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Houston snuck out of Nashville with a grinder’s W, 16-13, after Matthew Wright coolly split the uprights from 35 yards with two ticks left on the clock. Call it a backyard rock fight at Nissan Stadium: the Texans leaned on defense and just enough Davis Mills to outlast a scrappy Titans bunch that kept booting themselves in gear but couldn’t run away.

Early on it was all Joey Slye leg and yellow laundry. Tennessee’s kicker drilled a bomb from 56 and later from 47 to make it 6-0, but a parade of false starts stalled drives and the run game never got traction. When the Titans finally hit a spark late, Chig Okonkwo ripped a 39-yard catch on third-and-a mile to set up Cameron Ward’s dart to Van Jefferson for the tying TD with 1:39 left. Ball game on, tension thick.

Mills never blinked. The Texans QB went 26/41 for 274 yards and 1 TD, leaning on Nico Collins—who cooked all afternoon with 9 catches for 92 yards and a score—and Dalton Schultz (6 for 51) to move the chains. Houston’s D authored the game’s hinge moment when Will Anderson Jr. blasted Ward for a fourth-quarter strip-sack that set up a 43-yarder from Wright for a 13-6 cushion. After Tennessee’s late punch, Mills answered with a couple of darts and some tough Woody Marks runs to bleed the clock, teeing up Wright’s walk-off winner.

One quick note from the sideline: Titans WR Calvin Ridley was carted to the locker room early with an apparent lower-leg injury; initial reports labeled him questionable to return, something to monitor moving forward. (sbnation.com)

Big Dill of the Game: Matthew Wright — 3-for-3 on field goals, including the buzzer-beater. That’s ice in the veins, relish on the dog. This is Dillon “Big Dill” Smith with Big Dill Sports — where ballin’ is a big dill. Catch you on the next whistle.