Team rankings through seven weeks

October, 28, 2009
10/28/09
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Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky

Here is our weekly look at how the AFC South teams rank in 10 key categories in the league.

I believe that scoring and third-down efficiency tend to be more important than yardage gained or surrendered, though it’s all tied together.

The biggest changes of note over two weeks (we missed our review of these a week ago):

Jacksonville played only one game, but saw its total offense jump to 11th from 20th, surely helped by a third down boost that took it from 18th to 10th. Its total defense rose to 23rd from 30th.
Offensive Rankings: AFC South
Team Total Off. Rush Pass Points per game 3rd down
Houston 10th 30th 3rd 13th (t) 21st
Indianapolis 4th 27th 1st 2nd 2nd
Jacksonville 11th 11th 14th 21st 10th
Tennessee 22nd 6th 25th 27th 20th
Defensive Rankings: AFC South
Team Total Def. Rush Pass Points per game 3rd down
Houston 21st 21st 18th 20th 18th
Indianapolis 9th 19th 6th 2nd 27th
Jacksonville 23rd 13th 31st 24th 25th
Tennessee 31st 9th 32nd 32nd 19th

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