Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis has been forced to switch phone numbers to stop trolls from sending abusive messages about his poor start to the season.
With the Titans off to an 0-2 start, the second-year quarterback with 11 NFL starts has been the easy target for critics.
It doesn’t get much easier for Tennessee this week, who boast the NFL’s worst turnover margin, as they take on a Green Bay defense who leads the league with six takeaways.
Levis has revealed that he is going to have to change his cell phone number after it somehow made it into the public domain.
‘The thing I’m actually doing today is getting a new phone number. I don’t know how my number got out there with the fans, but I got a lot of texts,’ he said.
‘That’ll be nice to shut that part and put it behind me.’
He also revealed he’s been completely avoiding social media.
‘I just think that’s the healthiest way to go about it,’ Levis continued.
‘I don’t want to or care to hear any of the things people say about me, and I’m just going to keep chugging along regardless of what they say. It sucks that the world is the way that it is, and I’m looking forward to having some privacy.’
Only Bo Nix in Denver and the Colts’ Anthony Richardson have more interceptions with four apiece than Levis, who currently is tied with five other NFL quarterbacks with three interceptions.
Levis also has both of the Titans’ fumbles. Only Cincinnati has more as a team with three, and Tennessee is tied with Arizona, Minnesota and the Raiders with two.
First-year coach Brian Callahan was caught by TV cameras asking Levis what he was thinking with a profanity included on last week’s fumble against the New York Jets.
The Titans were in field-goal range up 7-0 when Levis went horizontal for a second straight game and tried shoveling the ball backward to Tyjae Spears.
The previous time Levis did that, the ball was picked off and returned for a pick-6 in the season-opening loss to the Bears.
