The Titans confirmed that they waived quarterback Will Levis on Sunday afternoon and they also announced the departure of Hendon Hooker.
With both quarterbacks on the list of cuts, the Titans have Cam Ward and Mitchell Trubisky on the depth chart. Teams can begin filling out their practice squads and the Titans seem likely to have a third quarterback on that roster.
The Titans also waived or released wide receivers Courtney Jackson, Lance McCutcheon, Bryce Oliver, Mason Kinsey, Hank Beatty, KJ Osborn, and Tyren Montgomery; tight end Joel Wilson; offensive linemen Rasheed Miller, Drew Moss, Zachary Thomas, Cordell Volson, and Aamil Wagner; running backs Michael Carter, D’Ernest Johnson, and Kalel Mullings; defensive linemen Earnest Brown, Malik Herring, Jalyn Holmes, Khalen Saunders, and Laki Tasi; linebackers Derrick Canteen, Reid Carrico, Dyontae Johnson, and Mani Powell; and defensive backs Kendell Brooks, Keydrain Calligan, Bishop Fitzgerald, Mario Goodrich, Corey Mayfield and Jalen McMurray.
Linebacker Dorian Mausi and cornerback Joshua Williams were placed on injured reserve with designations to return. Center Andre James and defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon are also on injured reserve, but do not have that designation.
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The Titans are waiving quarterback Will Levis, Paul Kuharsky of paulkuharsky.com reports.
Levis’ departure leaves Mitchell Trubisky and Hendon Hooker behind Cam Ward.
The Titans traded up to take the Kentucky quarterback with the first pick of the second round in 2023. The team had hoped he would succeed Ryan Tannehill, but three different head coaches didn’t help his development.
He served as the Titans’ starting quarterback in 2024, but Tennessee drafted Ward in 2025, and Levis spent the season on injured reserve. Levis missed all of last season after undergoing season-ending surgery on his throwing shoulder to fix the AC joint.
Levis, 27, started 21 games, going 5-16 while throwing 21 touchdowns and 16 interceptions and losing 10 fumbles.
There is some positive news on the injury front for the Titans.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, receiver Wan’Dale Robinson is not believed to have suffered a concussion after he was hit during a joint practice with the Bears this week.
While the team will continue to monitor Robinson, the early indications have been positive.
Titans head coach Robert Saleh called out Chicago safety Xavier Woods for what he termed a “cheap” hit.
Woods played for the Titans in 2025 and was released shortly after the club hired Saleh earlier this year.
Robinson, 25, signed a four-year deal with Tennessee in March, reuniting with offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who previously served as Giants head coach. A second-round pick in 2022, Robinson appeared in 54 games for New York over his first four seasons. He caught 92 passes for 1,014 yards with four touchdowns in 2025.
Titans head coach Robert Saleh gave an update on wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson after Robinson made an early exit from Thursday’s joint practice with the Bears.
Saleh said that Robinson is being evaluated for a concussion after taking a hit from Bears safety Xavier Woods during the session. The hit drew a response from Robinson’s teammates on the field and from Saleh while he was at the podium for his press conference.
Saleh called the hit by Woods “cheap.” Woods played for the Titans last season and was released shortly after Saleh was hired this year. Robinson signed with the Titans as a free agent in March.
Robinson will go into the concussion protocol if doctors find he suffered a concussion Thursday. That would keep him out for several days, but would leave ample time for him to be cleared before Week 1.
The Titans made a change to their linebacker group ahead of their final preseason game.
They announced the signing of Dyonte Johnson on Tuesday. He takes the roster spot previously held by Dominique Hampton, who has been waived with an injury designation.
Johnson signed with the Giants after going undrafted in 2023 and played in two games for them during the 2024 season. He had 11 tackles during those appearances and most recently saw action in the UFL.
Hampton signed with the Titans earlier this month. He entered the league as a 2024 fifth-round pick in Washington and played in one game during his rookie season.
The NFL’s second wave of “Rivalries” uniforms were unveiled on Tuesday.
All the teams from the NFC North and AFC South will wear the uniforms at some point during the 2026 season for a home game against a divisional opponent. They can be worn for games during the 2027 and 2028 seasons as well.
The first game to feature the new threads will come in Week 3 when the Colts don their new “Anvil Strike” look against the Texans. The Packers will debut their alternates in Week 5 against the Bears while Week 8 will see both the Jaguars and Lions throw on the new uniforms.
Week 10 will bring the Titans into the fold and the Texans will sport their alternate look when the Colts visit in Week 11. The Vikings will debut their rivalry outfits against the Lions in Week 15 and the Bears will be the last team to join the fun when they host Green Bay in Week 16.
The Titans scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to end Sunday night’s preseason game against the Seahawks with a win, but head coach Robert Saleh said the team’s early performance left something to be desired in a postgame press conference.
Cam Ward started at quarterback for the second straight week and led the team to a field goal on their first drive, but failed to convert a fourth-and-1 on their second possession and fumbled on a sack to help set up a punt on his final series. Ward was 8-of-12 for 69 yards through the air before exiting the game.
All of that came against Seahawks backups and Saleh said that any of the good things that happened don’t outweigh the need for the entire operation to improve.
“I thought the first drive was good, we went out there and got some points,” Saleh said. “Thought Cam, again, was good with the ball, good decision-making. We just couldn’t connect on a couple of deep throws, but, overall, it’s got to be better. I’m not trying to sugarcoat it. It does got to be better, but at the same time, there’s always going to be things that we can take from.”
It’s a bit better than Saleh’s review of Ward’s first preseason outing, but the Titans will need the progress to pick up for the offense to get where they want it to be for Week 1 against the Jets.
The Titans played their starters in Sunday night’s preseason game, and the defense gave up two first-quarter touchdowns to Seattle’s backups. But Titans head coach Robert Saleh was seeing the glass as half full after the game.
Saleh said he hated seeing his team give up a 36-yard touchdown pass on the first possession and a 69-yard touchdown run on the second possession, but he believes making mistakes in the preseason is part of the process of his players learning his defense.
“The two plays are hateful,” Saleh said. “The pass play, I’m glad it happened, because that is a fundamental issue in the defense that if you don’t get those reps, you don’t recognize it fast enough, and for it to happen, glass half full, glad it happened. Half empty, it’s a shitty thing that happened. . . . Those two plays, wish we had them back, but overall I thought the defense was pretty good today.”
Saleh believes his defense played fundamentally sound football, outside the mistakes that can be corrected that resulted in the two long touchdowns.
“It was those two plays. Felt really good about all the different things that were happening,” Saleh said.
Saleh is confident that the mistakes being made in the preseason will get corrected before the regular season.
“Like I said, I’m glad it happened because it’s an easy fix. For the player to feel that, it’s like, ‘I get it now,’” Saleh said. “It’s a really cool a-ha moment. Unfortunately it happened in a game-like atmosphere. Thank God it was preseason. One hundred percent will get fixed.”
The Seahawks have taken three big losses before the season even starts.
During the joint practice with the Titans earlier in the week, the Seahawks lost wide receiver Jake Bobo for the season with a right leg injury.
During Sunday night’s preseason game in Tennessee, the Seahawks saw safety Bud Clark and offensive guard Mason Richman leave with injuries. Coach Mike Macdonald said after the 19-16 loss to the Titans that Clark and Richman were diagnosed with major injuries that will keep them out for months.
“We have had three heartbreaking injuries this week,” Macdonald said, via Brady Henderson of ESPN.
Clark, the team’s second-round pick, broke his ankle and will miss “multiple months.”
He was injured on the Titans’ first play from scrimmage on a 9-yard run by Tony Pollard and wore a vacuum splint on his right leg as he left the field.
Henderson reports that another of the Seahawks’ backup safeties, Rodney Thomas II, underwent surgery last week to repair a fracture in his hand. Thomas has a chance to return next week.
It is unclear what Richman’s injury is, but Macdonald called it “long term.”
Richman is the backup to Grey Zabel, though he started at left guard against the Titans with Zabel not playing.
Titans rookie wide receiver Carnell Tate was held without a catch in the preseason opener and then missed practice time this week, but quarterback Cam Ward has no doubt that there are big things in store for Tate.
Ward said today that Tate, who returned to practice after a few days off, didn’t get down about not having catches in the preseason game against the 49ers and always displays the right attitude.
“He never shows that to the team, whether he’s frustrated or not. The thing about Carnell, whether he has a drop or I have a bad pass, he never points a finger at nobody. He always comes back with a next play mentality,” Ward said. “He wants the ball, so when the ball does get thrown his way he’s urgent to it. He goes up and high points it, there’s times when he bails me out when the ball needs to be better.”
Ward said he has no doubt that Tate, the No. 4 overall pick in the draft, will have a major role in the offense.
“He’s been great. He may not have had the splash plays like he always does today, but he’s going to be a key reason we’re successful on offense,” Ward said.
After what Ward described as a “very competitive” joint practice with the Seahawks today, the Titans will face the defending champs in a preseason game on Sunday.
