Paul Kuharksy has his division picks up, and explains them fairly well:
But the one thing I keep coming back to, and I was talking about it well before training camp, is left tackle and the offensive line, where second-year right guard Mike Pollak also rates as somewhat of a question mark. Whether it’s Charlie Johnson or Tony Ugoh at left tackle, it’s going to qualify as a weak spot.
I understand Gijon Robinson and the young tight ends will be asked to help him most often. But that means one less weapon on the field out of the five eligible players. And while Manning is going to get the ball out in a hurry, couldn’t it also mean that one important target — Dallas Clark, Joseph Addai or Donald Brown — is out on fewer routes as he is called on to help?
It’s the biggest hole/issue I see in the starting 22 for either team. Yes, I think the Titans will be able to effectively stop the run and rush the passer without Albert Haynesworth. Jeff Fisher’s got a pretty good track record for minimizing personnel losses.
Those things prompt my gut feeling to say the Titans will repeat.
It’s hard to argue with that logic. I think Haynesworth is irreplaceable, but I certainly don’t fault Kuharsky for looking at our line and shaking his head.
ESPN has a full preview of the Colts, and the consensus of their experts is that the Colts win the division.
How Scouts Inc ranks Manning and Wayne with the same grade is beyond me. Wayne is incredible. Manning is in his prime as one of the greatest QBs of all time. There is something wrong with their scales.
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