playoff berth for the first time in Tomlins 10-year tenure.Its a position Pittsburgh envisioned all along, it not the winding path

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Houston Texans have been dreadful on the road this season, losing lopsided games at New England, Minnesota and Denver.Coach Bill OBriens team found the end zone just once in those cities, getting outscored by a combined 64 points.The Texans (5-3) probably need to reverse the trend to stay on top in the watered-down AFC South. It should help playing at Jacksonville, where the Jaguars (2-6) are 0-3 at home in 2016.This much is certain: One of them will end a streak Sunday.You got to put the bad games behind you and move on, Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins said.Houston plays four of its next five away from home, so finding better road results could be huge in the second half of the season. Players and coaches believe getting off to quicker starts would help.The Texans trailed 10-0 in the first half against the Patriots, 24-0 against the Vikings, and 14-6 against the Broncos. Left tackle Duane Brown said the team needs to bring a lot of energy to change its fortunes.I think thats been our kind of Achilles heel this season, Brown said. I think having energy and starting fast, everything else will fall into place. I think the execution will fall into place and just keeping it going, you know, for four quarters.The Jaguars have gotten little going at home this season. Although they dropped close games to Green Bay and Baltimore in September, they were blown out 33-16 by Oakland in their lone game at EverBank Field since. They return Sunday having lost three consecutive games and face mounting speculation about coach Gus Bradleys job security. Bradley is 14-42 in 3 + seasons in Jacksonville and has fallen well short of expectations this year.Bradley fired offensive coordinator Greg Olson on Oct. 29, and the team responded with a better performance at Kansas City last week. The Chiefs won 19-14, thanks mostly to Jacksonvilles four turnovers and several missed opportunities.Few teams could use a victory as badly as Bradley and the Jaguars, especially at home.If were going to get this turned around, it needs to start now, tight end Marcedes Lewis said. Were capable of getting on a roll, but the only way to do that is to get that first one and go from there.Here are some other things to know about the Texans and Jaguars:OPENING DRIVE: The Jaguars havent scored a touchdown on their opening drive since Week 2 of last season. The 22-game stretch without an opening-possession TD is the longest in the NFL.MILLERS HEALTH: Houston RB Lamar Miller (bruised shoulder) is feeling better following the teams bye week. Miller, who ranks seventh in the NFL with 637 yards rushing, hopes to be back to full strength against the Jaguars. Im just getting a lot of treatment right now, he said. Just trying to get better. If not, Alfred Blue would fill in again. Blue has 104 yards rushing in Houstons last two games.TURNOVER DROUGHT: Jacksonville hasnt forced or even lucked into a turnover in nearly five games. The drought, which stands at more than 289 minutes of game time, should have ended last week at Kansas City, but defensive backs Prince Amukamara and Tashaun Gipson collided while trying to catch a badly overthrown ball. The Jags have a league-low five takeaways, partly because they trail in most games and lack a consistent pass rush. I think theyre itching for a takeaway, defensive coordinator Todd Wash said. But at the same time, we cant press.CLOWNEYS IMPACT: Texans DE Jadeveon Clowney is having the best year of his short career after struggling to contribute in his first two injury-plagued seasons. The top overall pick in the 2014 draft is sixth in the NFL with a career-high nine tackles for losses. He also has three sacks, 30 tackles and 10 quarterback hurries. Its really cool to see him now, I mean, as far as playing the run, the pass, his effort, and hes really coming into his own, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said.FAIR CATCH? After three fumbled punts in as many games, the Jaguars are expected to go back to receiver Rashad Greene as the return man Sunday. Greene was inactive the last two games. Greene, Marqise Lee and Bryan Walters each fumbled punts in the last three games. Were looking at everything, Bradley said. I think its good to have competition within, but probably have a pretty good idea the way were going to go.---AP Sports Writer Kristie Rieken in Houston contributed to this report.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLTyreek Hill Super Bowl Jersey . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. Anthony Hitchens Super Bowl Jersey .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. http://www.officialkcchiefspro.com/Emmanuel-ogbah-chiefs-jersey/ .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Jordan Lucas Super Bowl Jersey . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Juan Thornhill Super Bowl Jersey . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR.PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers put themselves back in the playoff conversation by stringing together four convincing victories in which they never trailed. They put themselves on the cusp of the AFC North title by showing the kind of resilience theyve lacked this year when things get tight.Down two touchdowns on the road, the Steelers didnt panic. They didnt press either. They simply kept chipping away at the seemingly emotionally fragile Bengals until Cincinnati lost its composure and, eventually, whatever resolved remained in an otherwise lost season.The result -- a 24-20 victory that set up a de facto AFC North title game next Sunday against Baltimore -- was Pittsburghs first win in a game decided by less than seven points this season and first when trailing at the half since Week 15 of last year.It just shows what were capable of, safety Sean Davis said Monday. Were a team that fights. Weve been through so many things throughout that game and it does nothing but make us more confident and lets us know when we play like that the whole game were a tough team to beat.A team that evolved from one heavy on flash to something more substantive over the last month. Six Chris Boswell field goals, one well-timed Boswell trip of Cincinnati returner Alex Erickson that prevented a touchdown and an exclamation point game-ending drive gave the Steelers (9-5) their longest winning streak since 2009.Leading by four with 5:53 remaining, Pittsburgh took over at its own 16 and the Bengals never got the ball back. Four first downs -- the last coming on Cincinnatis eighth penalty of the day -- allowed Ben Roethlisberger to kneel down four times and give the Steelers their 15th win in 18 trips to Paul Brown Stadium.Its huge, guard David DeCastro said. Having those team wins, especially late in the season. Thats got to be the way to do it.Maybe thats why occasionally nitpickyy head coach Mike Tomlin opted not to be so nitpicky after his team improved to 11-1 in its last 12 December games.dddddddddddd While allowing most of his teams issues early on Sunday were of the self-inflicted variety, from the face mask by defensive end Stephon Tuitt that extended Cincinnatis opening drive to the pass interference call in the end zone on rookie cornerback Artie Burns that set up a Bengals touchdown.Its not the first time this season the Steelers have struggled on the road. It is the first time theyve managed to overcome it.We have played that team five times in the past twelve months, its not a lot of secrets, Tomlin said. Its just technical expertise and a lot of butt kicking. And smiling in the face of adversity.Something Pittsburgh is becoming more comfortable at as the long slog of the regular season morphs into a sprint. The most basic math is very simple: knock off the Ravens (who have won four straight in one of the AFCs most heated rivalries) and the Steelers have a third straight playoff berth for the first time in Tomlins 10-year tenure.Its a position Pittsburgh envisioned all along, it not the winding path it took to get here. The four-game nap the Steelers took in the middle of the season appears to be a distant memory.Were going to fight for the whole 60 minutes, Davis said.If the can do it for 60 more, theyll be division champions.Game notesTuitt underwent an MRI on his right knee on Monday. He injured the knee on the same play he was flagged for grabbing Andy Daltons facemask and did not return. ... WR Darrius Heyward-Bey ran in cleats on Monday as he tries to recover from a foot injury thats kept him out since Week 7.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '