During the win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis sent a note to his former English instructors.
At Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, the Titans defeated the Panthers 17–10.
The game’s turning point occurred immediately at the conclusion of the first quarter. The Titans took an early 7-0 lead over the Panthers thanks to a 15-play, 91-yard touchdown drive led by Levis. To finish the drive, All-Pro running back Derrick Henry had a 1-yard touchdown run up the gut.
Levis was asked about the first-quarter drive during his postgame press conference.
The Titans rookie’s description of the sequence started simply enough. Levis characterized the drive as “awesome.” But then he tried to show off his vocabulary later on in his answer by whipping out the word “capitulate.”
“That was awesome,” Levis said, via Awful Announcing’s Michael Dixon. “That was what, a 17-play drive? Something like that. I think we ran more plays that drive than we did in the second half…. When you’re able to just capitulate down the field like that and just finish it, that’s the best feeling of all. To just finish a drive like that.”
Levis mistakenly used the word “capitulate,” which is another word for “surrender.” The Titans did the opposite on the 91-yard TD drive.
Levis was man enough to own up to his error after the fact. He posted an apology on X just a few hours later.
“I think I used ‘capitulate’ instead of ‘matriculate’ in the presser today. Been killing me. I apologize to all my former English teachers,” said Levis.
Levis went 18/28 for 185 yards and no interceptions to pick up the second win of his young NFL career. The Kentucky alum also likely earned the respect of English teachers everywhere.
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