What to like: Romeo Crennel made a bold call to for two points with 1:50 left in the game and with a seven-point lead over the Titans. Jacksonville Jaguars: (1-5, 1-2): For the fifth straight week the Jaguars walked away from a matchup with an ugly loss, leading to more and more questions about the future. It likely will be a three-team race for this division, and it may come down to who doesn't slip up against a Jacksonville team looking to turn the corner in Year 2 of Minshew Mania. Follow along with us here as we give live updates to Jaguars vs. Lions from Jacksonville!

O'Brien has taken a gamble by offloading Hopkins, but betting against Watson remains an exercise fraught with risks. Get a Risk-Free Bet up to $500 with FanDuel.

Do Texans need to make changes following colossal collapse? On the other side of the ball, meanwhile, head coach Mike Vrabel will be hoping the last-minute addition of star pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney will lift his team's defense to a higher level. When the NFL realigned for the 2002 schedule, the newly created AFC South was formed from two former AFC Central teams, an AFC East team, and an expansion team. Duke Johnson had four carries for nine yards.

In Week 6, the Jags, who currently sit in the cellar in the AFC South, will have a tough but winnable matchup when they host the Detroit Lions in Duval. According to ESPN's Win Probability, they had a 98.2% chance to win if they kicked the extra point, and 98.1% chance to win if they went for two. "They were very good. What are our main takeaways from Jacksonville's latest loss?

Those head-to-head games between those two teams are going to mean a lot and both of them come in the span of three weeks in November. Find out the NFL Futures Betting Odds on the Titans for the upcoming season, plus find out the Win Totals, MVP, Rookies to Watch and much more on the Texans, Colts and Jaguars in 2020. Get the latest NFL Football standings from across the league.

Tennessee and Houston had big leads in their respective playoff games vs KC and got beat, so whomever one of these AFC South teams earns your best argument in terms of backing them, going all the way to the Super Bowl might be a bit of a stretch as they still might be outgunned by teams like the Chiefs and Ravens.

Before the 2002 season, the Texans did not exist, the Colts belonged to the AFC East, and the Titans and Jaguars were members of the AFC Central.

Furthermore, don’t let them forget that the Titans also had one full practice in the two-plus weeks leading up to the game, unless you want to count a bunch of guys running around in shorts and no pads at a private school as a practice.

Houston's got too much football to be played on the field this year before a bettor can really be confident in tying up any money on a Super Bowl future with this team.

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What to dislike: Well, we already covered it.

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The next thirteen Super Bowls were won by at least one team in the other seven divisions, including seven victories from seven divisions from 2009 to 2015. This season is no different, with little to separate the Texans, Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans. There were a few missed blocks and dropped passes on Sunday, with the team never really looking in sync at any point. Vrabel continues to look like the next great coach in the AFC, and it is the little things like this that build his case. Total playoff berths as members of the AFC South, National Football League Players Association, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AFC_South&oldid=973439248, Pages using navbox columns without the first column, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 August 2020, at 06:37. Taylor was a workhorse RB while at Wisconsin in college, and the Colts are hoping he's the same type of player at this level. Despite the 42-36 overtime loss to the Tennessee Titans, what makes this 1-5 team attractive for future coaching candidates? A curious offseason in Houston delivered both good and bad news. New coach, new result: the Texans notched their first win of the season after firing Bill O’Brien and replacing him with interim head coach, Romeo Crennel. A brutally honest DJ Chark didn't mince any words when talking about the failures of the Jaguars 2020 season thus far.

For now, they will remain at the very bottom of the AFC South, but it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve started 0-3 in recent history. The Jaguars will be without six players, including two starters. Conventional wisdom says kick the field goal and go up by eight points, but Crennel knew his defense wasn't stopping the Titans at all on Sunday.

After an upset victory in Week 1, the Jags have now dropped four straight games, with the latest loss coming against the Texans in Week 5. Which AFC South team has made the best moves? At the current price, they just aren't worth the risk this year. He obviously still has time to turn things around, but it is fair to say he and the offense are in a rut right now. Derrick Henry led the way with 212 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries, including a 94-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

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If Tennessee is going to make noise against teams like the Chiefs and Steelers, they will need a stronger defense on the backend. Remember, Tennessee had a multi-score lead on KC in that AFC Title game too. What to dislike: Gardner Minshew and the offense's regression to the mean was always the likely outcome, but it doesn't make it less unfortunate for the Jaguars. Both guys are now playing for contracts, and if both see starting time, the potential for internal disaster lurks. Houston follows up slightly behind that, and Jacksonville is there pulling up the rear.

On the bright side for the Jaguars' chances at the top pick, they are preparing to enter the toughest stretch of their schedule. Marrone admits, "it's a very. QB - Quarterback, RB - Running Back, WR - Wide Receiver, DE - Defensive End, QB - Quarterback, RB - Running Back, WR - Wide Receiver, S - Safety, LB - Linebacker, CB - Cornerback. Again, Houston is a team that is rather undervalued in the market as a whole right now, and given that 23 of the past 30 Super Bowl winners are organizations that made the playoffs the year prior, there are a handful of historical angles that Houston is involved with this year. Only five other players in the league have better odds currently then Watson in the MVP market, and yet, the Texans could get a MVP type season out of their QB and still struggle to get to 8-8 SU? Never say never with any of these teams making a run on a future wager on an AFC Championship victory. In the sortable table below, teams can be ordered by name, number of division wins, playoff berths, or titles. Bill O'Brien may not be the king of 8-8 SU seasons like former Bengals coach Marvin Lewis was, but the Texan's have won at least nine games in five of his six seasons there, and the one they didn't was when they lost QB Deshaun Watson to a torn ACL. The Houston Texans don’t have a first or second-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Promising trend: For the fourth week in a row, wide receiver Will Fuller caught a touchdown pass. Call 1-800-Gambler.

1 overall pick. shipped All-Pro wideout DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals.

Jenna Watson/IndyStar via Imagn Content Services, LLC. Speaking of Tennessee, they are a team I've got a tough time believing they'll duplicate their 2019 run, especially when the sample size of Ryan Tannehill's career under center doesn't come close to painting as bright as a picture as his 10 starts in Tennessee do last year.

The AFC South is often regarded as the NFL's "newest" division since at the time of its establishment none of the new division's members had played more than eighteen seasons in their current cities.

Tennessee's got a real shot at going sniffing the basement in this division this year, as it's going to be hard to replicate their 2019 success on all levels.

Week 6 is in the books for the AFC South, with the division going 2-2 for the week.

If there is a positive to point out with how things currently stand, it is that the Jaguars moved up in draft position this week. The Jaguars' latest loss was a 34-16 debacle against the Detroit Lions.

What to dislike: Even against a poor run defense, the Colts still couldn't get their running game going. Here is a look at all of the AFC South matchups on Sunday. Next opponent: The Titans will have a premier matchup on Sunday, posting the 5-0 Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2007, the AFC South had the best division record of all time based on the combined 42–22 (.656 winning percentage).

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• Depth charts for every team » The AFC South has been a division that tends to find itself up for grabs late in a season the past few years, and with the ways that Indianapolis, Houston, and last year's AFC runner-up Tennessee have positioned themselves for 2020, this division race could come down to the final weeks again. Tennessee Titans (5-0, 2-0): The Titans won a 42-36 overtime thriller against the Houston Texans on Sunday, an impressive showing from the offense. AFC SOUTH.

(PA) If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available, call 1-800-Gambler. Josh Allen is trending toward returning to playing this Sunday, Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone said on Monday. The Texans had won their first Playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals 31–10 but then lost to the Baltimore Ravens 20–13 in the Divisional game. For a team that can't really afford to play too many games from behind with their physical, run-first brand of football, that's not particularly a good thing. Here's what to expect from the AFC South ahead of the upcoming NFL season.

Indianapolis swept all three of its divisional opponents during the 2013 campaign to reclaim its first division title since 2010.

John Shipley and Kassidy Hill break it down here. Please check your email for a confirmation. What to like: Hats off to Mike Vrabel for his clock management magic at the end of regulation against the Texans. Both props come in at plus money - +125 and +149 respectively – so even a split ends up profitable.

• Full schedule » | Standings » At the same time, Jacksonville doesn't even have to match last year's 6-10 straight up (SU) mark to cash an 'over' ticket here, while I'm not sure anything Houston did see leave their roster – by the player's or team/coach's choice – is worth a full 2+ fewer losses. Other than a three-and-out to start the game, the Texans didn't force the Titans to punt a single time. Who played the most snaps for the Jaguars in Week 6 and why? Share this article 42 shares share tweet text email link Mike Moraitis.

Which brings me to the Colts, who are just as hard to trust as well. You have 4 free articles remaining this month, Sign-up to our daily newsletter for more articles like this + access to 5 extra articles.

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With that said, Minshew has still done plenty of positive things, he just hasn't done them to the consistent level the Jaguars need him to if he is going to prove he is a franchise QB.