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AFC South

1. Jacksonville Jaguars
2. Columbus Pioneers
3. Tennessee Titans
4. Indianapolis Colts

The Jags may have lost many defensive players to retirement, but they had a sneaky good offseason aside from that. They were able to nab three new starters on defense without having to give up a starter or their 1st round pick, and they added much needed youth on defense in the draft. He's had some injury issues, but QB Tim Tebow has turned into a great QB that the Jags should be able to put their trust into for the next 10 seasons. They have arguably the best HB and TE in the league, their WR corps are great with youth backing up their veteran starters, and that OL is rock solid. The defense can no longer be expected to be among the league's best, but it still routinely finishes in the 11-20 range, so it is still reliable. As long as they can stay relatively healthy, they have a great chance at reclaiming the division as they have one of the more favorable schedules among the brutal schedules the AFC South have.

After all those years of predicting the Pioneers to usurp the Jags, I finally stopped and lo and behold, they did it. Perhaps doing that again will make history repeat itself, but I am not quite as high on the Pioneers. Their team is worse on paper. Gone are their bookends who were there from the beginning (LT Orlando Pace and RT Tarik Glenn). They also drafted for the future with few draft picks expected to make any sort of impact this season. Free agency also added a little depth and that's it. If their new starting OTs perform like Pace and Glenn, young starters such as QB Russell Wilson and DT Geno Atkins continue to make strides, and the team that year in and year out is among the most injured in the league sees the amount of injured players and lost games cut back, then I can see them repeating as AFC South champs. That's a lot of ifs though.

The Titans made many changes without owning their 1st round, mostly on defense adding DEs Zach Latimer and Jamaal Anderson and MLB Brian Cushing. However, what I think will make the biggest impact this season is not an addition but a subtraction. WR Keary Colbert has been one of the best WRs in B8FNLL. He has never missed a game, has made four Pro Bowls, has eclipsed 1000 yards four times, and has five seasons of 8+ TDs. This is all while playing for a team that has picked in the Top 5 five times. WR Larry Fitzgerald did not have a great first season with the Titans, and this was after coming over from the Wildcats in a Michael Vick-led offense. Stan may have traded the wrong WR, and if he did, this might be an ugly offense this season. While not a bust, QB Kirby Freeman has never lived up to his billing as the #1 overall pick and has not performed up to his ability. He is coming off his best season, but he wasn't even in the Top 12 for passer rating or completion %. Outside of LT Travelle Wharton, the rest of the OL can be described as effective but oft-injured or healthy but pedestrian. New HB Marshawn Lynch is a bit of an enigma after backing up HB Adrian Peterson for the past six seasons, but his career YPC is under 4, and he is a non-factor in the passing game. The scary reality is that this team might have to be this season's Panthers and rely on their defense with an offense that might find itself in the Bottom 10. This is, I believe, the only team in the league that has never fielded a Top 10 offense or defense. This team also overachieved last season reaching .500 with an offense and defense that ranked in the 20s. The Titans could improve this season and still have a worse record. Couple that with a brutal schedule, and I see a tough road ahead for the Titans in their pursuit of their first winning record.
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