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What I think they're thinking in the four AFC South team headquarters this morning:

Houston Texans

Wow, Matt Schaub was everything we think he can be yesterday in Jacksonville. And we still lost. To get games like that from him, we have to give him superior protection. And that's one thing against the Jags and another against the Colts. How do we handle Dwight Freeney, especially if we fall behind and have to throw it somewhat predictably?

Dunta Robinson may not be a cure all, but we can't fix all our defensive problems with personnel changes now. So let's sell our guys on what a difference maker he will be when he comes off PUP, so his re-emergence can have the maximum psychological impact for us. With or without him, if we keep missing tackles, we are no lock to beat teams like Miami, Detroit and Cincinnati who come visit us soon.

Indianapolis Colts

We got two good days of work in last week before a three-day bye weekend, and our guys concentrated on us, on what we try to do, not on an upcoming opponent. That should really help things. Peyton Manning was out front with the message of how we've all got to get better, starting with him, and that will help take some of the heat off of backup linemen and the shoddy run defense.

We've only lost one ever to Houston, and we've got to take care of business at Reliant Stadium because the schedule turns especially challenging after that: Baltimore, at Green Bay, at Tennessee, New England and at Pittsburgh. Eeesshhhh.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Other people around the league are getting to the passer, and we've got to find a way to join the party. Twenty-seventh in sacks per play and a total of five sacks in four games isn't what we were thinking when we drafted Derrick Harvey and Quentin Groves and hired Gregg Williams to fill the void at coordinator left by Mike Smith's departure. We let Matt Schaub have time and nearly lost to the Texans because of it.

But that will get better and we've stuck with our plan, played hard and recovered from 0-2 to 2-2. The Steelers will want revenge for last season's playoff game, so we've got to play a complete game against Pittsburgh Sunday night and get another error-free performance from David Garrard.

Tennessee Titans

Things are rosy at 4-0, but Jeff Fisher won't let us get big heads. We may bristle publicly at the mentions of how the team's we've beaten are a combined 3-12 and how we're the only team that's played three home games so far. But we're likely being reminded of that behind closed doors.

We can feel good about ourselves, however, in that we just pushed around Minnesota, a team that prides itself on very physical play by both its lines. Baltimore's got a physical defense, too, so we need to show we can do it again. Offensively, we're pretty efficient and effective for what we want to do. And Kerry Collins missed a couple open deep connections Sunday against the Vikings. If those turn into big completions, look out.