The AFC South is full of big-time offensive players, including a couple of quarterbacks with big expectations and two of the premier wide receivers in the league. But which offensive player is the best in the division?
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Here's a look at the top 10 players in the division:
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10. Jack Conklin, RT — Tennessee
Tennessee's offensive line had a strong showing in 2016, and part of that success was due to the right tackle, Jack Conklin. Conklin was ranked No. 66 on Pro Football Focus' top 101 player grades of 2016, and is expected to continue that solid play thi fall. He allowed only two sacks last year.
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9. Lamar Miller, RB — Houston
Miller managed a 1,000-yard season last year for Houston despite the lack of a dangerous passing attack under Brock Osweiler. In 14 games he carried the ball 268 times for 1,073 yards and 5 touchdowns. He caught 31 passes on 39 targets for 188 yards and another score.
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8. Allen Robinson, WR — Jacksonville
Jacksonville and fantasy football fans are hoping the Jaguars open things up this fall liek they did in 2015, when Robinson caught 80 passes for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns, averaging 17.5 yards per reception. He only caught seven fewer passes last year, but for only 883 yards and six scores, averaging 12.1 yards per catch.
He's clearly got the talent to be one of the top wide receivers in the division, he just needs the gameplan and quarterback play to match up with his ability.
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7. DeMarco Murray, RB — Tennessee
Murray took advantage of the improved Tennessee Titans offensive line last fall, rushing 293 times for 1,287 yards and 9 touchdowns, averaging 4.4 yards per carry. It was his best season since rushing for nearly 2,000 yards with Dallas.
He's expected to continue to produce big numbers this fall, as Tennessee should once again have a strong offensive line, and improved it's passing attack with more weapons for Marcus Mariota.
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6. Delanie Walker, TE — Tennessee
Speaking of weapons for Marcus Mariota, Delanie Walker is his best. The tight end caught 63 passes for 800 yards and 7 scores last year, and has been targeted more than 100 times each of his last three seasons.
He's one year removed from his first 1,000-yard season in the NFL, and has been a Pro Bowl tight end the past two seasons.
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5. Taylor Lewan, LT — Tennessee
The second Tennessee tackle on this list proves just how good the Titans' offensive line was last year and should be again this year. Lewan really came into his own last season in his third year in the league. He only allowed two sacks or hits all season, an impressive feat for a left tackle in today's NFL.
Lewan was Pro Football Focus' 64th-best graded player in the 2016 season.
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4. Marcus Mariota, QB — Tennessee
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the aforementioned Tennessee players was quarterback Marcus Mariota, who continued to improve in his second year in the league. He completed 276 of 451 attempts (61.2 percent) for 3,426 yards and 26 touchdowns against 9 interceptions.
He improved in most categories last year, throwing more touchdowns and fewer interceptions, but his completion percentage fell slightly (just by 1 percent, 62.2 percent to 61.2 percent). Mariota is one of the brightest young stars in the NFL today.
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3. T.Y. Hilton, WR — Indianapolis
One of the top wide receivers in the entire league, Hilton is a little underrated, possibly because of his stature. At 5-foot-10 and 183 pounds he still managed to register his fourth-straight 1,000-yard season last year, leading the league with 1,448 reception yards.
He caught 91 passes, scored six touchdowns, and was targeted a career-high 155 times.
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2. DeAndre Hopkins, WR — Houston
Hilton isn't the only AFC South receiver who is underrated across the league. Hopkins has had a slew of quarterbacks (Matt Schaub, T.J. Yates, Case Keenum, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mallett, Bryan Hoyer, Brandon Weeden, Tom Savage, and Brock Osweiler — soon to add Deshaun Watson) but still produces some amazing plays.
He caught 78 passes for 954 yards and 4 touchdowns last year after back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons (1,500 yards in 2015).
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1. Andrew Luck, QB — Indianapolis
Despite injury-ridden seasons the past two years, Luck is still the best player in this division. He needs to reconvince a few people of that, and will be delayed in that effort as he continues to get healthy.
When he's right — like in his 4,761-yard, 40-TD season in 2013 — he's among the best quarterbacks in the country. But he hasn't been right, and people are starting to doubt if he will ever be the same.
Despite al the criticism, his 2015 numbers were still really good — 346 of 545 (63.5 percent) for 4,240 yards and 31 touchdowns against 13 interceptions. The number people care about, though, was the 8-7 record in the 15 games he played.
