Colts-Titans flexed to SNF in Week 17 with playoff spot up for grabs
The Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans will be featured on the Week 17 edition of Sunday Night Football in a game that will see the winner clinch a playoff spot and the loser sent home.
We'll see you from Nashville for a Week 17 playoff play-in game between the @Colts and @Titans! #SNF pic.twitter.com/iaXIXBksRV
— SNF on NBC (@SNFonNBC) December 24, 2018
The Houston Texans have already clinched a playoff spot, and can also lock up the AFC South with a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 17. Such a result would leave the winner of the Colts and Titans fighting for a wild-card spot.
A loss to Jacksonville would drop Houston into a wild-card position, with the winner of Colts-Titans then taking home the division crown. A tie between Indianapolis and Tennessee would lock up the division for the Texans regardless of their result. The Colts would take the wild-card spot in the event of a tie, as they'd hold the head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over the Titans due to a win in their first matchup this season.
Andrew Luck threw three touchdowns in that Week 11 contest, leading the Colts to a 38-10 victory in Indianapolis.
The clash will mark only the second time this year that Indianapolis has been featured in a prime-time game, with the only prior appearance being on Thursday Night Football early in the season.