The ‘Monday Night Football’ game between the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/miami-dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> and the Tennessee Titans was a nightmare for the hosts. Without Tua Tagovailoa, Miami had a poor performance in the offense, in a lackluster night from Tyler Huntley and Jaylen Waddle in Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season.



Tyreek Hill tried hard to find Huntley’s passes, but there wasn’t a real good connection between them. The other players were not good enough either, something that explains perfectly the great gap among the teams.



Because of the disconnection within the players, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/jaylen-waddle">Waddle</a> was serious about the improvement the Dolphins need in the next matches. At 1-3 after four weeks, the WR called on his teammates to turn up their game.



“Playmakers got to be playmakers. We have to be better than good when you’re starting quarterback is out,” Waddle told, via Safed Deen of USA Today. With this strong wake-up call to his teammates, Jaylen also wants the team to play better for Huntley, who arrived two weeks ago: “He’s new here. We just have to go out and make plays for him.”



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><div><figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="576" src="https://media.bolavip.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/28095206/Jaylen-Waddle-2-1024x576-1024x576.webp" alt="Jaylen Waddle #17 of the Miami Dolphins warms up prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on November 06, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. " class="wp-image-70571" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure></div><figcaption>CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – NOVEMBER 06: Jaylen Waddle #17 of the Miami Dolphins warms up prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on November 06, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.</figcaption></figure>



<h2>Jaylen Waddle’s numbers against Titans</h2>



One of the players that HC Mike McDaniel trusts for the season is Waddle, who had 4 receptions and 36 yards against Tennessee. Even though it wasn’t his best performance, the Dolphins know the wideout can be crucial for the offense. Waddle boasts the following numbers in the 2024 <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl">NFL</a> season with the Dolphins:



<ul><li>17 receptions</li><li>212 yards</li><li>12.5 PRO</li><li>63 LAR</li></ul>


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<h2>Stats from the Dolphins’ poor performance against Titans</h2>



<ul><li>184 total yards vs. 244 Titans yards</li><li>78 passing yards vs. 102 Titans yards</li><li>3.4 yards per play vs. 3.9 Titans yards</li><li>25:08 possession time vs. 34:52 Titans</li></ul>

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Tennesse Titans quarterback <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/will-levis">Will Levis</a> left the field of Hard Rock Stadium on Monday during the first quarter of the game against the Dolphins due to a shoulder injury. His coach, Brian Callahan, was worried until backup, Mason Rudolph, played an excellent role to get the team’s first win in the 2024 NFL season.



The extent of Levis’ injury has yet to be confirmed, as Callahan suggested after the game against the Dolphins. But the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/tennessee-titans">Titans</a> head coach, apart from telling the press what happened to his QB, also sent a clear message about Levis’ future.



Rudolph’s solid performance on Monday Night Football, in which he recorded 85 passing yards, opened the debate about who should start for the next games of the 2024 <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl">NFL</a> season. It was supposed to be difficult for the Titans HC to choose between the players, but now it seems clear what he’s going to do when Levis recovers.



“He’s our quarterback. It was not a decision based on anything other than his health and protecting him… he’s our starter and when he’s healthy, we are ready to roll with him,” Callahan said about Levis, via The Tennessean.



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><div><figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="576" src="https://media.bolavip.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/27183801/Will-Levis-QB-Titans-1024x576-1024x576.webp" alt="Will Levis throwing" class="wp-image-243310" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure></div><figcaption>Will Levis (8) warms up before the game between the Tennessee Titans and the Miami Dolphins on Monday, September 30, 2024.</figcaption></figure>



<h2>Callahan awaits Levis’ recovery time</h2>



Shanahan also shed more light into Levis’ recovery time, revealing the Titans expect their starting quarterback to return this season: “I don’t think it is a season-ending injury, and we are waiting to the MRI and all that gets done.”


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Keeping in mind that the bye was close, the Titans made a precautionary stuff in the game for Levis because he tried to go back into the field. But they decided to leave him out, in order to see what certainly happened to No. 8.



Callahan knows that with him, they can make it through the next round, even though he can trust on Rudolph’s performance to get victories in the next weeks that Levis will not be playing.



<h2>What’s next for the Tennesse Titans?</h2>



<ul><li>Week 5 – Bye</li><li>vs. Colts, Week 6</li><li>vs. Bills, Week 7</li><li>vs. Lions, Week 8</li><li>vs. Patriots, Week 9</li></ul>

NFL News: Brian Callahan sends clear message to Will Levis as Mason Rudolph gets Titans' first win

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