MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis left Monday's 31-12 win over the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter with a shoulder injury.
Levis dove for a first down on Tennessee's second drive of the game and came down hard on his right throwing shoulder. Backup Mason Rudolph replaced Levis, who did not return.
Brian Callahan, who got his first win as the Titans' head coach, said he doesn't think the injury is too serious, but Levis will undergo testing to determine the severity. He added that Levis tried to come back in the game but was in pain. The quarterback could be seen wincing on the sideline.
Callahan said Tennessee's upcoming bye week factored into the decision to hold Levis out.
“Didn't want to expose him to any further risk," Callahan said. "He tried everything he could to go, but it was bothering him pretty significantly on his shoulder.”
Levis threw his sixth interception of the season before the injury on a pass intended for DeAndre Hopkins on the opening drive. Dolphins' linebacker Emmanuel Ogbah caught the ball and secured it between his knees.
The second-year quarterback already has two more interceptions than he had in nine starts as a rookie last year. He's been up and down during a season in which he has had to learn a new offense under Callahan.
Levis completed 3 of 4 passes for 25 yards on Monday. He has a 68.4 completion percentage this season with four passing touchdowns.
Rudolph replaced him and directed seven scoring drives — two for touchdowns — to lead the Titans to their first win of the season. Rudolph, in his first action of the season, completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards.
Callahan shut down any idea that Levis is not the Titans starter moving forward.
“Will’s healthy, he’s our quarterback," Callahan said. "It was not based on anything other than his health and protecting him, particularly with the bye week.”
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis (8) aims a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution in his homeland over alleged abuse of power said Monday that he has been granted asylum in Hungary.
Zbigniew Ziobro was a key figure in the government led by the nationalist conservative Law and Justice party that ran Poland between 2015 and 2023. That administration established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to far-away locations.
Current Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government came to power more than two years ago with ambitions to roll back the changes, but efforts to undo them have been blocked by two successive presidents aligned with the national right.
In October, prosecutors requested the lifting of Ziobro's parliamentary immunity to press charges against him. They allege among other things that Ziobro misused a fund for victims of violence, including for the purchase of Israeli Pegasus surveillance software.
Tusk’s party says Law and Justice used Pegasus to spy illegally on political opponents while in power. Ziobro says he acted lawfully.
Hungary, led by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has hosted several politicians close to Law and Justice while Polish authorities were seeking them.
In a lengthy post on X Monday, Ziobro wrote that he had “decided to accept the asylum granted to me by the government of Hungary due to the political persecution in Poland.”
“I have decided to remain abroad until genuine guarantees of the rule of law are restored in Poland,” he said. “I believe that instead of acquiescing to being silenced and subjected to a torrent of lies — which I would have no opportunity to refute — I can do more by fighting the mounting lawlessness in Poland.”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Monday that Hungarian authorities have granted asylum to “several” individuals who would face political persecution in Poland, according to his ministry. He declined to specify their names.
In an English-language post on X, Tusk wrote that “the former Minister of Justice(!), Mr. Ziobro, who was the mastermind of the political corruption system, has asked the government of Victor Orbán for political asylum.”
“A logical choice,” he added.
FILE - The leader of the Polish junior coalition partners Zbigniew Ziobro, speaks to reporters alongside in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)
