But not into the playoffs.
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Steelers beat Browns 28-12, slide into AFC playoffs
The Steelers (10-6) earned a wild-card berth as a result of their win and the Buffalo Bills’ 22-17 victory over the New York Jets. This is a lot of points to lay on a road team but the Browns aren’t going to match what Ben Roethlisberger and Co.do offensively.
Both the Titans and Browns finished the season 3-13 after their respective losses to the Colts and Steelers on Sunday.
Jets loss to Bills sends Pittsburgh into AFC playoffs
Pettine enters with a 10-21 record , a mark made worse by the Browns’ disappointing performance on defense this season. However, a Steelers win coupled with a Jets loss to Buffalo would propel the Black and Gold into the playoff picture .
Josh Freeman was 15 of 28 for 149 yards and one interception while running Indy’s regular offense. Four seconds later Zach Mettenberger was in the end zone and the Titans were up 7-3.
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Today’s Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans NFL football game has a start time schedule of 1:00pm eastern time and airs on TV channel CBS in some markets along with DirecTV Sunday Ticket nationwide.
But with Pagano’s contract set to expire, this not just another game.
The two-time defending AFC South Division champions were supposed to be legitimate Super Bowl contenders.
Alex Tanney, after spending most of the year on the Colts’ practice squad, entered in relief of Mettenberger in the second half and cut into Indy’s lead with a fourth-quarter touchdown throw to Dorial Green-Beckham.
Luck would have landed on injured reserve by now if the Colts didn’t have an outside chance of making the playoffs.
“This is the way we have to move forward”, he said, “and for the most part, I think there has been some progress made, but … if you had an opportunity to have an offseason from start to finish, it certainly helps”.
Delanie Walker caught nine passes for 94 yards and became the first tight end in Titans history to top the 1,000-yard mark, and the ninth tight end in National Football League history to catch at least 90 passes in a season. He has played in six games for the Tennessee Titans so far and has 96 completions from 153 pass attempts – giving him a 62.7 percent completion rate.
That’s why the Colts 30-24 victory over Tennessee Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium very likely will be the final game of Pagano’s coaching tenure, and quite possibly of Ryan Grigson’s reign as general manager.
Mettenberger ran 5 yards for a score one play after the Colts committed their 30th turnover of the season, but was otherwise ineffective. He is obviously a player’s coach who has earned the respect of his players, but I’m not sure he’s the coach who can lead this rudderless ship out of obscurity. Mariota suffered a similar injury to his right knee December 20, when he was sacked in the first half of a loss at New England.
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Josh Freeman started under center for the Colts, leading Indianapolis on a 12 play drive that showed good enough progress to get the Colts into field goal range. Walker finished the season with 94 catches and 1,088 yards.
