AFC South the Colts, the overwhelming, favorite it -
140, even though the Titans were the one seed last year
they are two to one to win the division. Cults have Matt Ryan,
who's kind of fell out of the sky into their labs and time
and I didn't
know who the quarterback is going to be and look at the for
Texans and 12:32. So we predict the finish of the four teams in
the AFC South and sure when we probably can just push right
past for and really three.
I think we can stipulate. It's
Actions for and jaguars three. If
if you disagree, you have the floor.
But I can't imagine any other reasonable scenario. That
wouldn't have preseason Texans, fourth place, Jaguars, third
place,
Well, the fourth place is harder for me, I know than it
is for you. And I am going to pick the Texans,
but the difference between these two teams last season
between having the second pick and wherever the tech, what are
they third? Was the two games they played against each other
and the Texans won both of those games. And they finished
four and 12 and
the Jaguars were 3 and 14 because they lost those two
games. So they got to beat the Texans. I do think the Jaguars
are going to be better because The coaching. I mean, it
couldn't be any worse than what it was last season, but you now
have a Super Bowl winning coach
there. I don't see this as a team that's going to do a whole
lot better than they did. The Jaguar. Some talk about
the last four seasons. They'll be slightly better. 2019, they
were 6 and 10.
I would think they're going to be somewhere in that 67, win
range. So I will pick the Jaguars third, but I'm going to
be interested how they these two teams do head-to-head when
you think about the Texas Mike 20? 19
was only twenty nineteen, they were killing the cheese and
the first quarter of the postseason and now, look at where they are
now having to rebuild after Bill O'Brien, just destroyed
that roster. I mean, you shouldn't be allowed
to buy the groceries
and cook the meal 224.
Nothing. And it should have been 28, nothing. Remember they
had a chance to make it a fourth touchdown which could
have been insurmountable but then again the Chiefs exploded
for over 50 points. So maybe it wouldn't have mattered if it'd
been
a touchdown her.
Go on that spot.
And when that long ago, the Jaguars
were on the brink of a Super Bowl, they were up 10 and
should have been up 17 over the Patriots in 2017. In the AFC
Championship,
we're on the same page and I agree with you. The Jaguars
gonna have to beat the Texans. I just think they have
the better team. They have a better Coach. And last year, obviously
they had one of the worst coaches we've ever seen
in the NFL. Thank God Urban Meyer is gone.
Second place I got to go with the Titans and it really
this is a great case study of how
external perceptions and maybe it's deserved
but think about what the Titans did last year
they're the one seed
they lose a heartbreaker in the divisional round that they
easily could have one
and they are regarded as a team that won't win their division.
That may struggle to even make the playoffs. I put them at
number eight and the power rankings. And people are like,
are you crazy? That's way too high. The bills
weren't the one seed last year.
They have a heart.
Breaking loss on the road in the divisional round. So they
weren't even the 2-cd, they'd go play, Kansas City, they have
the heartbreaking loss, they don't get to the AFC
Championship, just like the Titans
and the bills are the team. Everybody expects to win
the Super Bowl. I mean between the expectations, Titans vs Bills,
I want
the bar where it is
for the Titans. Mike, Vrabel has got to be happy with that,
nobody's expecting anything out of the titans this year. And
I don't know what to expect out of the Titans. And I don't like
the fact that they traded AJ Brown. And
I don't like the pressure, that's put on trail on. Burke's
to come in right away and be number one receiver or close to
it. Maybe Robert Woods can get it done. Can Derrick Henry,
stay healthy. What's Ryan Tannehill? Have left is Malik
Willis undermine him but
I look it's not it's not causing me to believe they're
going to win the division again because I think the Colts have
done enough to surpass them
but if I'm the Titans I'm feeling pretty good about
the fact that No One Believes In Me.
Yeah, I'm right there with you Mike. I think it's the Titans
are going to finish second and I don't have the making
the postseason. They have three consecutive postseason
appearances
and the last time they had a losing record, was 2015, this
seems to be a team. That's always consistently right
there. And I think it's a lack of faith in my Aggie
quarterback, which I have it to in Ryan Tannehill.
After what he did in the postseason there,
it's just hard to believe that this is a team that's going to
be able. To do what they've done the last three seasons and
make the postseason. And maybe he'll rebound,
maybe he wins comeback Player of the Year from sucking again,
Mike. We've seen that before from him but I think Derrick
Henry is going to win comeback player of the year. I think
he's going to be very good and that gives the Titans a chance.
Of course, if they can
run the ball when the time possession, play some good defense.
But yeah, when I compare these two rosters, I just like
the Colts better now that they have a quarterback. Who's not going
to make those game-breaking back.
Making mistakes and give you a chance to win.
I love comeback player of the year because it literally can
be coming back from anything, whatever you want, whatever you
want to say, however you want to interpret it coming back
from whatever comeback Player of the
Year. Colts at number one look,
when you consider how it ended last year,
Week, 18, all they have to do is beat the Jaguars who were
literally just punching the clock on their way out
the door,
the Jaguars beat the Colts, when the Colts only needed that
Victory to get to the postseason. I think Jim irsay
was ready to fire, Frank Reich. I think Chris Ballard. Talked
him out of it. I don't know that,
but something has to explain why Jim irsay didn't do what
I thought he was going to do mean they threw Carson Wentz
aggressively overboard. The first chance they could get
Reich. Is the guy who brought him there?
I think Reich has got to be feeling a little heat, but
they got the ultimate reprieve in, Matt Ryan, and Matt Ryan's
already changing the culture there. He's holding guys
accountable. He's getting guys faces and this, this is just
a perfect rebirth for him. You know people say
Tom, Brady went to Tampa won a Super Bowl in his first year of
the new team
then. Last year, Matthew Stafford goes to La wins. The
Super Bowl will Russell Wilson. Do it with the Broncos? Hell no
could Matt Ryan do it with the Colts. Hell yes. He could be
the third one
to pull it off. And the Colts could have a great year. Now the
AFC knocking to be an easy
path of teams to navigate,
but I think the Colts win the division and maybe they fatten
their record up enough
that the road to Phoenix
go through goes through Indianapolis, which gives you
a little bit of an edge. When it's time to face those those
great, AFC teams
Mike, you said something, and I hadn't really thought about it
until you said it and that week, 18 game against
the Jaguars. If they had won that game and gone to the postseason
Carson Wentz, were probably still be their quarterback. No
matter how they did
in the postseason
because Frank Reich loved him so much and you're not going to
fire Frank Reich, if they go to the postseason. So they would
still probably have Carson wentz's or quarterback. So you
can look at this and say, maybe that's the best thing that
could
have possibly happened to them.
Because they have,
they had Last year more pro bowlers than any other team in
the NFL. All they needed was their quarterback to play kind
of sort of well and Matt Ryan's gonna do that. And so
this is a team I think has a chance in the AFC might
I said exactly what you just said to me to Chris, Ballard,
the GM of the Colts right after the draft and he was awesome.
You can find the video on our NFL on NBC YouTube page
somewhere, just search for it.
But he said, I don't think I would
agree with you there.
I don't think I would go that far so I think they were
getting rid of Wentz win or lose. Now if they get into
the playoffs and start winning games then maybe you feel
differently about Wentz but I think I think they knew what
they had or didn't have in wins
and it was proven out by the fact that they couldn't beat
the Jaguars. When all they need to do is win that game and get
to the playoffs.
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