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| Colts' future to be determined in finale with Jags |
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12/30/2011 |
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| o presumably select Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the No. 1 pick in next April's NFL Draft. But a funny thing happened on the way to the war room. The Colts let a winning streak get in the way. Consecutive defeats of the Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans, while assuaging a fan base accustomed to perennial playoff contention, have complicated matters for a front office on the eve of Indianapolis' Week 17 visit to Jacksonville's EverBank Field for Sunday's season finale with the Jaguars. Now tied with |
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| Texans WR Johnson will be on play count |
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12/30/2011 |
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| Houston, TX (Sportsbooks) - Like a baseball manager protecting a young or ailing pitcher, Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak will be careful with his star wide receiver this weekend. Kubiak will keep Andre Johnson on a play count during Sunday's season finale against Tennessee, provided he is cleared by the head trainer to play. Johnson has missed nine games this season -- including the last three -- with hamstring injuries and Kubiak is hoping to get him a little work before the AFC South champions host th |
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| Handing out NFL holiday gifts and grinches |
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12/26/2011 |
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| inal. The rest of the conference probably didn't mind too much, as the Eagles have been playing as well as any team in the NFC down the stretch after getting Michael Vick back from injury and all of their talented parts finally gelling together. The Houston Texans. The AFC South title-holders no longer have a shot at earning one of the top two playoff seeds after Thursday's shocking 19-16 setback at Indianapolis, and head coach Gary Kubiak can't be pleased with how his team has performed heading into the seco |
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| Titans striving for bounce-back win over Jaguars |
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12/23/2011 |
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| ianapolis last week, try to rebound on Christmas Eve when another of their AFC South rivals, the Jacksonville Jaguars, come to LP Field for Saturday's Week 16 clash. Tennessee is locked in at second place in the division behind the already- clinched Houston Texans. It stands eighth overall in the conference standings, one game and an all-important two slots behind the No. 6 New York Jets, who now hold the final Wild Card playoff position with two games remaining. "We don't have control anymore," rookie defens |
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| Ravens seeking rebound in battle with Browns |
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12/23/2011 |
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| elers for first place in the AFC North. Baltimore owns the tiebreaker over Pittsburgh after winning both meetings this year. The Ravens also sit a game behind the New England Patriots for the top record in the conference, with the AFC South-champion Houston Texans now a half-game back of Baltimore after losing to Indianapolis on Thursday. They can clinch both the division and a first-round bye in the upcoming playoffs with a victory and a loss by the Steelers to the visiting St. Louis Rams. Baltimore, though, |
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| Orlovsky's late TD pass lifts Colts over Texans |
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12/23/2011 |
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| olis, IN (Sportsbooks) - Dan Orlovsky certainly didn't "Suck for Luck" on Thursday, especially when the oft-maligned quarterback orchestrated a two-minute drill to perfection to give the Colts an unlikely 19-16 victory over the AFC South-champion Houston Texans. When it mattered most down the stretch, Orlovsky guided a 12-play, 78-yard march that ended with Reggie Wayne hauling in a one-yard touchdown pass over his defender with 19 seconds remaining. The dramatic win was Indianapolis' second straight after |
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| Texans WR Johnson out again |
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12/22/2011 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbooks) - Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson sat out Thursday's game with the Colts due to a left hamstring injury. Johnson has not played since suffering the injury during Week 13's 17-10 victory over the Falcons. Earlier this season, Johnson missed six games with a right hamstring injury. The five-time Pro-Bowl receiver has 31 receptions for 471 yards and two touchdowns in six games this season for the AFC South-champion Texans. Houston finishes its regular season on Janua |
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| NFL Inactives (Thursday, December 22, 2011) |
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12/22/2011 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - The following is a list of inactive players for tonight's game. HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 8:20 P.M. (ET) Texans - QB Jeff Garcia, WR Andre Johnson, TE Garrett Graham, G Mike Brisiel, T Andrew Gardner, CB Sherrick McManis, S Troy Nolan Colts - QB Peyton Manning, TE Dallas Clark, T Quinn Ojinnaka, DE Mario Addison, LB Phillip Wheeler, LB Scott Lutrus, CB Mike Holmes |
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| Browns place S Ward on IR |
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12/22/2011 |
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| Berea, OH (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Browns placed safety T.J. Ward on injured reserve Thursday. Ward appeared in eight games in 2011, all starts, and tallied 28 tackles and one sack. The 25-year-old has been sidelined with a foot injury suffered in the Browns' 30-12 loss to the Houston Texans on November 6th. Ward started all 16 games as a rookie in 2010, recording 95 tackles and two incterceptions. To fill Ward's roster spot the Browns promoted wide receiver Rod Winsor from the practice squad. |
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| Jaguars sign C.C. Brown, place McBath on IR |
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12/20/2011 |
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| aced safety Darcel McBath on injured reserve Tuesday with a forearm injury. Seventh-year safety C.C. Brown was signed to take his place on the roster. Brown has played in 81 games, including 62 starts, since he was selected in the sixth round by the Houston Texans in 2005. The Louisiana-Lafayette product has yet to take the field in 2011, but started eight games in 2010 for the Detroit Lions, tallying 46 tackles and a forced fumble. Brown has 369 tackles and three interceptions in his career, which also inclu |
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