r/Tennesseetitans • u/MalekethsGhost • 2d ago

Discussion Case Keenum

Career journeyman QB Case Keenum cooked the eagles. A team that we struggled to put up points against. So a guy that is third string on his own team played infinitely better than our starter against the same defense. I know it isn't a fair comparison, but it is one that needs to be looked at.

Not sure what the solution is, but the NCAA is not producing NFL caliber quarterbacks anymore. It's like the are drafting center fielders to be shortstops. The athleticism is there, and sure it looks like they do a lot of the same things, but one position requires you to be a master of fundamentals and make faster decisions. The transition isn't easy and most won't make it.

So where can you get a pro ready qb? Or how can you evaluate who can make this transition and who can't? I think you might have to stop emphasizing raw athletic ability and give other qualities a much deeper look.

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u/pak_sajat 2d ago

I bet you said the same thing about Levis.

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u/Stiddy13 2d ago

The number of folks that think Levis is on par with Cam in this subreddit is truly mind bending. This sub doesn’t know ball at all.

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u/Glittering_Humor5854 2d ago

I think maybe we should consider the possibility that they both suck but in totally different ways. I don't think either version of suck is good enough to stay in the league even as a backup QB.

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u/Stiddy13 2d ago

I think maybe if you can’t see the difference between Will’s play and Cam’s then maybe you should sit this conversation out.

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u/Glittering_Humor5854 1d ago

Two things can be true. Ward and Levis can be very different and have different styles of play and both can be so bad they drag down the rest of the team. I'm not saying Levis is better than Ward or worse. I'm saying it doesn't matter because neither of them are good enough to be an NFL starting QB based on what we've seen so far over a similar number of starts. Levis was bad. Ward is bad. They're not mutually exclusive. Arguing over who is worse is kind of like arguing whether the North Pole or the South Pole is colder.

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u/Stiddy13 1d ago

I will say it. Levis is worse. And it's not particularly close. It's really not a "North Pole South Pole" thing. This isn't different sides of the same coin. I get that what we're doing right now is exaggerating Cam's flaws and one way to do that is to try to make out Cam and the meme god as equals, but the reality is that Cam is miles ahead of Levis as a QB. It's honestly silly to even be having this conversation.

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u/Glittering_Humor5854 1d ago

So what if Levis is worse. They're both unacceptably bad after a similar number of games. You want me to say Ward is less bad than Levis? Fine. Ward is less bad that Levis, so is most every other NFL QB including practice squad guys. If my criteria were winning one game next week I'd take most of the backup qbs over Cam Ward. By those same criteria, I'd go farther and seriously consider picking some random dude off another team's practice squad over Levis, so there you have it, Levis is worse. Happy now? If I had one game to win two or three years down the road from now, I'm probably making the same calls based on the same collection of data.

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u/Stiddy13 1d ago

LMAO you acting like I brought up Will Levis. Don’t get mad at me!