The teams that truly look like they suck in this league and will be up there for Andrew Luck...to me, are the Seahawks, Jaguars, and Chiefs. Those are the ones to watch out for, to me.
I know the Jaguars have a win under their belt. I don't know how in blazes they got that win to be honest. But Maurice Jones-Drew is like a walking mummy for all the treatments he needs each week to be ready on game day, and their QB starter is Luke McCown until Blaine Gabbert (who is NOT ready to start as a rookie, unlike Cam Newton, IMO) takes over. More importantly, they're not going to beat the Titans again, they're going to lose twice to the Texans, and who knows maybe they'll split against the Colts but they won't be favored to win any other games this year. And if the Colts get their sh-t together it wouldn't surprise me if the Jaguars got swept by them too. The Jags could end up with the #1 overall pick, but then that begs the question what happens to their #10 overall guy Blaine Gabbert? MOST LIKELY, they would trade the pick and try and pick up a number of puzzle pieces to surround Gabbert with.
I know people want to say the Colts and they are indeed pretty awful right now, but they have some inherent potential to do a lot better as the year wears on. Dallas Clark, Reggie Wayne, Austin Collie are all still there. I think their offensive line and runners group featuring Joseph Addai and Delone Carter is still getting better and they'll be running the ball before the year is done. Everyone is down on Kerry Collins because he sucked in his first action out there but he did a little better against the Browns and I expect him to keep improving, and if not then they stick Curtis Painter in there and he could actually surprise people, as they start to run the full capabilities of the offense as far as the check with me's and stuff at the line they always do. I just think that this is a team that will win some games before it's all said and done.
The Chiefs I think also have some inherent potential to turn things upward. I think there's turmoil with the head coach and he could be fired mid-season. When that happens, I think the team could snap to attention and all the sudden they're beating those poor teams again, winning like 5 games on the year, something like that.
The Seahawks though...I just don't know WHERE the help is going to be coming from there. The Rams are more likely to get their sh-t together against the Seahawks than the Seahawks are to get their sh-t together against the Rams. And Pete Carroll is dastardly enough to lose games if he thinks his job is safe and he can get Andrew Luck.
If Miami loses to the Browns, then to me we really are in Suck for Luck territory for the year...and the Seahawks would be our biggest rival for him. The Jaguars may get the #1 overall pick above the Dolphins and Seahawks, but that would only open up the bidding process. The Jaguars would want pieces of the puzzle they can use to surround Blaine Gabbert. Brandon Marshall might be attractive to them. The Seahawks don't really have anyone to offer that would be attractive like that in terms of something surrounding Gabbert. That might give us the edge in trading for that pick.
