Welcome to first-and-10, a roundup of all the (mostly) Patriots-related news you need to start your day.
1. Five of our own takeaways from Sunday’s wild-card action from a Patriots perspective. Including a couple of things you really need to know about Tennessee.
2. It looks like Tennessee is going to go with Derrick Henry ahead of DeMarco Murray this weekend.
3. Titans head coach Mike Mularkey said this weekend’s playoff game in Foxborough will be “a good challenge” for his young Tennessee team, while Titans’ offensive lineman Ben Jones called the Patriots a “top-notch” team. (Easy on the trash talk there, Jones.)
4. Here are six takeaways from Mularkey’s Sunday night conference call with the Tennessee media.
5. The Titans need more from their wide receivers than they got in their last two games if they want a shot at knocking off the Patriots.
6. The Titans — led by old pal Logan Ryan — are embracing the role of underdogs.
In other AFC playoff news…
7. Richie Incognito is in hot water again (or maybe he's not).
8. Is it time for the Chiefs to move on from Andy Reid?
9. The Steelers are itching for a little payback against Jacksonville for the 30-9 pasting the Jags put on them earlier in the year.
10. Jacksonville coach Doug Marrone said he'd be a fool if he wasn't concerned about the state of the Jags' offense after Sunday's 10-3 playoff win over Buffalo.
Extra Point
Sean Payton was hype ?
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 8, 2018