Offtackle

Mar 11, 2026

AFC South Final-Day Snapshot: Houston Selective, Indianapolis Active on the Line, Jacksonville Measured, Tennessee Spending

The most unresolved division in the window enters its last hours with four different organizational approaches — and only one of them is clearly driven by patience.

The AFC South enters the final day of the negotiating window with more unresolved questions than any other division, which is consistent with the AFC South's history of offseasons that look unsettled on paper and clarify slowly through the spring and summer. Houston, the division's dominant organization over the past two seasons, is operating from a position of roster strength that allows genuine selectivity in free agency. DeMeco Ryans' staff has been focused on depth additions at linebacker and edge rusher rather than headline moves, which is the approach of an organization that believes its core is already built and needs to be reinforced rather than rebuilt.