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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.