TENNESSEE (1-2) at HOUSTON (2-1)Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBSOPENING LINE -- Texans by 6RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Tennessee 1-2-0, Houston 2-1-0SERIES RECORD -- Titans lead 15-13LAST MEETING -- Texans beat Titans 34-6, Dec. 27, 2015LAST WEEK -- Titans lost to Raiders 17-10; Texans lost to Patriots 27-0AP PRO32 RANKING -- Titans No. 27, Texans No. 12TITANS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (20), RUSH (8), PASS (24).TITANS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (17), PASS (12).TEXANS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (24), RUSH (13), PASS (27).TEXANS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (5), RUSH (26), PASS (1).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Titans have lost four straight in series, their longest skid vs. team that replaced franchise in Houston. ... Sunday will be Titans QB Marcus Mariotas first career start against Houston. Mariota has 866 yards passing with five TDs and 141 yards rushing with two more scores in past three vs. division. ... Since 2013 RB DeMarco Murray leads NFL with 29 rushing TDs. He had 136 yards rushing in only game against Houston. ... TE Delanie Walker had 15 receptions vs. Houston last season. ... WR Andre Johnson played 12 seasons for Texans and is franchise leader in catches (1,012), yards receiving (13,597) and receiving TDs (64). ... LB Brian Orakpo had sack in last game at Houston. ... Since 2013, Jurrell Casey ranks second among NFL DTs with 23 sacks. ... Houston DE J.J. Watt was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with back injury. Sunday will break streak of 83 consecutive games played for three-time Defensive Player of Year Watt, who has never missed game in six-year career. ... Texans have won five straight regular-season home games. ... RB Lamar Miller rushed for 113 yards and TD in last meeting vs. Titans. ... WR DeAndre Hopkins has 24 receptions for 449 yards and four TDs in past three games vs. Titans. He had career-high 238 yards receiving vs. Tennessee on Nov. 30, 2014. ... 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The Falcons, last in the NFL with 19 sacks last season, have ranked no higher than 28th since 2012. Freeney, 36, is expected to play in nickel packages.He may make only a brief appearance on Thursday night -- or in any preseason game, for that matter.Falcons coach Dan Quinn joked I dont think hell lead the league in playing time this preseason.Freeney had eight sacks in 11 games with Arizona last season. No Falcons player had more than four sacks.---FAMILIAR FACEWhen the Detroit Lions lost Calvin Johnson to retirement in the offseason, they immediately signed receiver Marvin Jones.The Lions take on Jones old team when they host the Cincinnati Bengals. Jones had one catch in Detroits win over Pittsburgh last week.Cincinnati lost Jones and fellow receiver Mohamed Sanu to free agency. It signed Brandon LaFell and drafted Tyler Boyd in the second round, but LaFell has an injured right hand and didnt play last week against Minnesota.---TAKING RISKSFor Oakland quarterback Derek Carr, the preseason is the time to take some risks that he might normally try to avoid when the games count.I definitely do stuff that I want to work on in a game setting against live bullets, he said. I definitely do that, nothing that would go against hurting or anything. But, I want to see if we can get better. I want to see if, `Man if we can do that, that would help you know? So I definitely do that sometimes, he said.Carrs next chance to try that out will be Thursday night when the Raiders visit Green Bay, which hopes to give backup quarterback Brett Hundley the majority of snaps if his injured ankle allows it.---END OF A LONG WEEKAfter practicing together this week and enduring a couple of scrums and shoving matches, the Patriots and Chicago Bears will play at Foxborough, Massachusetts.It culminates a weeklong reunion between Patriots tight end Martellus Bennnett and his former team, who traded him in March.ddddddddddddHe shared hugs and pleasantries with several of his former teammates and coaches during three days of joint practices. But the outspoken Bennett and his brother, Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, made a couple of nasty comments about Bears quarterback Jay Cutler in the last month.Still, Chicago coach John Fox assured there is no ill will toward Bennett.Tom Brady may see some action for New England, but Jimmy Garoppolo will get the majority of the work.---PLAYOFF REMATCHSeattle and Minnesota are meeting for first time since the Seahawks beat the Vikings 10-9 in the playoffs last season.This is a playoff team, won the Super Bowl a couple years ago and the NFC championship game a couple years ago, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said of the Seahawks. So, our guys know the competition that theyre facing. I dont think they think of it as like this is the wild card round or anything like that, but I think itll be good competition.Seattle continues to lean toward undrafted rookie Trevone Boykin as its backup quarterback to Russell Wilson. Boykin completed 16 of 26 passes and threw a 37-yard touchdown to Tanner McEvoy on the final play of regulation to give the Seahawks 17-16 win.---PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALSteelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, running backs LeVeon Bell and DeAngelo Williams and wide receiver Antonio Brown will not play in the game against the Eagles.It remains to be seen whether the Eagles use new receiver Dorial Green-Beckham. He was acquired from Tennessee on Tuesday for offensive lineman Dennis Kelly.---Associated Press sports writers Charles Odum in Flowery Branch, Ga., Kyle Hightower in Foxborough, Mass., Josh Dubow in Napa, Calif, Noah Trister in Allen Park, Mich. Dave Campbell in Eden Prairie, Minn., Tim Booth in Renton, Wash. and Tom Canavan in East Rutherford, N.J. contributed to this report.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '