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NASHVILLE http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/sione-takitaki-jersey , Tenn. (AP) Murray will get their chance to see what that looks like in the Titans’ most important game of the season. Coach Mike Mularkey isn’t ruling Murray out of the Titans’ regular-season finale against Jacksonville on Sunday. Mularkey said Tuesday that the veteran will be limited at best if an injured knee allows him to play at all. The Titans (8-7) need a win Sunday, or losses by both Buffalo and the Chargers, to end a playoff drought stretching back to 2008 for this franchise if they can snap a three-game skid. ”These guys realize what’s on the line right now,” Mularkey said. ”Nobody has to tell anybody that this is our last chance. We’ve had a number of opportunities we’ve missed, we still have another one. ”There’s a reason we have another one, because we’ve won enough games to be in this position. They realize what they have to do without putting any more pressure on themselves.” The Titans still have a chance at the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs, though advancing likely means the No. 6 seed and a rematch with the AFC South champion Jaguars in the wild-card round. Mularkey said the Titans will plan on Jacksonville (10-5) trying to win and not rest anyone for the postseason. ”Coming off a loss, I’m sure they don’t want to go into the playoffs with another one Sheldrick Redwine Jersey ,” Mularkey said. ”I would expect we’re going to get the best from them knowing (Jaguars coach) Doug Marrone and Tom (Coughlin). I wouldn’t think anything less than that.” For now, Mularkey and the Titans are busy preparing a game plan knowing that an MRI confirmed what trainers expected after Murray hurt his right knee late in a 25-23 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Mularkey says he considers Murray day to day, basing his decision on how Murray has handled other injuries and quickly responded to treatment. Mularkey says whether Murray plays will depend on pain. Murray led the AFC with 1,287 yards rushing with 16 starts last season despite tearing the plantar plate in his right foot during the season. That leaves Henry, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner, poised for the fourth start of his career. Henry leads the Titans in rushing with 693 yards on 148 carries. Mularkey has said he considers both Murray and Henry as starters for Tennessee, but the running backs have opened a game together in the same backfield only in a loss at Arizona this season. Henry is averaging 4.7 yards per carry, better than the 3.6 yards Murray is averaging on his 184 carries for 659 yards. But Murray has been much more valuable in the passing game Kaleb McGary Jersey , both in protection for Marcus Mariota and as a target. Murray ranks fourth on the Titans with 39 catches and has 266 yards receiving with a touchdown. Henry has only 10 catches for 70 yards all season. Mularkey said Henry has gotten better in pass protection. ”Obviously all the experience and the time, what a difference a year makes for him,” Mularkey said. ”He’s much better than he was his rookie year. It’s pretty overwhelming when you get into the protection schemes, especially when a defense goes substituted defense with nickels and dimes. It gets complicated, but he’s definitely improved from his first year to this one.” NOTES: Mularkey said CB Logan Ryan (ankle) has a chance to practice and play after missing a game with an injured ankle. … Mularkey said he called the NFL on Sunday night about an onside kick the Titans recovered only to be forced to re-kick after officials apparently told the Rams the timeout would be full and the Titans expecting a shorter timeout. Mularkey said the league got back to him, but he didn’t want to waste his time to hear answers that would only be more frustrating. Mularkey said: ”It was a mistake and I think they admitted that. Tough one to take.” — Bust out the protractors and rulers, refs. All your old-school stationery supplies are fair game for measurements in the NFL.Referee Gene Steratore’s decision to use a folded index card for a first-down measurement that went in favor of Dallas against the Raiders will start a new trend. Football is a game of inches. Making the right call is crucial so refs need all the help they can get.Give them calculators, erasers and No. 2 pencils Kendall Sheffield Jersey , too. Perhaps the league’s competition committee will change the rules to allow referees to carry these supplies onto the field.After all, it worked so well for Steratore, who saw it one way while cameras suggested he was wrong.Here are more overreactions following Week 15:——OVERREACTION: Spoiling a pity parade will spark the Browns (0-14) to finally win a game.REALISTIC REACTION: Why not? Nothing else worked.——OVERREACTION: Colin Kaepernick will return to the NFL after he teams up with P. Diddy to buy the Panthers.REALISTIC REACTION: He’d have to trade Cam Newton.——OVERREACTION: The Steelers (10-3) can’t win without Antonio Brown.REALISTIC REACTION: They almost beat the Patriots (10-3) with their star receiver missing most of the game.——OVERREACTION: Nate Sudfeld could toss four TD passes throwing in Philadelphia’s offense.REALISTIC REACTION: Carson Wentz and Nick Foles doing it in consecutive weeks doesn’t mean whoever lines up under center for the Eagles (12-2) will have similar success. And, they don’t want to find out.——OVERREACTION: Aaron Rodgers lost his magic touch.REALISTIC REACTION: He was coming back from surgery on a broken collarbone. He’s not Superman.——OVERREACTION: Playoff football will fill the seats in Los Angeles.REALISTIC REACTION: Too many seats to fill in the Coliseum.——OVERREACTION: Earl Thomas and Bobby Wagner will settle their differences in locker-room scrap.REALISTIC REACTION: It’s already forgotten.——OVERREACTION: The Vikings are the scariest team in the NFC playoffs.REALISTIC REACTION: Case Keenum is still their quarterback.——OVERREACTION: The Bills will end their 17-year playoff drought.REALISTIC REACTION: They’re not winning in New England and beating the Dolphins twice in three weeks will be a tough task. They could end up 8-8.——