One camp surprise: Malik Willis has a good chance to beat out Will Levis for the Titans backup job.

Related players: Ryan Tannehill

Tannehill and his owners may be the happiest people to hear this news. Someone had to win the QB2 job. Willis was pretty unimpressive in his time as a starter last season and Levis fell down the draft board back in April leading many to speculate he may struggle early on.

"Ryan will be the starting quarterback on Monday," Vrabel revealed at a news conference following Friday's second and third rounds. "Malik will be the backup. Will will be the third quarterback. And what I've told them is whatever happens after that will be up to the players. That's what it's always been here. That's what we always want it to be."

Related Players: Will Levis, Ryan Tannehill, Malik Willis

As far as finding an option for 2023, this entire situation is going to be a stay-away. You would imagine that Levis will finish the summer higher on the depth chart than Willis, but we can't be certain at this time.

Vrabel would go on to say, "That's our job is to bring in competition at every position," Vrabel said. "It's not a secret. I hope that by now that everybody understands that we have to prove our value to this football team each and every day."

Maybe we will see a trade for any of this guys, but a lot of the situations around the league are already locked in.

The Titans are expected to start Josh Dobbs at QB tonight. A onetime University of Tennessee standout, Dobbs signed off the Lions practice squad last week and now will be making his first NFL start.

Related Players: Malik Willis

With Tennessee apparently resting so many starters tonight, it wouldn't have been a good spot for Malik Willis, even with his ability to run. It's best to avoid any and all Titans players in Week 16.

Titans ruled out QB Ryan Tannehill for Saturday’s game vs. the Texans, and rookie QB Malik Willis will start once again.

Not great news for Titans pass catchers but this does add some excitement to this week's slate. Derrick Henry should be in line to take a huge workload.

According to The Athletic, Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill is most likely done for the season with his ankle injury.

Related players: Malik Willis

Tannehill suffered what was the second injury to his right ankle on Tennessee's first drive of the eventual 17-14 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15, when the quarterback was tackled by Khalil Mack, and had the ankle rolled up on. Tannehill was carted to the locker room, but returned to the lineup after just one drive off and finished the game. Willis will take over as the team's QB1 but in two starts this year didn't throw for over 80 yards, and is still looking for his first TD pass. He did rush eight times for 40 yards in his Week 9 start. The Titans will likely stick with a run-heavy attack to close out the season, but at some point Willis will probably have to take to the air.

After being limited at practice Wednesday due to his ankle injury, Titans’ QB Ryan Tannehill did not practice today.

Related Players: Malik Willis, Derrick Henry

There's no reason to expect the Titans to do anything but pound the rock if Tannehill is forced to miss Week 9. We don't currently have a single Tennessee receiver ranked in the top 50.

Titans QB Malik Willis took all the starter reps this week in practice as Ryan Tannehill has been dealing with an ankle injury and an illness, putting Willis in position to start against the Texans.

Tannehill played through the ankle injury against the Colts but only practiced in a limited fashion on Thursday and the illness caused him to miss the Titans' walkthrough on Saturday. Willis had a good showing in the preseason and will the mobility factor to the Titans' offense. The offense still runs through Derrick Henry, our No. 1 RB this week while Willis is a low-end QB2 with upside in the running game.

Todd Downing said Malik Willis is getting first-team practice reps while Ryan Tannehill nurses an ankle injury are valuable, even if Willis doesn’t start Sunday.

Willis was a fantasy goldmine through the preseason, dropping back 71 times for a 318-2-1 stat line, but more importantly, he accrued 159 yards rushing, with 138 of those coming on 11 scrambles. If he gets a full game in Week 8, he would become a very intriguing fantasy option.

Ryan Tannehill listed as “Did Not Practice.”

Related players: Malik Willis

Tannehill was in a walking boot after the game last week, but appeared at a recent press conference without the boot and said he was doing his best to play in Week 8. His status is worth monitoring for the rest of the week because if he can't go the rookie Willis would get the nod. Reports said Willis took the first team reps on Wednesday.