It has been a tough week for the Tennessee Titans. Heck, looking back, it has been a tough YEAR for the Titans.
This team has been decimated by injury, and the Titans hit rock bottom when reports came out this week that Ryan Tannehill was likely done for the season.
However, if you want a silver lining, it is right in front of you: Malik Willis.
Willis had some struggles along with some successes earlier in the season when he was forced into duty. He won a game against the Texans that didn’t require much from him, and then made a few more plays against Kansas City when he almost knocked off the Chiefs.
Make no mistake, Willis did not look ready to be a starter in those games.
He got his first action since those games when Tannehill missed a few drives against the Chargers. Willis played 10 snaps, but in those ten snaps we saw some real progress from his first two games.
He went through his reads quicker, threw to the correct guy, and we even saw him finally make a decent play with his legs, something that has been surprisingly missing when Willis has played.
Let’s take a look at how Willis performed and what we might get to see from Willis the rest of the season…