Colts sign QB Morris to active roster, place CB Smith on IR

They can also keep their slim playoff hopes alive with a victory over the Dolphins, who’ve been eliminated from the postseason.

The run around right tackle came in the second quarter of Buffalo’s game against Dallas, and gave Taylor 480 yards this season.

9 – Frank Gore is a beast. Mathis now has seven for the season and Langford a career-high six. “I took a helmet to the jaw last week, so that was a little bit of a thing”. It’s been a rough year overall for them, as head coach Joe Philbin was sacked just four games into the season. If Houston beats Tennessee and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Denver Broncos and either the New Orleans Saints beat Jacksonville, the New York Jets beat the New England Patriots or the Carolina Panthers beat the Atlanta Falcons or if the Texans, Saints, Jets and Panthers all win on Sunday, then Houston will be going to the playoffs for the third time in its history and first time since 2012.

Hasselbeck said he was “not super optimistic” he would be available to play next Sunday against Tennessee. Watching Hasselbeck continue to return to the huddle with bumps, bruises, and aches mounting exponentially with every hit makes him a figure worthy of attention. Boldin had two more receptions on the opening drive, helping San Francisco take a 7-0 lead against the Lions.

“We had a double cadence”, Tannehill said. However, when the well-traveled Boston College product went down due to injury, everyone at Sun Life Stadium thought this was Miami’s game to win. “They can’t eat you”, is a refrain Pagano uses to describe his perspective on job security. He went undrafted out of the University of Miami a year ago and spent the 2014 season on the Jaguars’ practice squad.

It has been this way all season, but the Colts might as well not even be on the field when it comes to the passing attack. “They called the play”. Others may lash out against the organization and peers.

The Colts won despite some adversity at a crucial position.

“You know, I think I pride myself in being tough and getting up when I can, if at all possible”, said Tannehill, who could have yielded to backup Matt Moore but wouldn’t. Morris is now the equivalent of the speaker of the house in the constitutional line of succession behind a critically wounded president and fragile vice president. This couldn’t have been more obvious than in Miami’s final offensive play of the game.

3 – Rooting for a draft pick that might yield an elite player.

Indy backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck left with an injury for the fourth game in a row, and Whitehurst did just enough in relief, completing two scoring drives.

The Rams lost three players to concussions in a victory at Seattle: DT Nick Fairley, S Mark Barron and DE Ethan Westbrooks. Depending upon owner Jim Irsay’s feelings about his team, the debate among fans throughout the offseason will be whether injuries, Pagano, Grigson, or a combination of the three are to blame for a disappointing 2015.