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JP and BMitch preview the AFC South ahead of this season. Could a surprise team come and take the crown from the Jaguars?
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00:00We've been doing our divisional previews going around the NFL.
00:03Yeah.
00:04Yesterday we did the AFC East.
00:07We did.
00:07Today we're going to do the AFC South.
00:10In about a half hour we're going to be giving away Dave Matthews band tickets.
00:13We're going to have a fun trivia contest.
00:15So if you want to go see Dave, you're going to have to answer some questions.
00:21AFC South is really interesting because they had two playoff teams last year
00:26in the Jags and the Texans.
00:27They had another team that started 7-0, I believe, that did not make the playoffs.
00:33Started 7-0 and didn't make the playoffs.
00:35Weren't the Colts 7-0?
00:36Oh, they did start off on fire.
00:39I think they were.
00:407-1.
00:41Okay.
00:41And then when did Danny Dimes get hurt?
00:44Week 9.
00:46And then, I mean, the rest of that season was a mess.
00:49They finished 8-9 and they started 7-1.
00:52Damn.
00:55They started 7-1, finished 8-9.
00:58So they went 1-8 down the stretch?
01:00Yeah, dude.
01:00Woo!
01:01Just bad.
01:02That's not good at all.
01:03So I think what happened is Danny Dimes got hurt.
01:07They tried the kid Riley Leonard, who was the Duke kid that went to Notre Dame,
01:12and it didn't go well.
01:14So then they brought in Phillip Rivers, remember?
01:15Yeah, yeah.
01:16I mean, they were playing 44-year-old Phillip Rivers, the quarterback, last year.
01:19Okay, they played one of your counterparts.
01:21While they had Anthony Richardson, now I don't know what his health was.
01:26Because remember, he, like, hurt his eye or something?
01:30Danny Dimes says he's ready to rock.
01:32He's back from, wasn't it an Achilles?
01:34When he checked him, didn't he check himself out the game?
01:36That was Richardson.
01:37Yeah.
01:38Because he was tired.
01:38When he checked himself out the game, that's when he heard everything.
01:41His whole future was hurt.
01:43I think Richardson's still there as their third-string quarterback.
01:47So they have Daniel Jones.
01:49First-round draft pick.
01:50Riley Leonard.
01:51Then Anthony Richardson.
01:52Daniel third-string quarterback.
01:53Yeah.
01:53Yeah, that career's over.
01:55Career's over.
01:57I mean, just crazy.
01:59Obviously, the Colts are paced by Jonathan Taylor.
02:03He's kind of the center of that offense, I would say.
02:06Last year, he led the NFL in carries and in rushing touchdowns.
02:10He ran the ball 323 times last year, B.
02:13Yeah.
02:14Almost 1,600 yards, 1,585 yards.
02:1818 touchdowns.
02:2084 first-down runs.
02:22He was on fire.
02:23Dude, he went for almost 2,000 yards from scrimmage.
02:25He was active in the pass game, too.
02:27Had 20 total touchdowns.
02:31What is...
02:32I mean, you're counting on the quarterback to stay healthy.
02:35You can say that about every team in the NFL.
02:36The only teams that aren't counting on their quarterback to stay healthy have bad quarterbacks,
02:41or the Eagles are the outlier, because that roster's just so damn good, 1-53.
02:46But they still need a defense.
02:47Yeah, hell of a defense.
02:50Colts are interesting here.
02:52You got Danny Dimes, presumably back.
02:54Jonathan Taylor is a workhorse.
02:56They re-signed Alec Pierce to a lot of money.
03:00Tons.
03:00I believe Pierce is still hurt.
03:02Look that up for me, Dubby.
03:05They did add Keenan Allen.
03:08They added Nick Westbrook-Akine.
03:11Akine, I hope I'm saying that right.
03:13That's a receiver I've kind of liked.
03:14They have a good offensive line there.
03:16They have that big, strong, stud, tight end, Tyler Warren, who I like a lot.
03:21They also have Mo Alley-Cox, kind of as the number two tight end.
03:24VCU.
03:24Is that VCU, dude?
03:25Yeah.
03:28Defensively, they were pretty good.
03:30They traded for Sauce Gardner.
03:32You know, you add a player like that.
03:35Arden Key is a dude they brought in.
03:38What do we think of the Colts, B?
03:41Win total.
03:42They started 7-1.
03:44They finished 8-9.
03:46Eight wins for the Indianapolis Colts.
03:50If they could get any play from Danny Dimes, I mean, they have the damn,
03:54they're running back.
03:55Like I said, Johnson Dales is good.
03:57And he just got paid.
04:00What's your total?
04:03Nine.
04:04What is it, Stallion?
04:05One of their losses is going to be against the Commanders.
04:08Vegas has it at 7-1-2 for the Colts.
04:11Kind of crazy.
04:13They play Washington Week 4 in London, so we'll get a good look at that.
04:17I do really like Shane Sykin.
04:19I think he is a really, really smart offensive mind.
04:24I just, Danny Dimes coming back from an Achilles in like nine months or whatever
04:27just seems kind of crazy to me.
04:29Yeah.
04:29All right, let's move to the Tennessee Titans.
04:33They were bad last year.
04:35Another year for their young quarterback to develop in Cam Ward.
04:40Watching the quarterback show on Netflix, I really like Cam Ward like the human.
04:46I just like his mindset.
04:49I also think they had Brian Callahan coaching them.
04:53I don't think he was very good.
04:56Nothing seemed really good there.
04:59You change everything out.
05:01Now you've got Robert Sala.
05:02Callahan was just a run, run, run guy.
05:04His dad was.
05:05Him too.
05:06You've got Sala there.
05:08You've got Daybowl there.
05:09Daybowl, obviously a hothead, but he can run good offense.
05:13I think he'll be a lot better for Cam Ward.
05:17I just don't know what else they have.
05:19The Titans added, they drafted Carnell Tate in the first round, who by all accounts has
05:26looked excellent throughout training camp.
05:29You have Calvin Ridley there.
05:30They signed Wandale Robinson.
05:33Tony Pollard is your running back.
05:35TyJ Spears backs him up.
05:37Decent-ish offensive line.
05:41Defensively, Jacob Martin's there.
05:42Remember Jacob Martin's here?
05:45Remember Jacob Martin's nickname?
05:47Nope.
05:48The Barracuda.
05:51You going around biting people?
05:53I don't know.
05:54That was what he called himself.
05:56I don't know.
05:58This Titans team that went 3-14 last year, you probably are hoping for a big jump out of
06:05your second-year quarterback.
06:06I got the Titans' win total at 5.
06:12I go at 4-4.
06:15What is it, Stallion?
06:17It is at 6-1.
06:19Wow.
06:20Yeah.
06:21That is higher than I would.
06:23You name some guys on that offense.
06:25If they hit those receivers, that could be good.
06:28All right.
06:29Let's go to Houston.
06:30The Texans went 12-5 last season.
06:33Yeah.
06:34Point differential of plus 109.
06:36A truly elite defense.
06:38Yeah.
06:39An elite defensive coach in D'Amico Ryans.
06:42I mean, you look at the names on this defense, dude.
06:44Will Anderson, Daniil Hunter, the linebacker, Aziz Al-Shahir, Stingley at corner.
06:53He might be the best corner in the NFL.
06:55Kamari Lasseter on the other side.
06:57Kalen Bullock, that's safety.
06:59They signed Reed Blankenship, who was with the Eagles the last few years.
07:04Defensively, I don't have questions.
07:06I don't.
07:06I mean, they are just loaded.
07:07Their question is their signal caller.
07:10What is he going to be?
07:11Offensively, I think we heard good injury news with Tank Dell.
07:15Maybe you guys can look that up.
07:17Tank Dell, Jaden Higgins, who had a big year last year, Nico Collins, Jalen Knoll.
07:22They got a lot of Jalens and Jadens down there.
07:25Offensive line, pretty good.
07:27They did add David Montgomery from the Lions to give them a real physical thumper in the run game.
07:33Yeah.
07:34CJ Stroud, man, last year was bad.
07:39And Betty.
07:39I mean, the playoff performance is notwithstanding.
07:43It's just, I don't know what has happened with Stroud.
07:48Last year, he started 14 games.
07:51Texans went 9-5 with him.
07:53Completed about 60% of his passes.
07:55But, B, in 14 games, he only had 3,000 passing yards, 19 touchdowns.
08:00Only 8 picks, so it's a 2-1 touchdown INT ratio.
08:04But, like, there's just not much yardage there.
08:07And maybe that's all they need with that defense.
08:10But the playoff performances were so bad.
08:13They were bad.
08:14Does that linger?
08:16It can.
08:19It truly can.
08:20But, you know, you hope that he can get over it and figure it out.
08:23Because, bro, when you sit there and you think, if I just play average, my team wins.
08:31And then when you look at that, you go, well, damn, I was below, below bad.
08:37They have Davis Mills, the backup there, who played well when C.J. was hurt.
08:42They went 3-0 in Mills' starts.
08:46The completion percentage is ugly, 57%.
08:49Five touchdowns to one pick.
08:52If Stroud gets in a situation where he's losing them games again,
08:56because here's the thing, with that defense, you just can't have a quarterback lose your games.
09:00Yeah, and he lost those.
09:03It's just crazy.
09:04The rookie year, he comes in, and it's phenomenal.
09:064,100 yards, 23 touchdowns against only five picks.
09:1024, the picks jumped.
09:13He went 20 touchdowns with 12 picks.
09:15That's past 2-1.
09:17That's whatever, 1.8-1.
09:19That's going to get you in trouble.
09:20Last year, got it back down to 2-1.
09:22But I'm trying to see the fumbles on here.
09:26Two years ago.
09:27The Moistrout?
09:28Yeah, two years ago, he took 52 sacks.
09:32That's a lot, man.
09:35And then the playoff numbers.
09:37You know who was there two years ago with him?
09:39Steph, for half of it?
09:41Mm-mm.
09:44Touch it.
09:45Yeah, true.
09:48Five picks in two playoff games.
09:52Five picks in two playoff games.
09:54Six sacks in two playoff games.
09:55A couple of them, he was just throwing it directly to the people.
09:58And they won one of those playoff games.
10:01Yeah.
10:03Fumbles.
10:05Last year, I thought this was more.
10:07He only lost two fumbles.
10:08He was a rookie.
10:09He lost eight.
10:09Damn.
10:10In the playoffs, this.
10:14I told you five picks in two playoff games.
10:17Five fumbles.
10:19Yeah.
10:20Now, they got some of those back.
10:21I watched those games.
10:23He was awful.
10:24Does that linger?
10:26I told you it could.
10:28This is where the mental takes over.
10:31If you don't get it out your head, it can't linger.
10:35Because you get into a situation, you got to throw a ball, and you're scared to let it go?
10:41It's crazy.
10:42Win total for the Houston Texans.
10:45That defense is elite.
10:47They won 12 last year.
10:50Win total, nine and a half.
10:55Right now, the Texans are at nine and a half wins.
11:00Be nailed that one.
11:01Be nailed that one.
11:02All right, let's get to the division winner, the Jacksonville Jaguars, Brian.
11:09They were good last year.
11:11It was not fluky Liam Cohen for all the weird Duvall stuff.
11:16No, he went Duvall.
11:18Yeah.
11:20Duvall.
11:21Jags finished plus 138 in point differential.
11:25Went 7-2 at home, 6-2 on the road.
11:28They were 5-0 in their last five games.
11:31They lost in the playoffs on a heartbreaker to Josh Allen, kind of at the buzzer.
11:37Jacksonville still has Brian Thomas, Parker Washington, Jacoby Myers, Travis Hunter.
11:43What's his role coming back from injury?
11:46They still have Trevor Lawrence, obviously.
11:48They signed Chris Rodriguez to back up Basil Tootin.
11:52The Jacksonville?
11:53Yeah.
11:53I'm hearing Chris may have gotten to that starting job.
11:57Really?
11:58That kid Tootin looked pretty good last year.
12:00Rookie out of Virginia Tech.
12:01But good for Chris, man.
12:03Chris is a guy I'll root for wherever he ends up.
12:05He's a good dude.
12:07Offensively, they were good last year in Jacksonville.
12:10They moved the ball well.
12:12Liam Cohen clearly can scheme it up.
12:14If you look at Liam Cohen's last two years, his last year in Tampa as O.C., Baker cooked.
12:21Last year, he's at Jacksonville.
12:23That Bucs offense sank in the second half of the year.
12:26They were 6th in points scored, 11th in yards gained, 8th in points allowed, 11th in yards allowed.
12:33So, a pretty consistent team.
12:35I mean, my question is Trevor Lawrence.
12:40Well, what is he really?
12:42Because, like, listen, ever since he was a freshman in college, he's been touted.
12:46Anointed.
12:47As one of the absolute best quarterbacks ever.
12:50That's the way they would tell you.
12:51He's going to be one of the best ever.
12:54What has he really been?
12:56Through five years of an NFL career, 63% completion, 98 touchdowns, 58 picks.
13:04Last year, he completed barely 61% of his passes.
13:09Over 4,000 yards, barely.
13:114,007 yards.
13:1229 touchdowns against 12 picks.
13:15And Etienne had been down there for a while.
13:18He signed with the Saints.
13:19Pronounces his name very differently now.
13:22To me, Lawrence is pretty good.
13:26This is funny, though.
13:27To your point, on Pro Football Reference, they always list out the nicknames for players.
13:33Trevor Lawrence, his full name, William Trevor Lawrence.
13:37You know what his nickname is?
13:39The Prince Who Was Promised.
13:41That's his nickname?
13:42I've never heard it, but that's what Pro Football Reference lists.
13:46That's absurd.
13:48The Prince Who Was Promised.
13:50Luckily, I hope he didn't give himself that nickname.
13:51I hope not either.
13:54Jacksonville, all right, so they have the Texans at 9 1⁄2.
13:58The Jags will be playing a first-place schedule.
14:0210 1⁄2 for Jacksonville.
14:06B?
14:06What was their record last year?
14:08I think 13 and 4.
14:10I'm going with 10.
14:11I'll tell you, hang on.
14:12I'm going with 10.
14:1213 and 4.
14:13I'm going with 10.
14:15The Jags' win total is at 8 1⁄2.
14:18I think that's a little low.
14:20That dropped down.
14:21Wow.
14:22Vegas ain't buying the Prince Who Was Promised, huh?
14:25The Prince did not promise.
14:28Wow.
14:28That is low.
14:29Vegas is probably saying, what did the Prince turn into?
14:32A frog.
14:32A frog?
14:33Yeah.
14:34They think Trevor's going to be a frog.
14:37That is low, man.
14:41Interesting.
14:42I wonder if that's not buying Liam Cohen, if that's not buying Trevor Lawrence.
14:47Well, they have a tough schedule.
14:49Didn't they lose Itchin?
14:50Yeah.
14:51He went to the Saints.
14:52Yeah.
14:53That's how you say his name, right?
14:54Itchin?
14:55I'll be honest.
14:56I don't know how to say his name.
14:58He said that you have to say it A-chan.
15:00A-chan.
15:01Remember, we talked about it.
15:02A-chan.
15:03He said it's A-chan.
15:06Which is just not true.
15:07It's just not.
15:09I mean, I'm not telling a man how to say his damn name.
15:12I am a firm believer.
15:14You were saying the same thing back in March.
15:17No, but I say in Louisiana, everybody called that Etienne.
15:23It's French.
15:24Not according to him.
15:25He said Etienne.
15:25And I know a lot of people from the little area, and everybody's Etienne.
15:31I think it's Etienne.
15:32Do you know what Pro Football Reference listed your nickname as?
15:36What?
15:37B-Mitch.
15:37That's it.
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