The Tennessee Titans believe Malik Willis has shown signs of improvement in each of his first three starts.
“I think just overall just comfort level, being quicker with progression, not holding in, not waiting things out,” Mike Vrabel said.
“Knowing that you don’t have all day. Being good operationally. I thought he made some good decisions, some really good decisions to pull, when to give it, extend. I thought when he was decisive, he was able to get to some guys. Unfortunately, Chig (Chigoziem Okonkwo) put the one on the ground and dropped it, but he got to (Robert Woods) and he got to Nick (Westbrook-Ikhine) on third and long and he was able to get to Woods in his zone. So, there were some things there that were good, but obviously just want to continue to progress.”
Per NFL Research, Willis is the first rookie QB to throw for less than 100 yards in each of his first three career starts since Doug Williams in 1978.
Vrabel noted that the rookie’s leadership is growing each week as he becomes more comfortable in the offense.
“I thought it was good last week,” Vrabel said. “I thought he was into it. I thought he controlled the operation in practice and everything else that we were doing and in meetings and on the field and then ultimately up into the game. The leadership and everything that’s, you know, whether it’s Malik or anybody else, we’ve always tried to say that there’s no restrictions on leadership. We just ask everybody to know what to do and go out and play a certain way and prepare a certain way. When you do that, you’re more than welcome to lead anybody you want.”
