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The Houston Texans (8-3) kept their distance from the AFC South pack on Monday evening, running through the Tennessee Titans (5-6) on the way to a 34-17 victory, Houston's eighth consecutive win. Here's what we learned:

What a bizarre career for Lamar Miller. The eighth-year running back became the first player in AFC & NFC Rings Championship rings for sale . > history with two rushes of at least 97 yards when he took a second-quarter handoff from the shadow of his end zone to the opposite end of the NRG Stadium. Miller was quiet after that game-changing tote, finishing with 162 yards on 12 carries for 13.5 yards per carry. After a slow start to the season, Miller has averaged over four yards per carry and tallied over 100 scrimmages yards in four of his last five games. Miller spearheaded a Texans rushing attack that racked up 281 yards on Tennessee's top-10 rushing defense and helped extend the Houston's six scoring drives. Missing from Houston's game plan for the past year and a half has been a consistent ground game. With the five games left in the season, the Texans are paving the holes for their running game and a path towards the AFC South title.

Another fateful goal-line decision from Mike Vrabel sets the Tennessee Titan Championship rings back early. The Titans were facing a fourth-and-one in Houston's second quarter, s 3-yard line. Tennessee could have run marcus mario on a line or a sweep or dive into the line; Mariota was perfect in his career in a 1-yard conversion rushing attempts. But the Titans instead called a fullback dive to a blocking tight end in Luke Stocker. Houston read it from a mile, er, yard away and stuffed the stocky tight end. On the very next play, Miller burned Tennessee for a 97-yard TD run. A 10 to 14-point swing in two plays. The decision to go for it in the fourth in the red zone reminded me of the end of Tennessee's loss to Los Angeles Chargers in London when the newcomer's head coach attempted a failed two-point conversion to win when an extra point would have extended the game. . Sometimes the fortune does not favor the bold, especially when your play calls are unfortunate.

Houston ' s pass rush was stymied early by the Titans, who used the read options, quick strikes and deception to nullify edge rushers JJ Watt and Jadeveon Clowney. But the Texans got home in the end and kept on making house calls. Watt was responsible for 1.5 of Houston's six sacks, but also helped spring Christian Covington, who had a career-high 2.5 QB takedowns. The Texans allowed two touchdowns on big hits and blown coverages, but other those 109 yards in Houston, Tennessee in check, and it launched the front championship sports rings < a>.

Marcus Mariota was special in his return from an elbow stinger. One day after Philip Rivers completed a record of 25 straight passes to open a game, Mariota (303 yards) completed 19 straight, a streak that took the Titans signal-caller 14 minutes deep into the fourth quarter. But such marks are deceiving. Of those 19 straight completions, just three went over 10 yards through the air. Mario's also took six sacks behind a crumbling offensive line and led just three scoring drives. Aside from Corey Davis, Tennessee just does not have enough talent to offend it to scare playoff-bound defenses like Houston's.

Deshaun Watson was arguably the more impressive quarterback on the evening. In addition to 210 yards and two touchdowns through the air, Watson contributed a career-high 70 yards and a score on the ground. Perhaps Houston caught the Lamar Jackson bug. Watson's chemistry with Demarius Thomas is growing.

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Out of Houston's record eight straight wins after starting 0-3, This was probably the Texans' most impressive: A 17-point victory over a division rival after falling behind 10 points within the first five minutes. Before Monday evening, Houston's band appeared to be smoke, mirrors and circumstance. The Texans were bailed out by questionable coaching decisions against Indy and Dallas; Nathan Peterman handed them a win against Buffalo; they played Cody Kessler in Jacksonville and Brock Osweiler in a short week; And their wins in Denver and DC came a combination of four points against questionable contenders. In retrospect those arguments were made to avoid or discourage what is now an obvious conclusion. With just one game remaining against a .500-or-better opponent, the eight-and-three Texans are legitimate contenders in the AFC and favorites to win the South. Deal with it.

The Titans, meanwhile, have fallen back in the wild-card race and very likely out of the AFC South race. They are deservedly in the company of non-contenders in Miami, cheap cincinnati bengals championship rings and custom denver bronغير مجاز مي باشد championship rings at 5-6 and are one game behind the surging indianapolis colts championship rings >, who they will play in the regular season finale. Tennessee also benefits from a limp schedule down the stretch, but unlike Houston, the Titans are in an identity-less rut. Their blowout of New England two weeks ago feels like two months ago.