shoulder was the focus of the Titans’ entire week of practice. It was their practice regimen the week before facing the Colts with Levis in Week 6 that set them on the wrong course in the first place. See, that week’s emphasis was largely rest and making throws as a proof of concept. Will was able to make the throws they thought he’d need to make in the game, and he himself decided he felt good enough to go. So, he went.