AFC South Skill Position Rankings: Tight End
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The drought is upon us. We have reached the point in the year when the NFL news cycle grinds to a painfully dull trickle and we are left in the pitiable situation in which we wait excitedly for training camp. It will get so bad that we’ll long for a preseason game before it is all said and done.
So, in the interest of feeding my appetite for football, I decided to take a look at the skill positions around the AFC South heading into the 2021 NFL season. Today we’re taking a look at the tight end position.
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The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves hosting their third straight AFC championship game on Sunday, putting themselves in a position to go to back-to-back Super Bowls. Standing in their way is a formidable opponent and one of the hottest teams in football: the Buffalo Bills.
The Chiefs are no strangers to this team, having defeated them once in Buffalo earlier this season. That defensive performance from the Chiefs was one of their best of the year, and they’ll look to repeat it against a Bills team that’s a little less healthy than the last time these teams saw each other.
Colts Key 2021 Free Agents: Who Stays or Goes this Offseason?
Stocked with a projected $65.8M of salary cap space, the
Indianapolis Colts will have a lot of flexibility this offseason to pursue significant acquisitions this offseason.
However, the franchise also must make difficult decisions on a number of soon-to-be key free agents.
Without further ado, let’s take a look:
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2020 AAV: $25M
2020 Stats: Completed 369 of 543 pass attempts (68.0%) for 4,149 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions during all 16 starts.
GM Chris Ballard End-of-Season Quote: “Do I think Philip can still play? Absolutely, I do. Philip and I had an hour talk yesterday. He’s going to take some time, and we’re going to take some time, and we’ll meet in about a month and see which way we’re going to forward.”
The Colts gave the Bills everything they could handle in their Wild Card Round matchup, but self-inflicted wounds would ultimately prove too costly in their 27-24 lossThe Indianapolis Colts, the.