AFC Notes: Colts, Texans, Titans

Colts

Coltsโ€™ second-round RB Jonathan Taylor said heโ€™s not worried about his playing time behind Marlon Mack

โ€œI think itโ€™s another level of focus here,โ€ Taylor said, via Andrew Walker of the teamโ€™s official site. โ€œI mean, you think about in college, youโ€™re already focused, especially when youโ€™re in your second, third year of college youโ€™re kind of ready, you know what to expect. I mean, itโ€™s even another level of focus at this level. I can just already tell โ€” you donโ€™t count the reps, you make the reps count. So whenever youโ€™re in, youโ€™re on. Make sure youโ€™re 100 percent.โ€

Taylor added that he intends on making the most of his playing time โ€œwhenever my number is called.โ€ 

โ€œI mean, think about it: youโ€™re a professional now,โ€ Taylor said. โ€œWhen people are at their jobs โ€” I know my mother is at her job; she likes to do everything correctly to a T, as perfect as possible. And Iโ€™m taking the same approach here. I mean, whenever my number is called, Iโ€™m making sure that Iโ€™m on at all times because itโ€™s my job now.โ€

Texans

  • Joel Corry of CBS Sports mentions Texans DE J.J. Watt as a player potential at a crossroads entering the 2020 season.
  • Corry mentions that Watt has two years remaining on his contract worth $33 million. Watt is still an impactful player, but has dealt with injuries and 32 of the last 64 regular season games.
  • Dan Graziano of ESPN mentions Texans WR Will Fuller as a potential extension candidate, but says his injury history obviously complicates his future in Houston. Fuller is set to make just over $10 million under his fifth-year option in 2020.

Titans

Titansโ€™ recently retired DC Dean Pees said he has the โ€œutmost confidenceโ€ in HC Mike Vrabel as a play-caller and compared him to Vikings HC Mike Zimmer. 

โ€œI think it all depends on the person,โ€ Pees said, via Paul Kuharsky. โ€œLook, Mike [Zimmer] is a very, very smart guy. Heโ€™s going to do whatever needs to be done which is the best for the team and the best chance for success. And if he feels he canโ€™t he wonโ€™t, if he feels he can, he will. If I were a fan of Tennessee, I would have the utmost confidence that he was going to be able to handle it one way or the other going forward.โ€

Pees mentioned that Vrabel would occasionally allow his coordinators to call games and act as a game-manager while giving input to the offense, defense, and special teams. 

โ€œIโ€™d say it was just every so often, some games a couple of times, some games maybe never, especially if things were going well then he just kind of let you go,โ€ Pees said. โ€œI think a lot of times, heโ€™s managing the game. I donโ€™t know if a lot of people know, but the head coach has a headset that he can click from the offense to the defense to the special teams. He can click over to everybody.โ€

As for Titansโ€™ recently promoted OLBs coach Shane Bowen, Pees said the assistant is a โ€œvery sharp and upcomingโ€ coach in the league. 

โ€œA very, very sharp and upcoming coach. He is going to have a bright future in this profession. He is a very hard worker who is a very loyal guy, he is very, very football intelligent. He really relates to the players well, they love him. He has a very, very bright future,โ€ Pees said.

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