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a wild-card playoff berth out of the division last season.Now Cody Kessler Jerseys Stitched , they get the prime-time spotlight on Thursday even though both are also-rans.Oh, the Titans (6-6) still are in the playoff chase. But it’s difficult to take serious a team that needs a late rally to beat the Jets.What’s happened to the Jaguars (4-8) is stunning. One quarter away from winning the AFC in January, they snapped a seven-game slide last Sunday by shutting down Andrew Luck and the Colts 6-0.The Jags will have running back Leonard Fournette, who was suspended for the Indy game. Tennessee has been vulnerable to the run.“Getting him back is going to be a huge boost, especially for our team,” safety Tashaun Gipson says. “We’re a physical team and we want to run the ball, get your playmakers the ball, and obviously he’s the best player we have on the offensive side of the ball.”The Titans’ best offensive player is, well, that’s a tough one. They rank 28th overall in yardage and only four teams have scored fewer than Tennessee’s 221 points.No. 16 (tie) Tennessee is a 4½-point favorite over No. 26 Jacksonville. This should be a defensive standoff but, no, we can’t go with 6-0.TITANS Youth D.J. Hayden Jerseys , 16-9KNOCKOUT POOL: Seattle did the job with a romp last week, and now we expect something similar from DENVER.No. 14 Denver (minus 5 1-2) at No. 32 San FranciscoBroncos believing they have playoff shot. Can’t stumble here.BEST BET: BRONCOS, 27-17No. 25 Detroit (minus 2) at No. 29 ArizonaNot feeling any good vibes for Lions, especially when favored on road.UPSET SPECIAL: CARDINALS, 19-16No. 15 Indianapolis (plus 4 1-2) at No. 5 HoustonTexans can clinch AFC South if Titans lose and they win.TEXANS, 27-24No. 11 Minnesota (plus 2 1-2) at No. 9 Seattle, Monday nightWinner here has straight road to NFC wild-card spot.SEAHAWKS, 26-21No. 27 Cincinnati (plus 14) at No. 6 Los Angeles ChargersChargers figure they can win AFC West. Guess what: they still might.CHARGERS, 33-13No. 12 Baltimore (plus 6 1-2) at No. 3 Kansas CityRavens could give Chargers’ hopes a boost. But …CHIEFS, 31-27No. 2 New Orleans (minus 8) at No. 20 Tampa BayTime to secure NFC South for Saints, and avenge opening defeat.SAINTS, 41-23No. 1 Los Angeles Rams (minus 3) at No. 7 ChicagoToughest remaining test for Rams D.J. Hayden Jerseys Stitched , who should handle it.RAMS, 27-20No. 4 New England (minus 8) at No. 18 MiamiPatriots still eyeing top seed in AFC.PATRIOTS, 34-24No. 13 Philadelphia (plus 4) at No. 10 DallasCowboys can pretty much waltz away with NFC East with win. Start the music.COWBOYS, 23-20No. 8 Pittsburgh (minus 11) at No. 31 OaklandOh, for the days of John Madden vs. Chuck Noll.STEELERS, 36-30No. 23 (tie) New York Giants (minus 4) at No. 19 WashingtonOh, for the days of Bill Parcells vs. Joe Gibbs.GIANTS, 16-13No. 16 (tie) Carolina (minus 1 1-2) at No. 22 ClevelandPanthers have lost their mojo. This loss will shatter playoff chances.BROWNS, 22-20No. 23 (tie) Atlanta (plus 5 1-2) at No. 21 Green BayAaron Rodgers’ first start without Mike McCarthy as coach.PACKERS, 33-31No. 30 New York Jets (plus 3 1-2) at No. 28 BuffaloCountdown is on for Todd Bowles as next coach fired.BILLS, 20-9 After Nick Foles was signed to be the new starting quarterback in Jacksonville, he said that Xs and Os are important but that “the most important part [of a team] is the locker room.”It’s not the first time that Foles has stressed the importance of relationships in building a winning team Youth Dawuane Smoot Jerseys , but Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone points out that there’s more to it than that. Blake Bortles had some good relationships with teammates, but they didn’t translate into the kind of success that Foles has experienced with the Eagles over the last couple of years and that’s why the team decided to make a change.“You have to be able to deliver results on the field,” Marrone said, via Albert Breer of SI.com. “There’s a difference between personality in the locker room and then, all of the sudden, the business aspect of what you’re doing on the field. I look at those two things separately. And I think that, from the business sense, it’s a results-oriented business. If you’re able to have results and prove yourself, then I think people will follow you. That’s my experience, having been a former player and in all my years in coaching.”The Jaguars obviously think Foles has what it takes to get players to follow him in 2019. If that bet pays off, the Jags could see a quick turnaround this year.