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The Texans aren’t playing most of their key offensive players on Sunday, but that didn’t stop them from racing out to an early lead over the Titans.
Duke Johnson plunged into the end zone from a yard out to cap a 15-play, 75-yard drive that ate up nearly seven minutes of clock to...
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The Texans haven’t made any firm commitments to playing starters on Sunday and injury concerns could push them to choose extra rest heading into the first round of the playoffs.
Several key offensive players fall into that category. Quarterback Deshaun Watson (back) was listed as...
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Titans running back Derrick Henry said on Thursday that he is “definitely ready” to play against the Texans this Sunday despite the hamstring injury that kept him out of last week’s game and the team’s final injury report of the week says the same thing.
Henry did not receive an...
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All 32 teams will be playing their final regular season game on Sunday. They have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below.
Dolphins at Patriots
The Dolphins ruled out CB Jomal Wiltz (shoulder). LB Vince Biegel...
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Deshaun Watson was listed as limited on Wednesday’s estimated practice report because of a back injury, but it doesn’t sound like a major concern for the Texans quarterback.
Watson said, via multiple reporters, that he felt great during Thursday’s session. The fact that Watson is...
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Titans head coach Mike Vrabel said on Thursday that running back Derrick Henry has looked great in practice after sitting out last Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury, but that the real test of his fitness won’t come until he’s on the field going full speed against the Texans in...
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The Texans, like most teams in the NFL, did not practice on Christmas Day. They still had to file a practice report, and based on their estimation, quarterback Deshaun Watson would have gotten limited work.
Watson has a back injury.
He went into the tent Sunday to have his right...
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Titans running back Derrick Henry was on the field for Tuesday’s practice and head coach Mike Vrabel said at his Thursday press conference that he looked great after sitting out last Sunday’s game against the Saints with the hamstring injury that’s been bothering him for several...
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The Texans didn’t practice on Christmas day, but they released an estimated practice report that said their top wideout would not have been on the field.
DeAndre Hopkins was listed as a non-participant due to an illness. Hopkins appears to be feeling better on Thursday, however...
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Cornerback Adoree' Jackson has not played since Week 13 because of a foot injury.
But he appears to be tracking toward a return this week.
Jackson was present for the portion of practice open to the media, via Jim Wyatt of the team website. The Titans did not have to fill out a...
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The Steelers won’t have center Maurkice Pouncey in the lineup as they try to beat the Ravens and improve their chances of making the playoffs on Sunday.
Pouncey was carted off with a knee injury during last Sunday’s loss to the Jets and head coach Mike Tomlin opened his Tuesday...
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The NFL released the following playoff scenarios for the final week of the season.
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Baltimore Ravens – AFC North division and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs
Houston Texans – AFC South division
Kansas City Chiefs – AFC West division
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After the Texans beat the Buccaneers on Saturday, the Titans downgraded running back Derrick Henry to questionable because of a hamstring injury.
They would leave him on the inactive list for Sunday’s game against the Saints and the timing of those decisions wasn’t a coincidence...
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Texans wide receiver Will Fuller has been a productive player whenever he’s been healthy, but he hasn’t been healthy often enough and his latest injury may leave Houston shorthanded for their first playoff game.
Fuller hurt his groin on Saturday and played just 19 snaps in...
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If the Chiefs lose to the Chargers next Sunday, the Texans will have a chance to move up in the AFC playoff seeding by beating the Titans.
The Chiefs game will be played before the Texans host the Titans, so Houston will almost certainly know if that possibility exists by the time...
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The Titans held out running back Derrick Henry on Sunday in hopes that his hamstring will be in good shape for their Week 17 game against the Texans, but they saw a couple of other offensive pieces go down in their loss to the Saints.
Head coach Mike Vrabel said at his Monday...
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The Titans have a pair of wide receivers in the concussion protocol after Sunday’s loss to the Saints, so they added a couple of healthy wideouts to the roster on Monday.
The team announced that they have signed Darius Jennings and promoted Rashard Davis from the practice squad...
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Word early on Sunday morning was that Titans running back Derrick Henry would be inactive against the Saints due to the hamstring injury that’s been bothering him the last few weeks and that word was on the mark.
Henry was put on the inactive list Sunday after being downgraded to...
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Drew Brees has set plenty of records lately, but he was stopped short of another one Sunday.
By throwing an incomplete pass on his second attempt of the day, Brees saw his streak of 23 consecutive completions stopped.
He hit his last 22 last week against the Colts, and his first...
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The Titans are holding Derrick Henry out today, but they’ve shown they can still run.
They’re hanging onto a 14-10 lead over the Saints at halftime, after rookie wide receiver A.J. Brown scored on a 49-yard end-around run). They had previously scored on a Ryan Tannehill touchdown...