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Today we look at the biggest issues facing each team in the AFC South and give you an opportunity to assess priority one: Pending free agents of note: Tight end Jared Cook, kicker Rob Bironas, return man Darius Reynaud, fullback Quinn Johnson, gua...

The Jaguars have plenty of cap room and don't need to save money. But that's the biggest benefit to their dealing receiver and return man Mike Thomas to the Detroit Lions. I confirmed a bit ago the Jaguars got a draft pick for him, though I don't ...

Return men are bringing too many kickoffs out of the end zone. That gut feeling had me asking ESPN Stats and Info to see if my theory was true. I feel like I see a disproportionate amount of drives starting at the 17- or 12-yard line, and it seems...

Trindon Holliday had a great preseason. It didn't translate to the regular season. The Texans have been bad on special teams, and it will take more than a new return man for them to improve. But it's one place they'll start. Receiver Keshawn Ma...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nearly every team has a preseason underdog emerge. With the Titans, it's Darius Reynaud. As a return man and running back playing after starters were out, he did impressive work in the Titans' first two preseason games. This...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans The Texans think tiny Trindon Holliday, who scored on a 90-yard kickoff return in the preseason opener, can be a premiere return man, writes Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. Brian Cushing was ba...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans won't have the pleasure of facing cornerback and return man Pacman Jones, as the former Tennessee first-round ddraft pick is a scratch for the Bengals at LP Field. He looked good during extensive warm-ups, but was li...

Mike Thomas is going to be the Jacksonville Jaguars' No. 1 receiver. So should he be a primary return man any longer? It's nice to have the threat, but if you lose a key piece of your offense to an injury suffered on special teams, it's brutal. ...

It's hard not to enjoy this video from the Titans of Jeff Fisher's phone call to return man Marc Mariani, informing rookie of his election to the Pro Bowl. I was hard on the Titans for the pick and didn't like it when Fisher's son, Brandon, a col...

Rookie return man Trindon Holliday will have surgery on a torn thumb ligament and is out for the season for the Houston Texans. He'll join Ben Tate (ankle) on the IR. That's two of the nine members from this year's draft class on the shelf before ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Stack up all the TV shows and DVDs some people watch and it can be pretty intimidating. That's how Titans return man and running back Alvin Pearman, who's not much of a TV or movie guy, looks at his thick volume of training camp r...

Trindon Holliday's electric work as a return man can create a buzz. But it's his work at wide receiver that'll create a career. Gary Kubiak made it clear during OTAs, when Holliday struggled in his initial time at wide receiver, that the team d...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans looked into trading up for Damian Williams and couldn't pull it off. So they were thrilled he was around at No. 77 in the third round. Jeff Fisher said Tennessee liked the fifth receiver taken in the draft so much th...

Icon SMIAFC South return men Ryan Mouton of the Titans and Chad Simpson and TJ Rushing of the Colts failed to get their teams the yards they needed.The Titans' 2009 search for a returner was a failure. In recent years, the Colts haven't shown a lot o...

We're back at home base and into our regular Thursday schedule. So you can expect a column later Thursday on what the Colts and Titans can try to do to unearth a return man if they try to address the position. And after that is filed, we'll hav...

A couple of AFC South Joneses are in the news. Former Jaguars receiver Matt Jones is apparently deciding between the Titans and Bengals for an attempted comeback. Former Titans and Cowboys corner and return man Adam "Pacman" Jones got a look by th...