Will Levis Headlines a Brutal NFL Cut Day Filled With Former Draft Darlings

Cut day in the NFL is always a brutal reality check, but this year's waiver wire looks like a fantasy football roster from a league where everyone stopped setting their lineups in 2023.

ESPN's Adam Schefter dropped the official list of notable roster casualties, and it is a graveyard of former draft hype. The Tennessee Titans officially pulled the plug on the Will Levis experiment, releasing the quarterback alongside a massive list of recognizable names including Hendon Hooker, Dameon Pierce, and Eli Apple.

"ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the massive list of notable names waived or released."

Levis getting cut feels inevitable now, but it is still wild to see a former second-round pick dumped this unceremoniously. He missed the entire 2025 season after undergoing major surgery on his right throwing shoulder. Before his body gave out in 2024, he managed just 13 touchdowns to 12 interceptions with a dismal 37.9 QBR. You cannot build a franchise around a guy who turns the ball over almost as often as he finds the end zone.

The rest of the quarterback cuts are equally bleak. Sam Hartman was released after logging exactly zero passing yards in 2024, proving that elite hair does not translate to NFL arm talent. Hendon Hooker is also looking for a new job, meaning a whole lot of dynasty fantasy managers are quietly deleting their old posts about his massive upside.

For the betting markets, these moves clarify depth charts but do not exactly shift Super Bowl odds. If your team's win total depended on Michael Carter or Zay Jones making the final roster, you were already drawing dead.

Now the real chaos starts. A few of these guys will get scooped up on cheap prove-it deals by desperate general managers trying to patch up their practice squads. For Levis, the next step is proving his shoulder actually works before his NFL career officially becomes a trivia question.