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The Tennessee Titans ' ninth and final penalty could not have come at a worse moment. Trying to protect a 28-25 lead with the clock winding down, Kyle Peko sacked Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew on Indianapolis' third play for an 8-yard loss. A penalty flag thrown at Titans cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting for illegal contact with a receiver wiped it out.

Quarterback Gardner Minshew responded by looking Pittman's way more, and Pittman has delivered with the best football of his four-year career, finishing Sunday with a TD catch at Tennessee to give Indy its fourth straight win and keep the Colts (7-5) in playoff position. “It’s unbelievable,” coach Shane Steichen said, referring to Pittman after the 31-28 overtime victory.

The Indianapolis Colts may start slow. Gardner Minshew threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Michael Pittman with 2:31 left in overtime and the Colts beat the Tennessee Titans 31-28 Sunday for their fourth straight victory to keep pace in the playoff race in the AFC. “It’s awesome to see our guys fight every single week and just keep finding ways to win,” first-year Colts coach Shane Steichen said.

The Tennessee Titans have no margin for error or reason for overconfidence trying to start their first winning streak of the season with the calendar flipping to December. “I don’t think we should take anything for granted, just as a general rule,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. The NFL did the Titans no favor, backloading their schedule with five of the final seven games at home.

The two-time NFL rushing leader has had at least 18 carries in each of Tennessee's four victories — all at home. He became the eighth player in NFL history with at least 9,000 yards and 80 rushing TDs before turning 30 last week. That group includes Adrian Peterson and six members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Through three starts, Kyler Murray has averaged just 11.6 passing fantasy points per game and had an EPA per drop-back (-0.24) on par with Bryce Young. The Steelers’ blitz-happy defense should aid Murray’s scrambling and keep him on the QB1 radar. Howell finished with 18.3 points against Dallas’ vaunted defense, and he’s now gone under 16 fantasy points just twice in 12 games.

Zack Moss always knew where he stood on the Indianapolis Colts' depth chart. When Jonathan Taylor was ready to play, he would be the team's No. 2 running back again. Now, with Taylor injured again, Moss will reclaim the starting job that he held for five of Indy's first six games.

The Cowboys (8-3) enter Thursday night's game against Seattle (6-5) with three straight wins by a combined margin of 127-47. They've won seven games this season by at least 20 points. Prescott has thrown for 300-plus yards and three or more touchdowns four times in the past five games.

Jonathan Taylor ran for two scores, Gardner Minshew added another and the Indianapolis Colts defense came up with a late turnover Sunday to preserve a 27-20 victory over Tampa Bay.

The struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers keep wasting opportunities to take control of the woeful NFC South. “It feels like we’re 10 games out, and we’re one game out,” Bowles added. It’s the second week in a row the Bucs have been unable to pick up ground in a race Tampa Bay is trying to win for the third straight season.