The Devil's Advocate: Your Team Is Run by a Genius!

Welcome to the Devil's Advocate. Each week, I'll take a position, defend it, and turn around and write the exact opposite. Just remember, the truth is always somewhere in between.

Today's Topic: Your team (and mine) is run by a genius!

Jacksonville:

Are you kidding me? After years of oppression under the Del Rio/Weaver regime, You finally have an owner who GETS it. Shahid Kahn is a serious business man. He's committed to keeping the team in Jacksonville. He's just smart enough to pay lips service to Tebow, without being dumb enough to actually acquire him.

The Mike Mularkey hiring was inspired. The Jaguars committed to Gabbert and by hiring a coach with a clue, they've actually given him a fighting chance to make it. At the same time, bringing in Chad Henne keeps Gabbert's feet to the fire and forces him to work hard to keep his job. The Jags have arguably the best defense in football, a super-star back and are only a quarterback away from shocking the world.

Tennessee:

The Titans are spending every last dime and then some to win now. Isn't that the point of football?

They are going all out to land the greatest player of the last 20 years. That's a move so obvious that it's amazing more teams didn't have the brains to try it. The Titans rarely hit bottom. They are committed to their identity, and if they add Peyton Manning the sky is the limit.

Houston:

Mario Williams just walked away, and while no one is happy about that, everyone knows the Texans dodged a bullet. Rick Smith has stuck by Kubiak long enough to see the Texans become legitimate favorites in the AFC. How do you criticize the reigning division champions who are coming off a home win in the playoffs?

This is a young athletic club with talent at every position. 2011 was great, but 2012 will be a coming out party for the Texans.

Indianapolis:

Jim Irsay has balls of brass. He wrenched his club away from the likes of Bill Polian and made the hard moves necessary to move the team forward. He's overseen a decade of winning, and has gone out and hired passionate people who will remake the image of his team into a smash-mouth beast ready to cut against the grain of today's sissified NFL.

With Andrew Luck coming to bat this fall, the Colts already have taken aggressive steps to free up tens of millions in cap room for 2013. This team will get better fast, and with any Luck at all, will soon hang a lot more banners from the Lucas Oil Stadium Rafters.

Oh yeah. Now the bad news: Your team is run by a moron.