2025 AFC South preview
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🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
The AFC South is something of a punchline in the NFL, with its division champion seemingly locked into that Saturday afternoon Wild Card round game timeslot. You're there for a reason, you know? But is this the year the AFC South gets the last laugh? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dive deep into all four teams on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown (timestamps are approximate)
4:00 Houston Texans preview
34:46 Indianapolis Colts preview
1:01:53 Jacksonville Jaguars preview
1:33:34 Tennessee Titans preview
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:32.5 | Welcome to the athletic football show. I'm Robert Mays. It's the AFC South preview today. No, Dave Hellman. He's out today. He'll be back for all of the shows later this week. Just me and Derek Klesson. Really enjoyed this conversation. This was one of the divisions where I actually visited with all four teams over the course of training camp, which it just feels like I have a lot more |
| 0:54.5 | fluency and what these teams are doing than some of the other teams I didn't spend time with. |
| 0:57.8 | And so so much to dig into about the Titans with their new quarterback, the Colts and their |
| 1:02.7 | quarterback conundrum that they're currently dealing with, what the Jags are going to do with |
| 1:07.9 | Liam Cohen in year one, and then chatting about the Houston Texans, |
| 1:11.3 | who have a ton of talent on defense, a quarterback that I still think has a very bright future. |
| 1:16.1 | So enjoyed the conversation about the AFC South with Derek. |
| 1:19.1 | Let's get to it right now. |
| 1:25.0 | The AFC South, we are here as part of our division previews kicking off a full week of these one Monday through Friday. |
| 1:33.5 | It is going to be a torrid race to the finish here before we get to Labor Day weekend and the eve of the NFL season. |
| 1:41.4 | Derek, I'm excited about this one. |
| 1:42.8 | I think that there's plenty to dig into here. |
| 1:44.5 | We've not talked about the Anthony Richardson stuff at all. And so we're obviously going to hit |
| 1:47.6 | that in the Colts preview. But there are a lot of important changes at really influential |
| 1:52.9 | positions. When we talk about the Texans offense coordinator, the Jags offensive coordinator, |
| 1:56.6 | we've into quarterback in Tennessee. I mean, there are reasons for hope, optimism, intrigue, and key spots |
| 2:03.2 | at pretty much every single team in this division. |
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