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AFC South Now Has Some of NFL’s Best WR Duos
May 5, 2025
An AFC South team hasn't advanced to the Super Bowl in 16 years, since Peyton Manning and the Colts lost to the Saints at the end of the 2009 season. An influx of exciting wide receivers in the division could soon end that streak.
Jacksonville general manager James Gladstone traded a future first-rounder and several other assets to move up and take the draft's most dynamic player, wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. Paired with second-year wideout Brian Thomas, Hunter provides Trevor Lawrence with some of the league's most explosive wide receivers.
The Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans weren't quiet, either. Both teams added firepower during the offseason. Combined with what the Colts already had, suddenly the AFC South has the league's second-best wide receivers.
Here's a division-by-division look at the NFL's top wide-receiver groups.
Green Bay drafted Matthew Golden and Savion Williams in the first three rounds, adding to an already formidable group. Detroit returns Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, Minnesota returns Jordan Addison and All-Pro Justin Jefferson. Chicago, meanwhile, drafted Luther Burden in the second round to team with DJ Moore and Rome Odunze.
Easily the most improved WR division, the AFC South now features Tyler Lockett with Calvin Ridley and a pair of impressive rookies in Tennessee, along with Travis Hunter and Brian Thomas in Jacksonville. Christian Kirk left the Jaguars for Nico Collins and the Texans, who also drafted Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel. And Indianapolis returns Michael Pittman and Alec PIerce.
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