Blindsided Ryan Tannehill Has No Interest in Mentoring His Eventual Replacement Malik Willis

It’s a tale as old as time.

The old QB has to mentor his replacement, and we know how that often works out. The Tennessee Titans dealt wide receiver A.J. Brown and to make matters even worse for Ryan Tannehill, they drafted his eventual replacement, Malik Willis.

Ryan Tannehill was less than thrilled.

The Titans opted not to tell their QB they would be drafting his replacement. Tannehill was asked about mentoring Willis, and he’s not having it.

“I texted Malik right after we drafted him as well. I have no problems with Malik. We’re looking to add talent and guys that can help us. We’ll add him to the room and go from there. That’s part of being in a quarterback room, in the same room, we’re competing against each other, we’re watching the same tape, we’re doing the same drills. I don’t think it’s my job to mentor him. But if he learns from me along the way, then that’s a great thing.”

"I don't think it's my job to mentor [Malik Willis], but if he learns from me along the way then that's a great thing."

– Ryan Tannehill

via @PaulKuharskyNFL pic.twitter.com/CP6vb6LELi

— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) May 3, 2022

Totally understandable for Tannehill to be super peeved. It’s bad enough they traded away his #1 receiving weapon, but they pretty much told him how they feel about him long term.

Only a matter of time before Tannehill is off to another team.

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