AFC South
My Pre-Season Predictions
1.Indianapolis Colts(12-4)
2.Houston Texans(10-6)
3.Tennessee Titans(9-7)
4.Jacksonville Jaguars(7-9)
Final Standings
1.Indianapolis Colts(10-6)
2.Jacksonville Jaguars(8-8)
3.Houston Texans(6-10)
4.Tennessee Titans(6-10)
Indianapolis Colts: The Colts weren't their usual dominant selves this season. Even with the rough patches, they still overcame these issues. Peyton Manning ran the show and carried this team on his back. The team had key injuries to Dallas Clark and Austin Collie that took away two of Manning's favorite targets. Reggie Wayne and Pierre Garcon have been great and have been the only two constants in the offense all season long. The Colts have been playing excellent the last few weeks and this should carry over the playoffs.
Jacksonville Jaguars: The Jaguars came on strong this year, but their season slipped away in the last 3 games. David Garrard had the best season of his career and proved to be a solid quarterback. Maurice Jones-Drew, as usual, was a monster. He proved why he is one of the finest running backs in the league. The defense was pretty good too. Aaron Kampman payed off big time for the Jacksonville defense. If it wasn't for the late collapse, we could been looking at a playoff team.
Houston Texans: Nobody chokes like the Houston Texans. In so many games this season, they blew a lead or dropped the ball. On the positive side, Arian Foster is the next superstar running back. He led the league in rushing and shredded every defense in his path. Matt Schaub was up and down all year. The biggest issue with Houston, is clearly their defense. Their defense is absolute horse shit. They can't stop anyone. Their defense cost them a ton of games and really needs to be worked on. Still, the Texans are top choke artists in the NFL and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Tennessee Titans: 2010 was the opposite of the 2009 season for the Titans. In 2009, The Titans started off terrible and finished strong. This year, they started off great and finished awfully. The big issues for Tennessee is their distractions at quarterback. Vince Young gets injured and started a scene with Jeff Fisher. Kerry Collins played alright, but he is not a game changer. Chris Johnson had a disappointing year, he was still explosive at times, but he was held in check. Kenny Britt's injury also caused the downfall of the Titans. He is the only productive wideout they have. Randy Moss was horribly ineffective in his time with team. Tennessee's inconsistency is what killed them this season.
AFC West
My Pre-Season Predictions
1.San Diego Chargers(11-5)
2.Kansas City Chiefs(9-7)
3.Denver Broncos(6-10)
4.Oakland Raiders(3-13)
Final Standings
1.Kansas City Chiefs(10-6)
2.San Diego Chargers(9-7)
3.Oakland Raiders(8-8)
4.Denver Broncos(4-12)
Kansas City Chiefs: I was big on the Chiefs in the pre-season and they delivered. Jammal Charles is the most underrated running back in the league. Charles and Thomas Jones were the most potent 1-2 running back punch in the league. They are an absolute force to be reckoned with. The Chiefs also have the most underrated wideout in Dwayne Bowe. Bowe flew under the radar all year and put up insane stats. The Chiefs are the underdog team in the NFL, that being said their odds in the playoffs aren't that good. They are still a year off from making a run.
San Diego Chargers: It's about time the Chargers late-season run didn't get a playoff spot. In typical Chargers fashion, they started off with a thud, but by the time they picked it up this season it was too late. Phillip Rivers tryed his hardest and had an MVP-caliber season. There really wasn't that many bright spots outside of Rivers, he is pretty much the reason they won every game that they did.
Oakland Raiders: The Raiders went 6-0 in the AFC West, that is one hell of an accomplishment. This team shocked me with how well they played (at times). Their offense was explosive and their defense got a ton of takeaways. In their losses, they were a completely different team. They played like dog shit in most of them and looked like one of the worst teams in the league. This is a hard team to figure out. The only thing that is harder to figure out is their senile owner Al Davis, who just fired coach Tom Cable. Cable turned the team around and his firing makes zero sense, yet another stupid mistake by Al Davis.
Denver Broncos:There really isn't much to say about Denver. They are an absolute mess. The lone bright spots this year were Kyle Orton and Brandon Lloyd. A serious work in progress and their new coach needs to more experienced than Josh McDaniels was in order to turn this team around.
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