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What the coaches of the AFC South are thinking regarding playing time for their starters in Thursday night's preseason finales: Houston Texans Gary Kubiak: "There may be a couple [starters] that play. Maybe a few, but for the most part, no." ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Houston Texans Jacques Reeves broke a finger at practice, had surgery and is out this week, writes John McClain. Game 4 features a third starting strong safety for the Texans. Welcome, Bernard Pollard, says...

A review of the best member of the 2012 Houston Texans who's still unsigned: Shaun Cody, defensive tackle Over the past four years, Cody started 57 of a possible 64 regular-season games. In Wade Phillips' 3-4, he worked as the nose tackle in...

The Colts traded outside linebacker Jerry Hughes to Buffalo for Kelvin Sheppard, who started 15 games last season as the middle linebacker in Buffalo's 4-3 defense. Indianapolis sees him as an inside guy in their system. So they now look four deep...

Antonio Johnson worked hard to be a 3-4 nose tackle for the Colts last year and started 13 games. But if the Colts are healthy they've now got four, much bigger options for the spot in their second year of the 3-4 front. Fifth-round pick Montor...

Breakdown: A tough early season schedule resulted in a 1-4 start for the Titans last season. They'll face another big challenge out of the gate in 2013 in what qualifies as a make-or-break season for coach Mike Munchak. Four of the first seven games ...

Here's who you'll hear this weekend if you watch the AFC South's game in the divisional round of the playoffs: Houston at New England, CBS, 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday -- Jim Nantz, Phil Simms Nantz and Simms is CBS' top crew. Saturday's Baltimore-Den...

The Colts' run defense didn't post run-defense numbers you'd expect to correlate with an 11-win team. The Colts gave up 104.4 rushing yards a game (29th in the NFL) and 5.1 yards a carry (31st). They lost a bunch of people on the defensive line. ...

Here's who you'll be hearing if you watch an AFC South game this week: Cincinnati at Houston, NBC, 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday -- Dan Hicks, Mike Mayock Indianapolis at Baltimore, CBS, 1 p.m. ET Sunday -- Jim Nantz, Phil Simms...

Thoughts on the Colts' 35-33 win over the Lions at Ford Field: What it means: The Colts rallied from behind, saw Andrew Luck build his early legend and stole a game they could easily have lost. The victory moved them to 8-4 and strengthened their ...

Here's who you'll be hearing if you watch an AFC South game this week: Jacksonville at Houston, CBS, 1 p.m. ET -- Bill Macatee, Steve Tasker Indianapolis at New England, CBS, 4:25 ET -- Jim Nantz, Phil Simms Tennessee has a bye. Here's the...

Thoughts on the Titans' 37-3 win over the Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium: What it means: The Titans are 4-6 heading into their bye. Their past two games show what they are capable of being, both bad and good. They lost at home by 31 to Chicago and t...

J.J. Watt is a 4-3 defensive end, but he doesn't stay in one spot for every snap. As Watt and the Texans prepare for Sunday night's game against the Bears at Soldier Field, he told WSCR in Chicago that moving around the defensive front is one of t...

A look at what the Texans have done in the penalty department through seven games: Totals: 48 penalties, 5 declined penalties, 350 yards, 31 nullified yards, 15 first downs, 7 stalled drives Primary offenders: CB Johnathan Joseph: 4 pen...

Thoughts on the Titans' 35-34 win over the Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium: What it means: The Titans won their second game in a row and improved their record to 3-4, keeping their hopes of getting into the playoff mix alive. It was their first road...

Greene Between The Tackles: 2012 First 5 Games Sunday Yards/game 36.8 103 Yards/rush 2.9 4.3 YBC/rush* 1.5 2.7 Touchdowns 1 3 *Yards before contact per rush ESPN Stats & Info New York Jets ...