Titans QB Will Levis makes bold claim about his place in NFL

Now that Cam Ward is the starting quarterback with the Tennessee Titans, the best that Will Levis can hope for in the short-term is a role as a backup. He is working his way back after spending the entirety of the 2025 season on injured reserve, and he is very confident in his ability to contribute if called upon.

He is also very confident of where he stands among the NFL's quarterbacks.

He not only sees himself as a "dang good quarterback," but he also seems to believe he could be starting for somebody. 

Titans quarterback Will Levis doesn't believe there are 32 quarterbacks better than him

While Levis is not guaranteed to be the team's backup following the offseason signing of Mitch Trubisky, he is in line to compete for the job and is okay having to do so. But he also still sees himself as potentially being better than that given his opinion on where he ranks among all of the league's quarterbacks.

From ESPN's Turron Davenport on Saturday:

"I know I've put the tape out there already that I'm a dang good quarterback in this league and I'm even better than I ever have been," Levis said. "There are not 32 quarterbacks in this league better than me. I know that for sure."

Saying he does not think there are 32 quarterbacks in the league better than him is basically him saying there are quarterbacks starting in the NFL not as good as him. 

That is a bold claim for a quarterback that has not played a game since 2024 and has a 5-16 record in his 21 career starts. 

But while that record is not great, a lot of that is due to the fact he was thrown into a starting role on some miserable Titans teams that were going through a significant rebuild. On an individual level, he has completed 61% of his passes between the 2023 and 2024 seasons, while also passing for 3,899 yards and 21 touchdowns. The downside is he has also been intercepted 16 times and managed a career passer rating of only 82.7, a number that would rank him among the league's least efficient quarterbacks. 

Levis isn't totally without value.

He's been able to show at least a little something in the NFL without much help around him, and might be able to do a little more if he found himself in a situation with some serious offensive talent around him. 

There is also a lack of truly high-end quarterbacks in the NFL, and there are a lot of teams starting quarterbacks that are not suitable short-term or long-term options. But is that still enough to put Levis among the league's top-32? Of the 53 quarterbacks that qualified in 2025, there were only 16 that had a passer rating lower than 82, and only 12 that were under 80. Keep in mind that Levis' career passer rating is 82.7, which would put him among that tier of passers. 

That's not to say Levis shouldn't be confident in his abilities. He should be, because every player at that level should be. Nobody makes it to the NFL without that sort of mindset and approach. Nobody gets there by thinking they are not good or worthy of playing, and playing well. That does not mean they are actually at that level.

Levis might believe he is one of the top-32 quarterbacks in the NFL.

But if other NFL teams believed that, they might have made a push to try and acquire him in a trade this offseason. Especially a team in need of a younger starter that could still be a potential long-term option if everything came together.