The Houston Texans Are the Class of the AFC South Pre-Draft Rankings

Over the past few weeks, I've been ranking the teams in the AFC South based on the overall strength of each unit.

Here's the full list of those rankings:

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Line

Tight Ends

Pass-Rushers

Run Defense

Secondary

Special Teams

Now that I've ranked the position groupings, I'm going to give each team a score based on their ranking. I'll add their rankings together, and the lowest score has the best roster.

Is it a goofy way to do it?

Maybe.

But, I had to come up with some reason why the rankings wound up in the most obvious order possible: last year's final standings

Texans-Total Score 13

The Texans won the division and it's easy to see why.

Houston has the best quarterback, running back, offensive line, pass-rushers and secondary in the division. They rank no lower than second at any position.

This team is stacked, and I expect them to win the AFC South again in 2012.

Titans-Total Score 22

Tennessee does feature the best tight end, wide receivers and the best special teams, but there's some real weakness in other areas.

The Titans' defense especially needs a lot of work in this draft.

Jaguars-Total Score 24

The Jags have the division's top run defense, and if it wasn't for problems at quarterback, I think they'd be a playoff-caliber club.

It's not a great roster, but Jacksonville has some talent.

Colts-Total Score 31

Um, the Colts have Andrew Luck, Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney (for now).

Other than that, Indianapolis is basically bereft of players after the great roster purge.