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The AFC South is sort of all or nothing with regards to blitzing. The Texans send five or more pass-rushers at the quarterback 44.6 percent of the time, the most in the league. The Colts are third at 41.6 percent. Meanwhile the Titans and Jagua...

Snippets from Scouts Inc.'s scouting reports on the games involving the AFC South this weekend. Titans at Bills Film room nuggets: "Opposing tight ends have simply destroyed the Titans' pass defense . Scott Chandler is (Ryan) Fitzpatrick's favo...

It was understood throughout the Chargers franchise: To end a disheartening two-year playoff drought and to keep the Norv Turner program afloat in San Diego, the defensive performance had to improve in 2012. "We all knew it," standout Chargers saf...

Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Robert Mathis is out two to three weeks with a sprained left knee, defensive coordinator Greg Manusky confirmed Thursday.

Bruce Arians was already in a tough spot, coordinating a Colts offense lacking in some very important features -- namely, an effective offensive line or run game. Arians, who was hired primarily because of his record with young quarterbacks Peyton...

SAN DIEGO -- With the outside perception of the San Diego Chargers taking a major tumble, the team, which for so long was built from the inside, changed philosophy in 2012 in a last attempt to keep that proverbial Super Bowl window from slamming shut...

ANDERSON, Ind. -- Quality over quantity is no way to build a corps of cornerbacks. But when you're the Colts, who filled needs all over the board as a new regime took over, it had to happen somewhere. And that somewhere is at corner. Beyond No....

Checking in on afternoon developments around the division: Item: The Texans suffered another injury to a significant player, and breathed another sigh of relief that it wasn't bad. Defensive end J.J. Watt dislocated an elbow, got it popped back...

Examining who faces the most challenging season for the Colts and why. The Colts are changing in a big way on defense -- they aim to be bigger, more physical and better against the run. Although they talk of being a hybrid, they want to be a base ...

It's no surprise the San Diego Chargers released linebacker Travis LaBoy. The Chargers selected South Carolina's Melvin Ingram with the No. 18 pick in the draft last month and he will start at an outside linebacker spot. There just wasn't room for...

Did the Chargers do enough on defense? If the San Diego Chargers are going to end a two-year playoff drought and coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith are going to save their jobs, the defense must make strides. The unit was the wors...

Through three rounds and four picks, the Indianapolis Colts had gone all offense. Chuck Pagano said his defensive coordinator, Greg Manusky, was spending a lot of time on the elliptical machine burning off his energy while remaining empty-handed. ...

Bob Sanders is long gone, and injury-prone Melvin Bullitt is not with the Indianapolis Colts anymore. Indianapolis has a dire need at strong safety, where the Colts platooned David Caldwell and Joe Lefeged last season after Bullitt was lost early ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- I had a chance to meet with San Diego Chargers general manager A.J. Smith on Thursday. In the big picture, Smith said his team must address its defense as it attempts another playoff run. However, Smith's most pressing issue is the...

There has been plenty of movement in the front office and on coaching staffs in the AFC West in the past several weeks. Two of the seven coaching staffs that changed in the NFL occurred in the AFC West this year. There are some more additions as s...

We can say with some confidence that the Green Bay Packers' coaching staff is getting a thorough once-over from the NFL this season. Cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt is reportedly a candidate for the Oakland Raiders' defensive coordinator job, bringin...