(06-25-2017, 03:30 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(06-25-2017, 12:34 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: Except for the titans it's pretty amazing the unproven (or just plain terrible, in some cases) nature of most of the division's offensive lines.

Hopefully Ngakoue develops, because for years the Jaguars have failed to take advantage of just how bad the division's pass blocking is (except against the colts recently) and I think the ability to take advantage of it is what has secured the division for the texans during the last few seasons.

Agreed. 

Compiling this listing left me dumbfounded at the state of this division's offensive lines.

On an aside, not that I have anything against the Texans' projected starter other than being a Texan, the part in my that wants to be a decent human being is rooting for Quissenberry to make a complete recovery from cancer.

As for Ngakoue, Fowler, and Smoot, I hope they all develop into good pass rushers to exploit this division's weaknesses in the trenches.  I think Ngakoue and Fowler seem to match up well against the tack tackles.  Those will be matchups to watch over the years for us.

I think overall, our defense matches up well against Tennessee and the other offenses in the division.

My concern would be run defense.

Personally I think run defense will be fine if Myles Jack can learn his role decently and the coaching staff does their gameplanning well.

Tennessee's offense worries me about the same amount as the texans, which is not really at all. Every team in the division has weak armed QBs except for Bortles, and maybe Luck if his shoulder recovers, and weak armed guys against a secondary this good will be doing a lot of dinking and dunking. I foresee a lot of INTs for Ramsey against Mariota. Should have had a couple of them in the last meeting of 2016. I see the same with the wild and weak armed QB the texans drafted, Watson.

It'll be an interesting season. Maybe the Jaguars 2017 is more like what all the pundits thought 2016 would be since the Gus cancer is finally gone.

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