AFC South Notes: Colts, Jaguars, Texans, Titans

Colts

Jaguars

Jaguars HC Doug Marrone said they would bring new WR Terrelle Pryor along slowly, but added that he anticipates Pryor making himself a factor sooner rather than later. 

โ€œHe is very smart,โ€ Marrone said via Jacksonville.com’s Phillip Heilman. โ€œI think he has communicated well up until this point, which Iโ€™ve only had limited communication [with him]. I think that he is a big athlete with a good catch radius, and I think he will be in position to compete for a job, and Iโ€™m sure he hopes to get back to the season that he had a couple years ago where he really had a heck of a year.โ€ 

  • Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer mentions that there’s a real path to Pryor winning a roster spot in Jacksonville, as the team doesn’t have another wide receiver with his size and catch radius. 
  • Jaguars WR coach Keenan McCardell says WR Marqise Lee has a ways to go in his recovery from a torn ACL: โ€œHeโ€™s probably a couple weeks into training camp before heโ€™ll be back.โ€ (Phillip Heilman)
  • Lee said his goal was to be “out there producing” for Week 1 against Kansas City. (Heilman)

Texans

Texans WR Keke Coutee says he’s focused on preparing his body to stay healthy during the season. He’s doing a lot of stretching and soft tissue work this offseason, โ€œflushing out my body just to get that old scarring tissue out of there.โ€

โ€œWhat I did last season was just a little taste of what I can do,โ€ Coutee said via ESPN’s Sarah Barshop. โ€œLike I said, thatโ€™s in the past and this is a new season, so Iโ€™m looking to get better any way I can.โ€

Titans

  • According to Paul Kuharsky, first-round DT Jeffery Simmons appears to have received a fully-guaranteed deal, though some of that could potentially be for injury only.
  • Simmons received a signing bonus of $7.23 million and base salaries of $425,000, $1.07 million, $1.65 million and $2.22 million all guaranteed.

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