2014 NFL Season Previews: AFC South

The AFC South is a conference that could be up for grabs if one team decides to make a turnaround. Every year in the NFL there is usually a team that goes from first to worst and the AFC South may be the weakest division in the NFL. Yet none of the teams really addressed their needs enough for that to happen. So let's get into predictions.

1. Indianapolis Colts

2013: 11-5. 1st in the AFC South. Lost in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Key Losses: Antoine Bethea, Donald Brown, Kavell Conner, Jeff Likenbach, Darius Heyward-Bey, Cassius Vaughn, Pat Angerer

Key Additions: David Sims, Arthur Jones, Hakeem Nicks, Colt Anderson, Mike Adams, Brandon McKinney, Philip Hunt.

Toughest Match-ups: Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles, Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers

2014:

Like I said this division should be up for grabs but it isn't. The Colts are probably the weakest division winner in the league but they are loads better than the other teams in the AFC South. The Colts are extremely flawed on the offensive line and in the defensive secondary. They also don't have a proven running game with Donald Brown leaving and Trent Richardson not playing well last year. What the Colts do have is a proven commodity at quarterback. Andrew Luck is leaps and bounds ahead of the second best quarterback in the division. Who is even the second best quarterback in the division? Ryan Fitzpatrick? Woah. Jake Locker maybe? Yeah this division is not spilling over with great quarterback play. I have had my reservations about Andrew Luck because people usually tend to think of Luck in terms of potential and not from what he's done in a severely weak conference. They also tend to ignore the amount of mistakes he makes. But still the guy is an extremely talented quarteback and what he is right now is more than enough to make the Colts the Class of the division. The Colts will probably win 10 or 11 games this year.

2. Tennessee Titans

Monday Spread Option 08-11-14

1. Over the weekend sports fans were focused on a place very familiar to us, Western New York, where Tony Stewart hit and killed Kevin Ward Jr. on Saturday night on a dirt track race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park. There was speculation that Stewart purposefully hit Ward

who got out of his car angry at Stewart who had spun him out on the previous lap. Do you think Stewart intended to hit Ward, or was it an accident all around? Should Stewart have raced yesterday at Watkins Glenn? 

Spencer- 

I  don't think Stewart intentionally hit Ward, but I can see why some people think otherwise. In the video you can clearly hear Stewart speed up as he get's close to Ward and obviously he made Ward spin out in the first place, adding to the suspicion. Regardless I don't think there is enough evidence to say Stewart did it on purpose though, which is why he won't be charged or get in any legal trouble. I was happy to see he decided not to race at Watkins Glenn yesterday though. It should of been obvious from the start that racing was a bad idea after the accident the night before. I know he is a competitor and wants to race but it was obvious what the right decision was. Glad he made the right one.

Ty-

 I don't think Stewart wanted to intentionally hit Ward. This story is tragic but it could have possibly been prevented if Ward remained in his car. Once he left his car and stood in the middle of the track he lost all of the safety afforded to him. It was also reported that several other cars almost hit Ward as well. The story just looks really bad because Stewart caused the spin out in the first place. But to think that Stewart intentional hit him with his car then you are questioning Stewart's morals. Either way he has to live with it the rest of his life. Stewart was right to not race the next day, But I'm sure it would have made the situation much worse.