LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The NFL Annual League Assembly is happening this week, and the AFC head coaches met with the media on Monday. I attempted to talk with as lots of them as I may to realize some perception for the upcoming season.
Listed below are damage updates, information gadgets and simply normal issues of curiosity that the coaches from the AFC South stated within the media session.
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Tennessee Titans
The Titans had loads of turnover this offseason with new additions at coach (Brian Callahan), working again (Tony Pollard) and receiver (Calvin Ridley), amongst others. Callahan stated the crew has given Will Levis loads of instruments to succeed as he enters his first full season because the beginning quarterback.
“It makes him need to work tougher,” Callahan stated of Levis. “It evokes him to go work. We’re being aggressive, we’re making an attempt so as to add good gamers and we’re not sitting again. I feel he appreciates it, and he is enthusiastic about it.”
Levis ought to be drafted with a late-round decide in deeper leagues as a No. 2 Fantasy quarterback, however he undoubtedly has extra upside now with the addition of Ridley becoming a member of DeAndre Hopkins. Callahan stated Ridley can play each receiver spot, and he is excited to create mismatches for him and Hopkins this season.
Ridley is price drafting as a high-end No. 2 Fantasy receiver in all leagues as early as Spherical 5. And Hopkins ought to be thought of a high-end No. 3 Fantasy receiver price drafting in Spherical 7.
“His velocity, his potential to get out and in of breaks, to separate, are actually type of prime degree for the place within the league,” Callahan stated of Ridley. “He brings a component that we actually wanted, and the chance so as to add him was actually superior.”
Callahan additionally stated he plans to make use of Pollard and Tyjae Spears in a wide range of methods this 12 months and referred to as them a “fairly formidable 1-2 punch.” However Callahan would not say if one will get considerably extra touches than the opposite.
“They each can rating touchdowns,” Callahan stated. “Have some explosiveness and make you miss of their sport. Catch the ball out of the backfield and shield. You’ve got two guys which are interchangeable that each add one thing distinctive to the offense.
“I feel it will likely be a fairly good division of labor between the 2 of them. The factor that excites me about them each is that they each can cross shield, they usually’re each good at it. You do not essentially need to take one or the opposite off the sector on third down, which is actually good for us.”
Pollard ought to be drafted in all leagues as a No. 2 Fantasy working again in Spherical 5. And Spears stays a possible flex possibility in all leagues price drafting as early as Spherical 7.