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Pro Football Hall of Fame senior inductee Curley Culp started off with Kansas City, but he made a huge impact with the Houston Oilers, too. The six-time Pro Bowler was named the NFL's defensive player of the year by the Newspaper Enterprise Associ...

All kinds of things factor into play-calling. This week, STATS shared some interesting numbers on the propensity for teams to hand the ball off after a successful run play or to throw it after a successful pass play. They looked at successful p...

At least as Peyton Manning shopped around, he was pretty much invisible. Today, Indianapolis Colts fans had to see him hold up an orange jersey with his name and the No. 18 on it, then stand in front of a blue banner decorated with Denver Broncos ...

Peyton Manning worked out for the Tennessee Titans in Knoxville Saturday morning and general manager Ruston Webster issued a short statement afterwards. "This morning we traveled to Knoxville and had a workout with Peyton. I thought he looked comfor...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans The Texans-coached AFC squad won the Pro Bowl, writes Nick Scurfield of the team's website. While the votes were really spread out, more players at the Senior Bowl said they'd like to play for the Texa...

The Tennessee Titans will have to accept a 9-7 season and second place in the AFC South as progress, as their playoff hopes have been snuffed out. The Cincinnati Bengals won the final AFC berth and will play in Houston against the Texans next week...

Let's look at the AFC South week by week. These are subject to change, of course. But If I set my schedule now, the games in bold are where I'd like to be on Sundays (and some Mondays and Thursdays) this fall and winter: Sunday, September 12 ...

Big plays make and break teams. Interestingly, the AFC South boasts the best big play defense in the Colts and the best big-play offense in the Titans. Let's look at both categories in charts out together by NFC West maven Mike Sando with informat...

Scott Boehm/Getty ImagesThe Indianapolis Colts won their 21st regular-season game in a row on Sunday. INDIANAPOLIS -- Be honest. You expect it. The Indianapolis Colts' 27-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans Sunday is the Colts' 21st straight r...

Despite their loss Sunday in San Francisco, the Jaguars are still in line for the AFC's final playoff berth. They edge the Ravens and Steelers, who also have 6-5 records. The Texans and Titans are part of a group of four teams a game off that pace at...

AFC strength of schedule: Weeks 9 through 17 Team Opp. record Opp. win pct. New England Patriots 38-28 .576 Indianapolis Colts 38-29 .567 Kansas City Chiefs 35-31 .530 New York Jet...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Good running teams get stopped for a loss less often than bad running teams. I knew it wouldn't stand to figure so simply when I decided to look at whether runs for losses indicated anything last season. After...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Two rookies from the AFC South are among the seven featured in "Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL" Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Here's a description of the show provided by ESPN's PR department: "Hey Rookie, ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Vince Young has a lot of work to do this offseason to win back the confidence of his teammates. The offseason program doesn't start until mid-March, but his hold on the backup quarterback job behind Kerry Co...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky In a league where teams go from big losers to big winners in the span of a year, these numbers mean far less than they used to. Still, strength of schedule is one of the only ways we have to measure what's c...