If quarterback Will Levis can be measured like a stock investment, then the Titans have been enjoying increasing returns over the last four weeks.
Though the team has won only once during that stretch, many of Levis’ numbers indicate he’s been among the NFL’s better quarterbacks since returning from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for three games.
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