HOUSTON — The Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans have different objectives in mind heading into their regular-season finale today.
For the Titans (8-7), the goal is clear-cut — win at Reliant Stadium and then hope for the magic combination of losses involving Cincinnati, Denver, Oakland and the New York Jets to earn their first playoff berth since 2008.
And that would set up a rematch with the Texans in the first round of the postseason right back in Houston.
“If we don’t take care of our business, there will be no scoreboard watching,” Titans kicker Rob Bironas said. “We’ll be on the couch watching — for all of January.”
For the Texans (10-5), the incentive is more intangible — regaining the momentum they seem to have lost in two consecutive defeats after reeling off seven straight wins to clinch their first AFC South title.