In the second out of a series of four, the guys take a look at the AFC South & West and take a look at all eight teams in the two divisions.
In looking at the Texans, Colts, Jaguars and Titans, the guys disagree on who will be on top. Steven still believes this division belongs to the Colts, while Jeff believes this is the year the Colts begin their slide into obscurity and will finish with less than double digit wins. Although Steven agrees that the Colts will start slow, especially without Peyton Manning, he believes they are still a 10-11 win team and Steven also guarantees that the Texans will make the playoffs as a wild card team. Both guys agree that the Jaguars will struggle and that without RB Chris Johnson, the Titans will be hard pressed to win many games.
In the AFC West, the guys feel that Philip Rivers and the Chargers must start out better to reclaim control of the division and agree they appear to be the best team in the West. Jeff is pretty hard on the Broncos, as he puts the Raiders in third place, but Steven says the Raiders will end up in the cellar of the West again. While both guys agree the Chiefs are almost ready to take the next step, their 1st place schedule will make it tough on them to repeat.
How wrong ya’ll are to think the Jags will lose 11 games. Yeah they have an extremely difficult schedule. But lets look at the facts while going through the schedule.
1. Easily beat TEN…W
2. Always an underdog against the Jets, but we always win. Jets are built to stop the pass and run the ball. The Jags run the ball and stop the run. Good match up for the Jags…. W
3. Car…W
4. NO…L
5. Cincy…W
6. JAC always plays Pitt tough, and over the last few games the Jags have the upper hand in wins. .5W
7. Bal…Talk about a good game. Bal has some hype, but their train is gonna slow down once Lee Evans starts getting injured and the OL starts breaking down. McKinnie sucks. Oher has been struggling. The center is super old and breaking down. They lost Dawan Landry in FA. They still haven’t added anything significant as a pass rusher. .5W
8. HOU is a good rival. But the game with the Hail Mary was not as desperate a situation as some may think. It took 2 missed FG’s to get the situation we were in. And even then had the Hail Mary not have happened, we were just going into overtime.(Lost the second game without Garrard or MJD) .5W
9. BYE
10. Coming off a bye who knows what’s going to happen. The Colts are getting old in the wrong places. QB, DE(Basically their whole defense) Wayne is definitely losing a step. The Jags are young almost everywhere and probably getting their second wind. .5W
11. Even after the Jags turned the ball over 6 times they still beat the Browns. And the Browns haven’t improved as much as the Jags this off season. W
12. HOU… .5W
13. SD…At home with a good special teams. SD traveling across the country in a rocking Monday night game ready to get their revenge for the debacle that was last years game. .5W
14. TB… .5W
15. ATL is a good team, but their OL is showing it’s weakness. Turner is getting old and his wheels are starting to fall off. Watch the Jags 1st team D against the Falcon’s 1st O, and it doesn’t look good for the Falcons. .5W
16. TEN…W
17. IND… .5W
That comes out to 10.5 Wins…. Considering this team has improved slowly and steadily every year since changing GM’s this scenario is not out of the question. Keep in mind almost every weak spot on the team was addressed one way or another.
2 upgrades at LB. A huge upgrade at FS with Dawan Landry. We were playing with Don Carey last year a first year CB from Norfolk State that switched midseason to FS.
Our RT should be back, a huge loss last year.
Aaron Kampman is back and healthy. And now we have depth behind him.
Cecil Shorts looks like a real steal of the draft. Plays a lot like a young Chad OchoCinco.
Jason Hill may seem like a nobody, but he really revitalized his career here at the end of last year, making some huge catches for us in a short amount of time. Mike Thomas may not seem sexy, but he’s every bit the player that Percy Harvin is, but no one knows it because of the market and style of offense.
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When James comes in during the Titans discussion, Jeff asks him where the Titans play. James answered “Knoxville” and Jeff said “wrong, Memphis”. I hope Jeff was kidding. If not…it’s Nashville.
@Edward – Week one is already wrong so there goes your theory, And the Titans play in Nashville! C’mon Jeff. That invalidates the rest of your Titans prediction in my book :D