Colts

• Veteran Colts DT DeForest Buckner received an honorable mention from an NFL defensive line coach on Jeremy Fowler‘s list of interior linemen: “No real drop-off in his play. He’s still elite — just older and injured.”
• Fowler‘s cornerback list had Sauce Gardner listed despite some being critical of his turnovers, with only three interceptions in four NFL seasons: “Sauce lost the sauce,” an NFL offensive coach said. “Now, he got traded for a reason — he’s a long strider and has the confidence to overshadow his weaknesses. He can press and play Cover 2. But he’s not going to tackle all the time, he’s not going to crack replace, and when playing zone, sometimes he’s not playing it correctly. It’s just hard for him to hold up over the course of the game…Not many move like him. He moves like a much smaller man. But he’s not making plays at the same rate he was.”

Jaguars

Titans

Titans QB Cam Ward went viral for his comment, “we ass,” following a 26-0 loss to the Texans in Week 4 last season. Ward said he entirely meant that comment and was clear he will always be fully transparent when talking to the media and his teammates.

“That’s how I’ve been my whole life. That’s how I was raised, to be honest. That’s how I was brought up,” Ward said, via Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. “For myself, I’m not playing my best ball that game, and when I said that, I meant it.”

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