Tennessee Titans 2022 third-round pick and quarterback Malik Willis saved his best for last in the preseason Week 3 contest against the Arizona Cardinals.
Willis completed 15-of-23 passes for 131 yards and one touchdown to one interception, which came on a tipped pass. He also added 79 yards on four carries, including a 50-yard scramble.
In the first half alone, Willis was 12-of-15 and accounted for 167 of the Titans’ 187 yards.
After the game, Willis gave himself a B- for the effort, even though you can make the argument he deserved a better grade than that.
“I think it was probably like a B-,” Willis said. “It was better than the first couple of preseason games, just as far as me sitting in the pocket and just trying to take what the defense is giving me, even though we didn’t convert a couple of third downs just because they weren’t giving us those third-and-long looks. So just check down a couple of times and I just took off and slid for whatever we could get to the point.”
Here’s a look at what else Willis had to say about his performance, as well as head coach Mike Vrabel’s evaluation of the rookie in the preseason finale.