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By BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
You can win for losing in the NFL. The Tennessee Titans are proving it.
Thanks to a nine-game slide, the Titans (2-13) are in line for the top overall pick in next spring’s draft. They hold the edge on equally inept Tampa Bay because of strength – uh, make that weakness – of schedule.
Under first-year coach Ken Whisenhunt, the Titans have compiled their awful record against opponents with a 108-115-1 mark. That gives their schedule a .484 rating, barely easier than Tampa Bay’s .489 under its first-year coach, Lovie Smith.
Unless they both win home games Sunday – the Titans against AFC South winner Indianapolis, the Bucs vs. New Orleans – one of them will own the top selection.
But which one remains uncertain, because every game must be played across the league to fully determine strength (weakness) of schedule.
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