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The AFC South May Get Good Again — But Not This Year

To go with our 2016 NFL predictions, FiveThirtyEight is previewing each division. The AFC South has been the punching bag of our NFL preseason previews. In 2015, we called it “perhaps the most imbalanced division in football,” and in 2014, we wrote that the division “can’t be any worse than it was last year.” (We […]

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2015 NFL Preview: The Texans, Jaguars And Titans Will Try To Rein In The Colts

In preparation for the 2015 NFL season, FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight division previews, each highlighting the numbers that may influence a team’s performance (including projections and rankings based on ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index). Today we turn to the AFC South — perhaps the most imbalanced division in football. Andrew Luck’s Colts […]

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2015 NFL Preview: The Texans, Jaguars And Titans Will Try To Rein In The Colts

In preparation for the 2015 NFL season, FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight division previews, each highlighting the numbers that may influence a team’s performance (including projections and rankings based on ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index). Today we turn to the AFC South — perhaps the most imbalanced division in football. Andrew Luck’s Colts […]

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2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year

FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight NFL previews, one division at a time, to highlight the numbers that may influence each team’s season. America’s favorite weekly soap opera is about to begin; get prepped. Indianapolis Colts Expected wins (using implied power ratings from Las Vegas point spreads): 8.8 Playoff probability: 54 percent (42 percent […]

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2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year

FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight NFL previews, one division at a time, to highlight the numbers that may influence each team’s season. America’s favorite weekly soap opera is about to begin; get prepped. Indianapolis Colts Expected wins (using implied power ratings from Las Vegas point spreads): 8.8 Playoff probability: 54 percent (42 percent […]

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