My line up grades for the NFL AFC South teams for the 2018 season. You need to keep these grades close by when you select your teams for the coming year.
AFC South | |
Texans | |
QB | Deshaun Watson |
If Watson can survive the season, he will be fine. A- | |
RB | Lamar Miller |
Miller was horrible last yr with 21y his longest run. D | |
WR | DeAndre Hopkins & Will Fuller V & Braxton Miller |
Hopkins is outstanding. Watson deserves better from Fuller & Miller B | |
TE | Stephen Anderson |
Anderson is barely OK. C | |
OL | lt Julie’n Davenport lg Zach Fulton c Nick Martin rg Senio Kelemete rt Seantrel Henderson |
Watson deserves better in the OL than this group. Henderson was 3rd string in BF. D | |
DL | Le J.J. Watt nt D.J. Reader re Joel Heath |
Watt was hurt most of 17, putting pressure on Clowney. Rest are nothing special. C | |
lb | slb Whitney Mercilus lilb Zach Cunningham rilb Benardrick McKinney wlb Jadeveon Clowney |
Mercilus was hurt but Clowney is outstanding. B | |
DB | lc Johnathan Joseph rc Aaron Colvin fs Kareem Jackson ss Tyrann Mathieu FA |
Signing Mathieu helped but Watson needs to score a lot of points to keep HO in the game. | |
Colts | |
QB | Andrew Luck or Jacoby Brissett |
No luck in Indy last year. Brissett was decent. B with Luck C without him. | |
RB | Marlon Mack |
Mack is not good & runs behind a bad OL. D | |
WR | T.Y. Hilton & Ryan Grant |
Hilton is fine, Grant not so much. C | |
TE | Eric Ebron FA & Jack Doyle FA |
Both are solid and can catch. B | |
OL | lt Anthony Castonzo lg Quenton Nelson R c Ryan Kelly R rg Braden Smith R rt Austin Howard FA |
The rebuilt OL can’t be worse. D | |
DL | le Denico Autry FA lt Grover Stewart rt Al Woods re Jabaal Sheard |
Jabaal Sheard is fine the rest is not good. D | |
lb | slb John Simon mlb Antonio Morrison wlb Najee Goode |
Morrison is the best of this group. Rest are not good. D | |
DB | lc Quincy Wilson rc Kenny Moore fs Malik Hooker ss Matthias Farley |
All are green but Matthias Farley is the best here. C- | |
Jaguars | |
QB | Blake Bortles |
Bortles is at best middle of the road. C | |
RB | Leonard Fournette |
He is top 10 RB. A | |
WR | Marqise Lee & D.J. Chark R & Donte Moncrief FA |
Is this grp holding Bortles back or is this grp the problem? D | |
TE | Austin Seferian-Jenkins |
Young and rising. C+ | |
OL | lt Cam Robinson lg Andrew Norwell FA c Brandon Linder rg A.J. Cann rt Jermey Parnell |
Norwell helped but the OL still below average. C- | |
DL | le Yannick Ngakoue lt Marcell Dareus rt Malik Jackson re Calais Campbell |
Rebuilt DL is better. B+ | |
lb | slb Myles Jack mlb Blair Brown wlb Telvin Smith |
Jack & Smith are as good as any OLB. Brown not so much. A- | |
DB | lc A.J. Bouye rc Jalen Ramsey fs Tashaun Gipson ss Barry Church |
2 probowlers & 2 guys B+ | |
Titans | |
QB | Marcus Mariota |
He had a down year last season but played well in the playoffs. C- | |
RB | Derrick Henry & Dion Lewis (rec) |
Lewis is too small to be a 25 carry a game back. Henry must carry the load. C | |
WR | Rishard Matthews & Corey Davis &Taywan Taylor |
Matthews is OK but the rest are not good. | |
TE | Delanie Walker |
He is a top 5 TE. A | |
OL | lt Taylor Lewan lg Quinton Spain c Ben Jones rg Josh Kline rt Jack Conklin J |
OL was better last year, after a shaky year in 16. B- | |
DL | le DaQuan Jones nt Bennie Logan FA re Jurrell Casey |
Casey is fine the rest are not good. B- | |
lb | lob Derrick Morgan lib Wesley Woodyard rib Rashaan Evans R rolb Brian Orakpo |
Woodyard is outstanding. Rest are OK at best B- | |
DB | lc Logan Ryan rc Malcolm Butler fs Kevin Byard ss Johnathan Cyprien |
Byard is OK the rest need to prove themselves C | |