Henry Facing a Four-Game Suspension

Tennessee Titan running back Travis Henry will be suspended for four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, according to a broadcast report Sunday.

CBS said on its pregame show that Henry would be disciplined. A Titan spokesman said he was unaware of the situation. Phone messages left with Hadley Engelhard, Henry’s agent, were not returned.

After Sunday’s 31-27 loss to the Rams, Henry had little to say.

“It’s a league issue,” Henry said. “No comment.”

Henry was the Titans’ leading rusher with 97 yards and a 3.5-yard average in the first two games but had only three carries for no yards against the Rams.

The Titans acquired Henry from Buffalo for a third-round draft pick in July.

Henry started 48 of 53 games in four seasons with the Bills, rushing for 3,849 yards and a 4.0-yard average, and has 67 touchdowns.

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Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison broke the NFL record for most yards passing between a quarterback and receiver in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against Cleveland.

The duo began the game needing 24 yards to pass Buffalo’s Jim Kelly and Andre Reed. Manning and Harrison connected six times for 53 yards, giving them 717 completions and 9,568 yards -- both NFL records. They broke the yardage record early in the fourth quarter on a 16-yard completion.

Manning also became the second-fastest quarterback to reach 30,000 yards passing, doing it in 115 games. Only Miami’s Dan Marino achieved the milestone in fewer games. He did it in 114 games.

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Pittsburgh Steeler streaks that ended with their 23-20 loss to the New England Patriots:

* Sixteen consecutive regular-season victories. The only longer streaks in NFL history were 18 games by the Patriots, a streak that ended with a 34-20 loss in Pittsburgh on Oct. 31, 2004, and 17 games by the Chicago Bears in 1933-34.

* Eleven consecutive regular-season home victories.

* Fifteen consecutive regular-season victories by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the longest streak to start a career in NFL history.

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Sunday’s key injuries:

Buffalo linebacker Takeo Spikes hurt his right Achilles’ tendon, an injury that could end his season.

New England safety Rodney Harrison injured his left leg in the win over Pittsburgh and was taken off the field on a stretcher.

Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner injured his right groin while scrambling during the second quarter.

The New York Jets lost starting quarterback Chad Pennington and his backup, Jay Fiedler, to shoulder injuries in an overtime loss to Jacksonville. Although Pennington returned when Fiedler went down, he was clearly hurting.

St. Louis running back Steven Jackson missed the second half because of a rib injury. The Rams were also without wide receiver Isaac Bruce, who sustained a turf toe injury near the end of the first half.