The_Philster
06-26-2003, 06:23 PM
The only downside for teams in the AFC South is the "cap" of enthusiasm.
The AFC South is a curious alignment of teams in various stages of the effects of the salary cap. The Jacksonville Jaguars are in their second year of emerging from salary-cap hell, a torture that cost Tom Coughlin his job. The Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts are in the gates of salary-cap problems. The Houston Texans entered the league with a clean salary cap slate and the sky is the limit for their future. This is a unique division; a thinking man's division in which coaches use the field like a chessboard and front office executives need calculators and spreadsheets. From the coaching standpoints, it's fun watching four defensive head coaches push the limits of offensive strategy. No division uses as many three-receiver sets as the AFC South, putting an emphasis on developing third, fourth and fifth cornerbacks...
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The AFC South is a curious alignment of teams in various stages of the effects of the salary cap. The Jacksonville Jaguars are in their second year of emerging from salary-cap hell, a torture that cost Tom Coughlin his job. The Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts are in the gates of salary-cap problems. The Houston Texans entered the league with a clean salary cap slate and the sky is the limit for their future. This is a unique division; a thinking man's division in which coaches use the field like a chessboard and front office executives need calculators and spreadsheets. From the coaching standpoints, it's fun watching four defensive head coaches push the limits of offensive strategy. No division uses as many three-receiver sets as the AFC South, putting an emphasis on developing third, fourth and fifth cornerbacks...
more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1572112.html)