Will Levis looks like a rookie struggles against pass rush in Titans loss to Buc

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TAMPA, Nicolas Meloche Jersey  Fla. (AP)  Will Levis played like a rookie, struggling with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' pa s rush and failing to lead the Tenne see offense into the end zone for the first time since being named the Titans' No. 1 quarterback.Levis was 19 of 39 for 199 yards and an interception in Sunday's 20-6 lo s to the Bucs. He did not throw a touchdown pa s for the second week in a row, and the Titans stalled in both of their trips to the red zone.Tampa Bay's rejuvenated defense sacked Levis four times, taking advantage of a banged-up offensive line that was already mi sing Nicholas Petit-Frere and and Daniel Brunskill and lost fill-in left tackle Andre Dillard in the first half when he went into the concu sion protocol.Before leaving the game, Dillard gave up sacks on the Titans' first two po se sions.ADVERTISEMENT  Levis took responsibility for those breakdowns in protection Cale Makar Jersey , saying he needs to make quicker decisions.It just tough on the offense as a whole. Weve got to do a better job, Levis said. If they are on us a little bit quicker then maybe just getting through my reads a little faster, getting the ball out sooner. Its hard to kind of change the thought proce s mid-game, but theres definitely things I could have done that would have helped.One thing that could help Levis would be more production on the ground. The Bucs loaded up against the run and forced the rookie to try to beat them through the air. Derrick Henry was held to 24 yards on 11 carries.We had a couple of 9-yard  Alex Beaucage Women Jersey runs and just couldnt sustain them, Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. We went from second-and-1 or second-and-2 to, you know, second-and-7 or second-and-12. Youre not going to do very well working that way.The Bucs' secondary focused much of its attention on veteran receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who was targeted eight times but finished with three catches for 27 yards. In Levis first game, he threw three of his four touchdown pa ses to Hopkins.Levis said he has to take what the defense gives  Patrik Nemeth Men Jersey him, but also find ways to get Hopkins involved.Im never going to try to force the football. Weve got to throw it to the open guy, whether thats DeAndre or whoever it is, thats whats going to happen," Levis said.Obviously we are going to have our plays for (Hopkins). And its obvious Im thinking about going his way sometimes, the rookie quarterback added. Were still working on chemistry on some of those one Nicolas Meloche Men Jersey -on-one balls. Hes too good of a player for us to not give him the ball.___AP NFL: