INDIANAPOLIS – Sunday afternoon I started getting texts and Tweets. They all asked, “Did you really like the Tweets you are ‘liking?’”

No, no, no, no, no.

An in-game “like” from me on Twitter could well be my bookmarking a Tweet that simply demands attention here.HenryIND

As soon as I grab it back at home or the hotel, that heart is going away.

I think I am willing to be misunderstood for a few hours in exchange for increased efficiency. (Though a full-time assistant would be more effective.)

Now I shall address some of the tweets I liked and have since unliked.

PK: So we delved into this during the postgame Periscope/Facebook Live broadcast, which you can find here. My people there told me someone posted it on Reddit based on seeing Mike Mularkey with a call sheet late in the game. Doesn’t he always have a call sheet?

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mdi construction barINDIANAPOLIS – The Titans found a quarterback who was willing to hold the ball.

And all their pent-up feelings and frustrations over what they feel has been a largely close-but-no-cigar pass rush got heaped on Jacoby Brissett.

Eight times – the most ever in a game for the Titans in their 18 years of existence.CaseyRushIND

DaQuan Jones awoke with two sacks, while Brian Orakpo has one and a half. Avery Williamson, Wesley Woodyard, Derrick Morgan and Erik Walden got one apiece, while Jayon Brown got half a sack.

“I didn’t even know until we got in (the locker room) that I had one'” Williamson said. “Indy was handing them out, so we took advantage of it. We did a good job blitzing, and just I feel like we did a good job of helping our coverage and taking advantage. We got the job done - the fact that we were able to get him down. It was huge. We haven’t been getting the sacks like we thought we would, but they came in bunches.”

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mdi construction barINDIANAPOLIS – Consistently under social-media fire for his play-calling, Terry Robiskie spoke this week about his stubborn streak, and the way he will stick with run plays that don’t work, patiently waiting for one to pop.

IMG 4303At halftime at Lucas Oil Stadium Sunday, he lit into his offense for its failures: 10 carries by DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry produced all of 3 yards.

The stick-with-it mentality that turns off a loud subset of Titans fans dying to see the team open things up was in full play, per Taylor Lewan. He used colorful language while talking about the second-half mindset that produced a 20-16 win and moved the Titans to 7-4.

Robiskie didn’t pull out a bunch of different plays.

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mdi construction barINDIANAPOLIS – After another game filled with all kind of ugly, the Titans once again found a way to win against a team with inferior talent.

With an uninspiring 20-16 win over the Colts, the Titans are 7-4 and in solid shape in the AFC playoff race.

But they didn’t solve offensive production issues that hound them. They really had just two high-quality drives -- but they were the one that gave them the lead for good with 5:59 left in the game and the one that bled out the clock to seal the win.MurraySurroundedIND

After struggling badly running the ball all game, Derrick Henry churned out yards on the 77-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 1-yard plunge by DeMarco Murray.

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mdi construction barINDIANAPOLIS – The 3-7 Colts and 4-6 Texans aren’t going to the playoffs.

AFCSouthThe hopes of the two teams that have won the AFC South 13 of the 15 division titles since realignment in 2002 crashed with their quarterbacks – Andrew Luck’s shoulder has cost him the entire season and DeShaun Watson’s season ended with a torn ACL on Nov. 2.

It’s going to be the 7-3 Jaguars or the 6-4 Titans who take the division. (Both are 2-1 in the division, with Tennessee taking the first head-to-head, Week 2 in Jacksonville, 37-16).

The other could get in as a wild card, which would make for the first time the AFC South sends two teams to the postseason since 2012.

The Jaguars play the Titans at Nissan Stadium on Dec. 31 in the regular season finale for both teams, a game with huge stakes.

I think one of four other games before then will ultimately decide who wins the division.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Before MDI Construction sends me off to Indianapolis for Sunday's crucial AFC South game, we need to sort through the mail.

You should also know about the sale going on here that runs through Cyber Monday. Even Delanie Walker, who you will find at the end of this, says you should check it out.

Now on to your questions. Thanks for giving me plenty to choose from, I've tried to hit on a good variety.

PK: This is a more complicated question than you might think.TitansFloor

For starters, Mike Mularkey only has one year on his contract after this one, and presumably, the majority of his staff is in line with that. (Outside of Dick LeBeau, who I believe is year-to-year.) The prevalent thinking of many fans is, get a new assistant and things change dramatically. Mularkey has control of his staff, not Jon Robinson. And Mularkey's assistants are doing what he asks them to do or what he signs off on them doing.

Having Amy Adams Strunk or Robinson issue a directive for a change on the staff is not the same -- or as important, frankly -- as issuing a directive about a change in approach.

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pickers vodka 847x63NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Pickers has been good. The picking has been bad.

It doesn't mean we do not forge ahead.

Games of the week (2-3-1)

Rams -2.5 vs. Saints

I don’t want to go back to the Rams after losing with them against the Vikings last week. But the Saints should be favored in this game for how well they are playing. I go with the startling spread theory. When it strikes me as wrong, it turns out not just right, but big right.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The SkyCam angle used to show us the Titans Nov. 16 loss at Pittsburgh gave us a different vantage point on the Titans running game.

And we saw DeMarco Murray make some less-than-great choices on some carries, moving away from holes and into defenders.MurrayPIT

Mike Mularkey said there were some plays where the Titans failed to block the right people. But he’s not in the habit of reviewing where a back did or didn’t go.

“I've never (played running back), and I'm sure most of those people making those comments haven't either, to tell our backs how to run, especially DeMarco Murray, he’s got 7,000 yards of hitting holes the way he does,” Mularkey said. “I know if we block it better, we should've had bigger runs. We had opportunities for much bigger runs than we had (Thursday night) if we block it better.”

This idea of nearly complete running back decision-making freedom is something I don’t recall every delving into.

Jeff Fisher, who was an NFL punter returner, used to say he’d never question a punt returner’s decision on whether to fair catch a ball or not.

Beyond that, is there another position where decision-making isn’t subject to coaching review, where film review doesn’t focus on it?

I’m thinking the answer is no.

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