The AFC South, 2026 Season

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

First off thanks for interacting with me Chaos. We have a game tonight, lots being discussed about the team in the news but this board is dead. Mimics the excitement (low) that most of us probably feel for the season. I feel like there is a greater chance that most of those things don't pan out. However if Daniel Jones and our cornerback situation stay great and healthy we definitely can make the playoffs. That isnt enough for me. I want us to realistically have a shot to win it all. We don't have to win it all, I just want to go into a playoff with some hope to come out a winner with other than a miracle needed. It isnt our of the question but is a very low probability (10%?).

For tonights game, we need a backup QB desperately if we want to make a real run. Ill be interested in seeing who looks less shitty, AR or Leonard. Both have issues but lets hope one of them stands out. Unfortunately i have no faith in this group of talent evaluators getting it right except through blind luck.

I would say the main thing to potentially derail us is injuries. That's bad because it's up to the football gods who they bite. But it's also good in that, if they stay healthy, the roster is good enough to compete with the best teams.

Better than the alternative of a bad roster in need of turnover. What gives me optimism is the way the team competed against some of the best teams prior to catastrophe striking.

I just don't see the logic in reviewing the evidence of 7-1, including DEN, LAC, and a nailbiter with LAR and shrugging those 8 games off to instead treat the PIT game as if it was the truth and not more of an outlier. And that then leading to treating the final 7 games as inevitable - would have happened anyway.

I don't buy it at all. I think, as has been the case for years, we have some really good gears (roster) and need a central cog (competent QB) to make those gears turn.

That central cog doesn't need to be diamond-coated titanium... we don't need the second coming of Manning... it just needs to not be warped and chipped.