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Getty Images Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith had a busy Sunday. Smith’s team lost to the Ravens 20-13 at home to kick off a Wild Card tripleheader and he then pivoted to his first head coaching interview. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Smith interviewed with the Jaguars on Sunday...

Getty Images After his final kneel down, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson didn’t wait for the final 30 seconds to tick off the clock before he sprinted off the field. Jackson waved his teammates to follow him as he headed up the tunnel. Jackson admitted what everyone knew: The Ravens still...

Getty Images The Ravens and Titans needed overtime to settle their regular season matchup and things are all knotted up halfway through their playoff matchup in Nashville. A.J. Brown started the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown catch and the Titans jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first...

Getty Images The Ravens fell behind by 10 points in the first quarter of Sunday’s game, but they’ve taken over the game since that point. Baltimore opened the second half with a 10-play, 77-yard drive that ended with rookie running back J.K. Dobbins running the ball into the end zone. The...

Getty Images A loss to the Titans ended the Ravens’ season a year ago, but they’ll march on in the playoffs this time. Cornerback Marcus Peters picked Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill off on the first play after the two-minute warning and Lamar Jackson ran for 33 yards a couple of plays later...

Getty Images Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson helped dig an early 10-0 hole for his team with an interception in the first quarter against the Titans, but the script wound up being different from his first two trips to the postseason. After the game, Jackson told Lisa Salters of ESPN that he...

Getty Images Titans head coach Mike Vrabel faced a decision while down 17-13 with 10 minutes left in Sunday’s game against the Ravens. The Titans faced a fourth-and-2 from the Baltimore 40-yard-line and Vrabel opted to punt rather than go for a first down that would have boosted their chances...

Getty Images The Ravens have punter Sam Koch back on the active roster. Koch missed Week 17 while on the reserve/COVID-19 list, but the team activated him ahead of Sunday’s game against the Titans. Koch did not practice this week, but Ravens special teams coordinator Chris Horton said that...

Getty Images The NFL previously has had six TV windows in two days. It also has had at least six playoff games in the same weekend, in 1982. It’s never had six games in six windows, all of which were televised nationally. That’s what so-called Super Wild Card weekend will give us — and it will...

Getty Images More points and touchdowns were scored in 2020 than in any season in NFL history. Over the league’s 256 regular-season games, teams scored 12,692 total points and 1,473 touchdowns, both new NFL records. The previous record for points was 11,985, set in 2013, and the previous...

Getty Images Leading Titans receiver A.J. Brown did not practice on Friday, putting in question his status for Sunday’s playoff game against the Ravens. Head coach Mike Vrabel said during his Friday press conference that he’s not ruling anyone out for the wild-card matchup. But Brown...

Getty Images Titans receiver A.J. Brown has spent much of the season on the injury report. He missed two games. Brown, though, isn’t about to miss Sunday’s wild-card playoff game with the Ravens. “As long as I have breath in my body, I’m going to play,” Brown said Friday. The Titans list...

Getty Images Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown (knee/hand) didn’t practice on Thursday or Friday, and was limited on Tennessee’s estimated Wednesday injury report. But he said Friday, “As long as I have breath in my body, I’m going to play.” Apparently that’s good enough for the Titans, as the...

USA TODAY Sports Rashaan Evans threw a punch in the season opener against Denver. The Titans linebacker said his ejection led to officials putting him under a microscope all season. Evans finished with a team-high eight penalties. “To be honest with you, I really haven’t changed anything,”...

Getty Images What does it mean to be the Most Valuable Player in a sports league? Is it the best player? The player most valuable to the league? The player most valuable to his team? No one really knows. In most cases, MVP ultimately becomes a Potter Stewart-style analysis, and you simply know...

Getty Images Lamar Jackson hasn’t won a playoff game yet. That’s an indisputable fact, and it provides some fodder for criticism of the now 24-year-old quarterback. The Chargers put together a 23-3 lead before Jackson threw a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter to make the final score...

Getty Images Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowski is poised to play the 29th postseason game in his career. Gostkowski was officially activated off the COVID-19 reserve list today, paving the way for him to play against the Ravens on Sunday. Sunday’s game will be Gostkowski’s 29th career...

Getty Images I know it’s officially now the “Super Wild Card” playoffs. Other than to make that point, I won’t call it that. (I prefer “Super Duper.”) But what I will do, along with MDS, is make picks for the six games to be played this weekend. Before that, we need to wrap up some loose ends...

Getty Images While the MVP award has become a quarterback award, the Offensive Player of the Year has become the best running back or receiver of the year. Titans running back Derrick Henry clearly was that player this year. He iced PFT’s award in the Week 17 game against the Texans with 34...

Getty Images The Titans did not practice Wednesday, but wide receiver A.J. Brown was limited on their estimated injury report. The club did practice on Thursday, but Brown did not. Tennessee listed Brown as a non-participant for the session with a knee injury. Brown caught a 52-yard pass to...