AFC South Draft Breakdown — Texans' Defense Reload, Jags' TE Duo & Carnell Tate's Rise
The Audible
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In This Episode: On this edition of The Audible, Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom turn their focus to the AFC South and how the 2026 NFL Draft reshaped a division loaded with young quarterbacks and evolving identities. The Houston Texans doubled down on their strength, adding even more defensive firepower to a unit that already carried them in 2025. Did they just build the nastiest young defense in the conference.
The Jacksonville Jaguars took a different path, grabbing not one but TWO intriguing tight ends, giving their offense new flexibility and giving Cam Ward's rival Trevor Lawrence more matchup‑friendly options. And speaking of Ward — the Tennessee Titans may have found his new favorite target in Carnell Tate, a polished, explosive wideout who could step in as an immediate go‑to weapon.
Meanwhile, the Colts made moves that signal where their long‑term roster build is headed. Every team added talent — but which one actually changed its trajectory.
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🔥 In this episode:
Did the Texans turn a strength into a true identity
How the Jaguars' TE double‑dip reshapes their offense
Why Carnell Tate could become Cam Ward's WR1 right away
What the Colts' draft says about their rebuild timeline
Which AFC South team improved the most in 2026
Drop your thoughts in the comments — who won the AFC South draft in your eyes.
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| 0:00.0 | How about the AFC South? As we recap the 2026 NFL draft, it is the Audible Cecil-Lamy and Sigmund Bloom. We got to go over the Texans, the Colts, the Jaguars, and the Titans. And we're going to do all that and more. It's the Audible. And as we often say, let's flip and go. You got a team. Here's a word of the wise. You want to dominate your league. You the football guys. |
| 0:23.4 | Football. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm living in a let's flip and go you got a team here's a word of the wise you want to dominate your league go to football guys |
| 0:23.4 | let's go over the fantasy |
| 0:25.5 | got everybody mad at me |
| 0:28.2 | football because every game I had to win |
| 0:30.7 | I got to be a champion |
| 0:33.0 | I'm living in a fantasy |
| 0:35.6 | let's go over the Houston Texan, Sigman Bloom, and what it means when you strengthen |
| 0:43.1 | an already strength and the defense. |
| 0:46.7 | We'll get to that in a little bit. |
| 0:47.9 | But to start out things, 26 overall in the first round, it's Keelan Rutledge, excuse me, Georgia |
| 0:53.1 | Tech Guard as you go to |
| 0:55.3 | help that offensive line. Caden McDonald, the defensive tackle from Ohio State, this is where |
| 1:00.1 | I thought he would be, honestly, about 26. You know what I mean? I thought, here's another |
| 1:05.0 | Buckeye in the first round, early second round, but that's a value there for the Houston Texans, in my opinion, helping that |
| 1:12.4 | strength that they have on the defense with a strong defensive tackle there. |
| 1:16.6 | Marlon Klein, Michigan tight end. |
| 1:18.6 | Again, I think Klein really, perhaps Bloom, he was the first to show how the Y tight end was |
| 1:23.9 | going to be the pick this year, top of my head he did go before |
| 1:28.4 | Eli Stowers I believe there's somewhere around there so like stowers but then Klein it's like |
| 1:33.6 | wait a second the blocker yeah the blocker a couple of fourth rounders for becky noahu |
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