No. 2 Titans at No. 1 Raiders
Time & TV: 5:30 p.m. Sunday, WBBM-Ch. 2
How they got here:
Titans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-31 Saturday
Raiders beat the New York Jets 30-10 Sunday (Story, 18)
Short-attention span preview: The Raiders buried the Titans 52-25 in Oakland on Sept. 29 when the Titans were on their way to a 1-4 start. Like the Titans, the Raiders are on a roll, having won eight of their last nine. Fisher got good news Sunday on the health of quarterback Steve McNair, running back Eddie George and cornerback Andre Dyson, all banged up in Saturday’s slugfest with Pittsburgh. Tests and X-rays on McNair’s right thumb were negative. Doctors had cut a piece of skin off after he banged his hand on a helmet in the fourth quarter. Fisher feared damage to the joint because McNair had trouble gripping the ball. “He’s better than we all, including himself, thought he was going to be. That’s encouraging,” Fisher said. Dyson escaped possible surgery to repair a damaged shoulder and George will be tested later in the week for aftereffects of the concussion that knocked him out in the second half. He has no history of concussions, so the Titans are optimistic that he will be all right. The Raiders have the No. 1 offense and the league’s most valuable player in quarterback Rich Gannon. The Titans have been to a Super Bowl most recently and are on the hottest win streak in the league, 11 of their last 12 games.
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Super Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 26
At San Diego, 5:18 p.m.
