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Getty Images Derrick Henry did the heavy lifting, but it was A.J. Brown who made the play of the day to save the AFC South title for Titans. Brown’s 52-yard catch to the Houston 23 with 10 seconds left set up the Titans to win the game on the final play. Sam Sloman pushed the 37-yard field...

Getty Images The Dolphins didn’t get the on-field results that they needed to make the playoffs, but they did have one thing go their way. Sam Sloman doinked a last second field goal off the upright, but it still went through and the Titans beat the Texans 41-38 to secure the AFC South title...

Getty Images Plenty of coaching jobs and General Manager positions will be open after today (plenty already are). Plenty of candidates will be in demand. For the candidates with options, an important factor is coming into sharper focus. The issue relates to communication with the owner...

Getty Images The Titans placed defensive lineman Teair Tart on the reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday. Tart played seven games this season with his only start coming last week. He has five tackles and a pass breakup. The Titans’ inactives are running back Senorise Perry, defensive back Chris...

Getty Images Derrick Henry‘s second consecutive rushing title has him in Hall of Fame company. His 10th 100-yard game of the season has the Titans on their way to a division title. The star running back’s 113 yards and touchdown on 10 carries have the Titans holding a 17-9 lead over the...

Getty Images The Texans can’t stop Derrick Henry, but then they aren’t alone this season. Henry has gone over 200 yards for the third time this season. He has 226 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries. The Titans, though, trail the Texans 35-31 as Houston refuses to go away quietly. That has...

Getty Images Former Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis has interviewed for the Lions’ head coaching vacancy, according to multiple reports. The Lions job is the second one Lewis has interviewed for in the last month; he also interviewed for the Texans job. Like Houston, Detroit still does not...

Getty Images The final day of the regular season is set to proceed as scheduled. NFL vice president of communications Brian McCarthy announced that all 16 games are set to go on as planned. There was no concern about 15 of the games on Sunday morning, but there was some question about the...

USA TODAY Sports After Sunday’s NFL games, the annual round of NFL musical chairs begins. And this will prompt plenty of college coaches to take full advantage of the circumstances, if only to improve their current circumstances. At the center of this year’s intrigue is former 49ers coach and...

USA TODAY Sports After the Texans fired coach/G.M. Bill O’Brien and made Jack Easterby the interim G.M., a sense emerged that Easterby was making a gradual but inevitable power grab. And while that may have indeed been the case, Easterby’s power could be dwindling. Or, possibly, Easterby wants...

Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson had his elbow banged up at the end of last week’s loss to the Colts, but he’s expected to play in Sunday’s season finale against the Titans. The signal-caller hasn’t been listed on the injury report all week. “I expect him to play and help us...

Getty Images Wide receiver Brandin Cooks is tired of being traded. Cooks has been dealt from the Saints to the Patriots to the Rams to the Texans since the end of the 2016 season and the prospect of being traded again came up when he spoke to reporters on Friday. Bill O’Brien was making...

Getty Images Word of wide receiver Kenny Stills visiting with the Bills this week came shortly after Cole Beasley suffered a leg injury in the Week 16 win over the Patriots, so it was a natural reaction to think the two things were related. Beasley’s considered week-to-week with the injury, so...

Getty Images Texans defensive end J.J. Watt made an impassioned speech after Sunday’s loss to the Bengals, saying, in part, “if you can’t come in and put work in in the building . . . you should not be here.” No one works harder than Watt, but he still might not be “here” next year. After 10...

Getty Images The Houston Texans have an interview scheduled with Buffalo Bills director of pro personnel Malik Boyd for their General Manager vacancy, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Boyd is a Houston native that has spent the last four years as director of pro personnel...

Getty Images Matt Rhule’s contract could make plenty of college coaches interested in the NFL, but will NFL teams have interest in college coaches? Reports indicate unnamed NFL teams already have reached out to the agents for college coaches such as former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer...

Getty Images As the coaching carousel prepares to spin, plenty of spinning is happening regarding the potential candidates for the various openings. (The expected range of total jobs is six to eight.) The media laundry machine has offered up plenty of names of potential head coaches — far more...

Getty Images The Chiefs, Bills and Steelers have already clinched playoff berths in the AFC. The other playoff spots will go to four of five teams: The Titans, Colts, Browns, Ravens and Dolphins. And the Dolphins are the most likely team to be left out. Based on Sunday’s Vegas lines, the...

USA TODAY Sports Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson injured his throwing elbow late in Sunday’s loss to the Bengals. Sam Hubbard had a strip-sack of Watson, who got his hand stuck in Hubbard’s facemask. Watson did not miss a snap, and he is not on the team’s injury report Wednesday. “As far as...