""Everyone always wants to know where they stand," Mike Munchak said Monday afternoon.

The Tennessee Titans know for certain that they are not a playoff team. That is about as much certainty as they have had at any time in the last 11 months.

That reality was assured Sunday by a combination of results that accompanied their 23-22 victory over the Houston Texans. When all was said and done, had the New York Jets defeated the Miami Dolphins and everything else gone the way it did, the Titans would be preparing for the postseason.

As such, they already officially are into their offseason, which involves a much greater degree of certainty than the last."