 Hey guys, you're listening to the time of football podcast and this is our analysis of the AFC South prior to the 2018 NFL season Glad you're joining us for the time of football podcast. Hopefully you guys had a wonderful 4th of July. I for sure did I Not on the 4th, but the week of the 4th. I went to a flag football game so if you guys have been watching NFL Network or Been keeping up with the NFL and social media, you know that they've been advertising this whole flag football tournament or this flag football league Whatever it is, and you'll see people comment on it where they're like, well, this is what the NFL is gonna be like in 10 years No, it's not And it's a bunch of former players and some of them are well-known like Michael Vick Terrell Owens chat out your sinko and then some of them are like Jimmy Kloss and Nick Collins just in for set Jonas Gray were like you you hear those names and you see those people and you go like oh Yeah Used to play in the NFL, you know those kind of players But it was fun. It was fun to watch fun to go to that because they had a Game here in Atlanta actually two games in Atlanta That I attended and I watched at a local college here Not a lot of people there because only like dedicated football fans were there and also like families That wanted to like, you know, take their family out to go see this game. It was only 10 bucks, which I Thought it was definitely worth the money But it was lots of fun had lots of fun that Week the July 4th week. Yo, I But speaking of the people in attendance if you I okay, so I have never seen More people with Odell Beckham hair than the age of 13 I don't know what it is But if you are a football fan and you're an athlete and you're 13 years old when you hit that age of 13 You just want to have Odell Beckham hair. I have never seen anyone else. Maybe besides Gosh, what's that guy's name and he's one of the ball? You know like LeVar ball Lonzo ball Mellow ball. I don't I think it's mellow ball. Whatever his name is. I Guess she has Odell ish hair But yo, I have never seen more people than the age of 13 have Odell Beckham hair than any other age if you if you're the age of 13 and You are an athlete and you love football and you have Odell Beckham hair Hey Be your own person get yourself your own identity It's always easy to make fun of middle schoolers But thank you so much for tuning into the sound of football podcast my name is Hassan Khan so We wrapped up the NFC. We already talked about each division in the NFC the south the west the east and the north Now we're transitioning over to the AFC and the division that we're gonna talk about today We're talking about the AFC south and we are going to break down each team We're gonna break down the Colts the Jaguars the Titans and the Texans in that order And the first team that we're gonna talk about we're gonna talk about the Indianapolis Colts So the biggest storyline coming out of Indy is Andrew Luck is Still hurt Now granted he's not as hurt as he was last year, but he's transitioning to where he could play in week one He's been thrown around football recently But it was unfortunate that he had to miss the whole entire season last year because it just came out of nowhere no one expected him to really miss all the season let alone just one game and It's one of those injuries where when the Colts ended up being out of playoff contention being one of the worst teams in the NFL They were like yeah, Andrew. It's not worth it. Just rest up worry about next year Well, Andrew Luck has been throwing footballs recently He started throwing college-sized footballs and then he transitioned over to pro-sized footballs And he says he's been feeling fine Personally, I believe he's gonna start week one I think that This is a time where they got a new head coach and Frank Reich I think this is the time that The Colts get serious about they're on push because last year they were just in that whole bubble where What do we do with Chuck Pagano? Do we get rid of them? Do we keep them for another year and then eventually after like four or five weeks into the season? They I think that they knew the front office knew Jim Ursa knew. Yeah, this guy isn't gonna be our future Right now. I think that if Andrew Luck Were to play week one I think that'd be good for him because it might take a couple games for him to get used to To get back into the swing of things to be back into that NFL mindset, but Or at least that that Sunday football regular season game mindset But I think he'll be fine after that I think he'll put up the same stats that he would put up Back in 2016 or 2015 years prior to that talented quarterback debatably a top-ten quarterback in this league So hopefully he is healthy enough, but Going off that offense they also got rid of Frank Gore So Frank Gore has been aging a bit, but he has been their bell cow back. He's been getting 260 carries a season and There was one game last year against Buffalo in the snow where he carried the ball 36 times And that was most by any running back last year in a single game Finally got rid of them just because of age and contract details and now he's down in his home in Miami But now they're leaning towards a running back by committee approach with Marlin Mack with Robert Turbin the running backs coach in Indianapolis said that they're not going to lean on just one running back, but they're gonna take that approach I feel like Robert Turbin. He's gonna be suspended and Marlin Mack is that more talented back We saw flashes of his rookie season last year where he came into the game sporadically and he just Balled out. He would have carries that were or games that he would average six yards to carry and Eventually, I think Indianapolis is going to lean on him more and maybe they will in the second half of the season next year But they're gonna take that committee by approach in Indianapolis But the Colts ended up getting one piece in that NFL draft that I feel like was a steal for them And that was Quentin Nelson out of Notre Dame. He's an offensive guard and he fell I feel like in that draft I understand that other teams have other needs, you know, you could draft same Donald if you need a quarterback Baker Mayfield at number one even though you could have gotten them at number four and gotten to take one Barclay at number one But that's another podcast for the AFC North. We'll talk about that in the future but Quentin Nelson fell to the Colts I felt like and The Colts were a team that felt like they could trade down. They were at number three They traded down to number six so that the Jets could trade up to number three But even from that number six spot, they said we're open to trading down But when they saw that Quentin Nelson was on the board, we're like we got to get this guy So Quentin Nelson is someone that can help out the run game and the passing attack People are already touting him as a Hall of Famer even though he hasn't played a single snap in the NFL I'm not an NFL scout. So I wouldn't know But just from the game footage that I've watched it seems like yes He does have the potential to be at least a probable Offensive guard in this league. I would even compare him someone like For your old-school fans Steve Hutchinson if you don't know who he is For you Seahawks fans that were Seahawks fans before 2012 Not a lot of you guys out there But for you guys that know Steve Hutchinson he was on the Seahawks in the mid 2000 And he helped Sean Alexander out a lot. He was also on the Minnesota Vikings. That's I feel like as well So he's a great offensive guard Debateably a Hall of Famer I see qualities of Steve Hutchinson in Quentin Nelson just because of the size the athleticism the power That that man Quentin Nelson possesses he's gonna be forced to be reckoned with For the next few years in Indianapolis The Jacksonville Jaguars are a team that went all the way to the AFC championship last year The question is can they repeat the same success? Hopefully they don't because they want to have more success and that's getting over that one game that they have left to Get them to the Super Bowl. Hopefully they can win the AFC championship Get a Super Bowl victory out of that as well. They have the same pieces for the most part on offense and defense AJ Buye and Jalen Ramsey prove why they are the best cornerback duo in the NFL today Jalen Ramsey is a guy that talked a lot of trash last year But that's only because he knew that he could back it up and he can Ramsey kind of reminds me of a younger Richard Sherman back when he was in Seattle in 2012 and 2013 Talk a lot of trash, but you can back it up But I want to highlight the defensive line on this defense and that's Kaleas Campbell on one side of the ball But there's another guy another defensive end that a lot of people are overlooking and a lot of people don't know about and that's Yannick Nagwakwe At defensive end so he had over 10 sacks last year He personally had my vote for the Pro Bowl, but he was Kind of snubbed and getting selected to go to the Pro Bowl So a lot of people don't know about him, but he's also a talented piece that they Want to make sure that they have in Jacksonville for a very long time offensively Blake Bortles is still their quarterback. I know a lot of criticism goes towards Bortles. He hasn't had an amazing year Or wasn't able to repeat the same success that he has had back in 2015 His sophomore season But they seem like they want to get the right pieces around him And the things that Jacksonville has been doing in the off-season in the NFL draft is that they've been getting Kind of going off that old saying out with the old and with the new so they got rid of their older wide receivers Like Alan herns and Alan Robinson And they're gonna be sticking with Those younger guys like Keelan Cole DD Westbrook and even at tight end getting rid of more cities Lewis sticking with Ben Koyak There's not a lot of of I don't want to say old people that sounds rude But there's a lot of youth in Jacksonville the oldest Player on that team is 31 and that's Kaleis Campbell Along with two other people. I think it's Jeremy Parnell and Don Kerry all three of those people are 31 years old and then they had Berry Church Coming in at 30. So those are only four players that are 30 or older that are in Jacksonville So they're taking that young approach Which is phenomenal to think because this is a team that is that has caliber to go to the Super Bowl and With the youth on this team if they don't make it this year Well, their team is still young. So they have two or three more years of that youth to make it to the Super Bowl So it'd be funny to see what what Jacksonville would do with Blake Bortles. A lot of people aren't the biggest fan of him And he's kind of like an internet meme and you see that Twitter account Bortles facts Which is one of the greatest Twitter accounts that ever existed go follow it But they seem like Bortles is gonna be the starting quarterback The backup that they have is Cody Kessler, which they traded for but I think that was more so as an insurance policy because They were out with Chad Hennie as the backup quarterback wanted to bring in a younger guy bought in brought in Cody Kessler So we'll see what's gonna happen. We're gonna continue talking about the AFC South We've got two teams left to talk about that's the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans But first I wanted to take a moment take a break and talk about something that is very near and dear to my heart and should be near and dear to your hearts as well and that is Patreon Patreon is the number one way to sponsor your favorite content creator. 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Let's do that actually let me Let me take a moment to look that up But while I'm looking that up, let's talk about the Tennessee Titans, so last year they went to the postseason they were nine and seven but people Kind of saw them as a joke That's that's not how I saw them. I saw them as a football team. Did I see them as the worst football team in the postseason? It's debatable, I mean they beat Kansas City Kansas City was more talented, however But they were able to put off pull off that upset come back 21 to 3 Which I'm still upset about because I wish they came back 28 to 3 or at least the chiefs were up 29 to 3 because me as a Falcons fan if that happened if the chiefs were up 29 to 3 and the Titans came back Then they would never talk about 28 to 3 instead the chiefs would be the butt of the joke We're like, why would you give up at a 29 to 3 lead? But But they didn't There's 21 to 3 and the Falcons are still the butt of the joke mom But the Tennessee Titans so they Didn't make the postseason. They were labeled as the worst team to make the postseason but a lot of the Frustrations that they had with that team Was from the head coach so they thought that Mike Merlarky wouldn't be a good fit for the Tennessee Titans and they were just ready to move on from them and After the season they finally did they brought him they brought in a Mike of Rable If that name sounds familiar He was on the New England Patriots Won Super Bowls with them caught a touchdown during a Super Bowl as a linebacker, which is phenomenal to think so he was JJ Watt before JJ Watt was JJ Watt and Mike free ball is a players coach because he played in the mid-2000s. So he's still In head coaching terms relatively young Obviously not as young as someone like Sean McVeigh But he still is around the game or he still stuck around the game and he still has a feel of what the locker room is like Here in 2018 so He comes in he's a players coach people are gonna love playing for him. He's kind of like that motivator kind of coach Can they make it back to the postseason? Let's break down this team. Let's start with a quarterback Marcus Moriota 13 touchdowns to 15 interceptions. That's not gonna cut it how they went to the postseason It was good play from a couple of their linebackers With one of them including Avery Williamson But also on top of that there's a combination of good run game as well Good tight end play to make you look much better than you actually performed last year and Delaney Walker who seems like an ageless wonder I Don't think that Marcus Moriota is gonna throw 13 touchdowns of 15 interceptions. That's a terrible touchdown interception ratio I think he'll be a lot better But it is still kind of take some time I think to get used to that new offensive scheme that micro variable is gonna bring in so a lot of Reliance might be put on the run game for Tennessee With Derek Henry and Dion Lewis. They got rid of DeMarco Murray. He's still a free agent, which honestly I don't know why I still feel like he's a talented back that could perform really well or could be a good substitute for someone that gets hurt But Derek Henry people are saying that this is finally His time to shine because for you guys that love fantasy football you kept on drafting Derek Henry every single season and you were like 2016 it's his season. Nope 2017. It's his season. Nope 2018 it's his season. Whoa. Hold up a minute back up Dion Lewis was brought in from New England Dion Lewis is not gonna be Just that third down back He's gonna be someone that the running back running back coach actually confirmed this in Tennessee where they're calling Derek Henry and Dion Lewis 1a and 1b Meaning that it's gonna be a running back by committee approach later in the season if One takes off they might lean towards him even more and I think Derek Henry has that potential to take off more than Dion Lewis But starting off they're gonna be that Team that is balanced with the running backs where Derek Henry could get 13 carries a game And so Dion Lewis can also get 13 carries a game as well They wanted to take that approach for so many years with with the Derek Henry and do Marco Murray But DeMarco Murray was that guy that kind of showed up a little bit more than Derek Henry did So they relied on him as the bell cow back Um So we'll see what happens. I think this run game will be good regardless of who the running back is the starting running back just because they got two amazing offensive linemen and Jack Conklin and Taylor LaWan So the run game, I think it will be pretty nifty as well so I just did a Google search of Patreon I went to patreon's website looked up hair stylists and I don't see anyone really with that cuts Odo Beckham style hair I also googled it just now And I can't seem to find anyone If you're someone that does cut that kind of hairstyle reach out to me I would love to get you on a video and just interview you and and ask you what your Age demographic is that that comes into your to your shop and asks for that hairstyle Middle schoolers are just fun to make fun of So now we're gonna talk about the Houston Texans the last team that we're gonna talk about Unfortunately, they lost to Shawn Watson last year. He's coming back and Not only that but another key piece on defense is coming back and these two guys have been Working out together rehabbing together and that's JJ watt. So unfortunately JJ watt has been gone for the past two seasons Due to season-ending injuries a lot of people are making fun of them now and saying that you know, whenever he's in a picture posing for a picture That he got injured posing for that picture the internet's amazing. I know But JJ watt if he can stay healthy for all 16 games. I don't see why He and Jadavion Clowney Cannot get a total of 20 to 25 sacks Just those two alone. Why not JJ watt can get 12 and a half sacks a year Clowney can get 12 and a half sacks a year. So That defense is killer regardless and it's having it has been killer for the past three years Offensively the Shawn Watson is coming back 19 touchdowns in just seven games That's something good. And that's something optimistic to look forward to what can you do in 2018 people are saying that he's already a top-10 quarterback What I would do is I would just pump the brakes right there because he owns. He's only played seven games. Yes in those seven games he was better than most quarterbacks that played in seven games, but Still he has a lot to prove I feel like But this team is the favorite to win the AFC south Um The Shawn Watson has a good receiving court around him And it's kind of a shame why Deondre Hopkins isn't talked about as being one of the best receivers in the league Well, actually, let me rephrase that he's being talked about as one of the best receivers But not as the best receiver and I know Antonio Brown and Julio Jones You could give the edge to them I'm not saying that Deondre Hopkins is better than Antonio Brown statistically Brown has had best stats, but Man this guy at least give him props when he's catching a ball on the sideline. He is the greatest sideline receiver I have seen in the NFL in a long time Probably in the last 10 years So Deondre Hopkins is a guy that Him paired with Will Fuller I think this receiving core is gonna go off and I Don't know whether I want to spoil my bold prediction for the season because we're gonna have a podcast later on talking about Bold predictions my bold predictions for the 2018 season But that's gonna come out like in late August early September before the season starts But I'll give you a little bit of a preview that one of the board predictions It does involve Deondre Hopkins and it does involve Will Fuller Actually, I'll just go ahead and say it. Why not? one of my bold predictions for 2018 is that Deondre Hopkins and Will Fuller Will be the best wide receiver duo in 2018 That's right better than Marvin Jones and Golden Tate better than Josh Gordon and Jarvis Landry better than Adam Thielen and Stefan Diggs I feel like down Deondre Hopkins and Will Fuller a healthy will Fuller with a healthy to Sean Watson are Gonna light it up both of them are gonna get over a thousand yards receiving Deondre Hopkins I feel I could get in the area of 10 touchdowns a year So I think this is gonna be the best wide receiver duo that we're gonna see in 2018 as far as if they'll make the playoffs. I feel like they will I feel like they are The favorite to win the AFC South Because a lot of other teams You can talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars, but like I said with other teams getting better even though this defense is talented It's gonna be tough for the Jacksonville Jaguars to get back to the AFC championship with the Houston Texas there With a healthy Jesuit watt and a healthy to Sean Watson. So if I had to rank them, I feel like the Colts I I'd say the Tennessee Titans would be fourth and the AFC South I don't think that they're gonna make the playoffs. I still think that they're gonna be learning under Mike Vrabel I still think that Marcus Mariota He's not gonna throw 15 15 interceptions this year, but he's still gonna take some time getting used to everything So I still think that they're a year away from making an AFC wildcard push Third I got the Indianapolis Colts just because of Andrew Luck. Honestly, it's it's it's amazing how one player can just Change the whole perspective of a team could change the whole outcome of whether they make the playoffs or not And you look and the Indianapolis Colts I don't think that they're gonna make the playoffs in 2018, but I think they'll better be better than the Tennessee Titans at least and They'll at least be in playoff contention for The first 12 to 13 weeks of the season They could win the AFC South or earn a wildcard spot, but I think eventually they'll just lose one or two games It's gonna push them out Second I got the Jacksonville Jaguars behind the Houston Texans Even though I got them second. I do see them getting wildcard spot And again all these predictions. I haven't sat down yet and looked at everybody's schedule and Like marked they're gonna win this game. They're gonna lose this game But I think as far as talent goes I think the Jacksonville Jaguars are More talented than the Houston Texans only if the Texans Have a player or two that is injured a key player like they did last year And first I got the Houston Texans to win the AFC South Just like I said if they if they get healthy This defense can tear it up this offense can tear it up And Bill Bryan is one of the more underrated head coaches in the NFL He's an offensive guru that plays well with his quarterbacks and to Sean Watson. 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