No Game, No Change in Standings

The Tennessee Titans stepped away from competitors for per week however held their floor.

Following their open date, the Titans are nonetheless alone in first place atop the AFC South at 3-2.

Their two closest pursuers, the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars met on Sunday, and the Colts gained 34-27. Matt Ryan’s 17-yard landing go and a subsequent two-point conversion with 17 seconds remaining supplied the distinction in a contest through which Jacksonville by no means trailed till early within the fourth quarter.

Because of this, Tennessee is a couple of share factors up on Indianapolis (3-2-1) by advantage of the Colts’ Week 1 tie with Houston. Jacksonville, which gained two of its first three, misplaced for the third straight week and fell to 2-4. Houston, which additionally was off on Sunday, brings up the rear at 1-3-1.

Tennessee and Indianapolis will full their season sequence subsequent Sunday at Nissan Stadium (midday, CDT). The Titans are early 2 1/2-point favorites in that one.

“About two weeks in the past, as a training employees, we stated we knew the Jacksonville recreation was developing and we had been simply speaking about stuff and we sort of earmarked this recreation to provide it a shot, attempt to create some momentum with it,” Colts coach Frank Reich stated Sunday. “… I imply, clearly, it is an understatement to say it was essential in plenty of methods.”

The Titans have performed the fewest intra-division video games among the many AFC South groups. Their Week 4 victory at Indianapolis is their just one up to now, which implies that 5 of their closing 12 contests can be towards the Colts, Jaguars and Texans. That’s loads of alternative to guard their place.

After touring to Nashville subsequent week, Indianapolis gained’t see one other AFC South workforce till the ultimate week of the common season (Houston). The Colts’ open date gained’t come till Dec. 11 (Week 14).

The Jaguars will get their break on Nov. 20 (Week 11). Each matchups with the Titans will come after that capped by a Week 18 assembly in Jacksonville.

“We hold speaking about it is about us, and specializing in our jobs and what we do, gamers and coaches,” Jacksonville coach Doug Pederson stated. “We’re all on this factor collectively. … One factor I like about this workforce is there isn’t any stop in these guys. They battle for 60 minutes. They do not shut it down in any respect. They play arduous. They play quick.

“Like I instructed them after the sport, we will find yourself – every time that’s, whether or not it is by means of time or what – we will come out forward on most of those as we go.”

When it comes to the standings, proper now they’re behind the Titans – as are the opposite two groups within the division.