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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Philip Rivers has made the postgame walk to answer tough questions dozens of times over his previous 17 NFL seasons.

This time seemed different.

“It’s been an absolute blast for three weeks and if I go back now and said, ‘All right, now you know everything that’s going to happen, what are you going to do? I’d do it all again,’” Rivers said after the Colts lost 23-17 to Jacksonville. “So, yeah, if it’s the last one, it’s the last one. I thought the last one was walking off the field in Buffalo (in January 2021), walking up that tunnel and I was fine with that. I had tears those few days after that and I was at peace with that being the last one. So, certainly, if it is (the last one), I got three more bonus games that I never saw coming.”

Rivers provided two elements the Colts (8-8) needed when they brought him out of a five-year retirement. His passion energized the locker room after Daniel Jones suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon, and he gave the Colts a chance to pull themselves out of a historic second-half swoon in which they became just the sixth team since 1970 — and the first in 30 years — to start 7-1 and miss the playoffs.

But Rivers has lost all three of his starts, with the Colts’ overall skid now at six games.

His late interception at Seattle ended the Colts’ bid for a miracle rally. And an interception Sunday on a tipped ball allowed the Jags (12-4) to kick the tiebreaking field goal with 6:58 to play.

While Rivers took accountability for both miscues with his typical down-home demeanor, he knows he’s not the face of the Colts’ future.

So with one meaningless game remaining next weekend at Houston, the Colts could give Rivers one more start, but it might make sense for them to take a look at Anthony Richardson — the No. 4 overall draft pick in 2023 — or rookie Riley Leonard. Richardson has not been activated from the injured reserve list but has started practicing.

“I’ll figure that out Tuesday,” coach Shane Steichen said.

If Rivers’ career is over, again, five years after he left the first time, he has no regrets.

In career start No. 423, Rivers surpassed Hall of Famer Warren Moon as the fourth-oldest quarterback to start in the NFL. Rivers played at 44 years, 20 days; Moon was 44 years and eight days.

If he makes start No. 424, Rivers would pass Vinny Testaverde — 44 years and 26 days — as the third oldest, trailing only Steve DeBerg and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.

Rivers ranks sixth in league history in TD passes with 425 and is eighth on the career yards passing list with 63,984 — just behind Matthew Stafford and 105 yards away from moving past two-time Super Bowl winner Ben Roethlisberger.

Rivers knows he may not get that chance.

“I’m going to be on board and supportive of whatever the organization, Shane and whoever, however that decision is going to come to be,” Rivers said. “I’m sure I’ll have some conversation. It won’t just be a blind-side Tuesday conversation for me. And I’m going to be on board to do what’s best for the guys.”

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Lawrence ran for two scores, Cam Little kicked a tiebreaking 42-yard field goal with 6:58 left, and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Indianapolis Colts 23-17 on Sunday, moving within one victory of their first AFC South title since 2022.

The Jags (12-4) won their seventh straight game one day after two-time defending division champ Houston beat the Los Angeles Chargers to remain in contention for the title. The Texans’ victory also eliminated the Colts from playoff contention.

Jacksonville’s Liam Coen became the first coach in NFL history to take over a four-win team and win 12 games the next season.

Lawrence went 23 of 37 for 263 yards, though his streak of consecutive games with at least 225 yards passing, two TDs and a passer rating over 100 ended at four. He did not have a touchdown pass and he threw his first interception in five weeks.

Indy (8-8) has lost six straight and seven of eight to become the sixth team since 1970 — and the first since the 1995 Oakland Raiders — to miss the postseason after starting 7-1.

Rivers was 16 of 28 for 135 yards with one touchdown and one interception. His pick set up Jacksonville’s go-ahead score.

The fourth-oldest quarterback to start an NFL game relied on his wisdom to put Jacksonville in an early hole.

Rivers guided the Colts to a field goal after Ashton Dulin’s 53-yard kickoff return to start the game. Then he took advantage of Travis Etienne’s fumble on a botched a hook-and-lateral play by leading the Colts on a time-consuming drive that Jonathan Taylor capped with a 3-yard TD run to give Indy a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter.

Lawrence answered with a 4-yard TD run and again with a nifty 6-yard scoring run midway through the third quarter to give Jacksonville a 14-10 lead.

Dulin’s second long return, a 56-yarder, set up Rivers’ 5-yard TD pass to Mo Alie-Cox that gave Indy a 17-14 lead with 5:58 left in the third.

Little tied it with 34-yard field goal, broke the tie with his 42-yarder and extended the margin with a late 53-yarder before the Jags sealed it by intercepting Riley Leonard’s final heave into the end zone.

Jaguars: Etienne rushed 17 times for 76 yards to surpass the 1,000-yard mark for the third time in his four seasons. … Parker Washington caught eight passes for 115 yards. … The Jags have 30 takeaways this season after recording only nine in 2024.

Colts: Taylor tied his single-season franchise records for TD runs (18) and total TDs (19), matching his totals from 2021. … Six of Indy’s eight losses came by seven points or fewer. … The Colts lost their final three home games after winning their first six, including a game in Berlin.

Indy receiver Michael Pittman Jr. left briefly in the first quarter with a calf injury, and two-time All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner did not return after aggravating the calf injury that kept him out the previous three weeks.

Jaguars: Can win the division title with a victory over visiting Tennessee next weekend.

Colts: At Houston next weekend to conclude their fifth straight season without a playoff berth.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Whittingham brought plenty of energy on four-hours sleep Sunday when he was introduced as Michigan’s football coach, saying it was one of five jobs that could bring him out of a short retirement and offering no hesitation about joining a program in the midst of cultural chaos.

And after 21 years as the head coach of Utah, the 66-year-old Whittingham answered perhaps the most important question: Does he dislike Ohio State or will he have to learn?

“I do now,” said Whittingham, who was defensive coordinator for two years at Utah under Urban Meyer, who went on to win a national title at Ohio State. “I’m on the right side of the deal now.”

Whittingham said he met with Michigan players Saturday night and will be at the Citrus Bowl for Wednesday’s game against Texas to observe, evaluate and “try to stay out of the way.”

Whittingham was the second-longest tenured coach at a Power 4 school behind Kirk Ferentz at Iowa. The Utes had eight seasons of at least 10 wins and went 177-88 during his tenure.

He steps into a Michigan program in disarray, most recently the Dec. 10 firing of coach Sherrone Moore over an extramarital relationship with a staffer. Moore was arrested later that day and charged with three crimes for barging into the woman’s home and threatening to kill himself.

Michigan also was involved in a signal-stealing scandal in 2023 during its run to a national title that led to the football program being put on probation, which athletic director Warde Manuel has said will cost the department more than $30 million in penalties.

Matt Weiss, who previously shared offensive coordinator duties with Moore at Michigan, was charged with hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images. He was fired in January 2023.

That led Poggi, who was a candidate for the Michigan job, to say last week, “It has been five years, let’s just call it a malfunctioning organization. I know the athletic director has made very clear he doesn’t want any more of that.”

Whittingham, who left Utah on Dec. 12, said none of that affected his interest in Michigan when it called or led to questions during the interview process.

“I didn’t have any hesitation,” Whittingham said. “There’s some issues, missteps, that are being take care of. The key is the players here are rock solid. None of those issues involve players. To their credit, they kept playing. There was a lot of distraction. I’ve got no doubt that everything will be handled properly.

“My culture is going to be with the players,” he said. “I know the general gist of what transpired, a series of unfortunate events. But it’s not really fazed me. I focus on coaching the team and everything else will be handled in due time.”

Manuel said the “past few weeks have not been easy,” and he praised the Michigan players for sticking together. He said Whittingham has a track record of running a program built on toughness, discipline and respect.

“I can’t tell you how many texts I received about him after the selection was announced,” Manuel said. “Everyone — everyone — we talked to either started or ended their statements about him with his character.”

Whittingham privately met with quarterback Bryce Underwood and “did a lot of listening.” He said his top priority was retaining players at Michigan and the recruiting class signed earlier this month.

It was an astonishing turnaround for Whittingham, a former linebacker at BYU who was an assistant at BYU, Eastern Utah and Idaho State before going to Utah in 1994.

He stepped away after more than two decades as head coach — 18 with a winning record — saying he didn’t want to be that coach who stayed too long. Whittingham said he wasn’t done coaching because he still felt he had something left to give. But he wasn’t expecting Michigan.

“I wasn’t sure if I was finished or not. I knew there was a lot left in the tank,” he said. “You can count on one hand the amount of schools that if they called, I would listen. Michigan was one of those schools.”

Whittingham built a program geared around defense and toughness, and he said the brand he brings “will fall right in line with what Michigan is used to.”

“Physicality will be our calling card,” he said. “I believe in running the football. If you can win the line of scrimmage, you’ve always got a chance. That will be the trademark and identity of this football team — physicality, toughness and grit.”

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Texans are riding a wave of momentum as the playoffs near. They’re still alive in the race for the AFC South, a division they’ve won multiple times, and bolstered by the NFL’s best defense, they’re taking aim at earning their first berth in the AFC Championship Game.

C.J. Stroud threw for two long touchdowns on Houston’s first two drives of the game, and the Texans went on to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 20-16 on Saturday to clinch a third consecutive playoff berth for the first time in franchise history.

“It’s what you fight for during the season, for an opportunity to be in the playoffs and go win it all,” Houston coach DeMeco Ryans said. “We earned that. It wasn’t given to us. Our guys went out and earned it.”

The Texans (11-5) won their eighth in a row, their longest such streak since winning nine straight in 2018.

“To do something like that in this league is not easy,” rookie wide receiver Jaylin Noel said. “Any time you can stack wins like this is special and we just want to keep it going. The coaches are pushing us to get better and everybody in the locker room is pushing to get better.”

The Chargers (11-5) had their four-game winning streak snapped and handed the AFC West title to idle Denver. They beat the first-place Broncos in Week 3, but blew a chance to set up a winner-take-all showdown in Denver in Week 18.

“That’s what hurts the most,” linebacker Daiyan Henley said. “We just didn’t do it. We didn’t have enough, but we’ll take the loss now and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

The Chargers got knocked out of the playoffs in a wild-card loss to Houston last season.

Stroud’s two explosive TDs stunned the Chargers and gave Houston a 14-0 lead. On his first pass of the game, he hit rookie Jayden Higgins for a 75-yard score against busted coverage. Stroud wasn’t pressured when he threw a 43-yard TD to Noel, who wasn’t covered.

“The big plays to start the game was really great execution starting with the O-line,” Ryans said. “It starts with great protection, and the guys did a great job there. They were two plays that helped us be in position to win.”

The Chargers had allowed just one TD pass of 40 or more yards in their last 15 games.

“You’re not going to beat nobody in this league spotting them 14 (points),” safety Derwin James Jr. said.

Stroud completed his first six throws of the game. He finished 16 of 28 for 244 yards and two interceptions.

Houston’s defense forced third-down sacks of Justin Herbert on the Chargers’ first two possessions. They were three-and-out on three of their first four possessions, quieting the SoFi Stadium crowd.

The Chargers were just 2 of 5 in the red zone.

“Just have to execute,” Herbert said. “We’ve got to be able to convert on those third downs down there and have to score points. We got our opportunities, but it’s on us to be able to execute those plays we put in.”

Playing his third game with a broken left (non-throwing) hand, Herbert was 21 for 32 for 236 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. He was sacked five times.

James intercepted Stroud in the second quarter, but the Chargers only managed a 27-yard field goal by Cameron Dicker on the turnover to trail 14-3. Another interception of Stroud failed to produce any points despite both miscues coming in Houston territory.

Herbert was intercepted by Azeez Al-Shaair at the Houston 1-yard line. The ball, intended for Oronde Gadsden, popped off his hands and Al-Shaair came down with it for his second interception of the season. Gadsden held his face in his hands on the bench.

Dicker missed a field goal from under 40 yards for the first time in his career just before halftime, leaving the Chargers trailing 14-3. He later was wide left to miss his first point after attempt of the season on the Chargers’ final drive after Omarion Hampton’s 5-yard TD run made it 20-16.

“Unforced errors on penalties, special teams, just everybody,” James said. “We got to clean it up.”

Ka’imi Fairbairn had field goals of 41 and 44 yards for Houston.

The Chargers closed to 17-10 after a wild drive in which Herbert was sacked twice and threw two incompletions before finding Gadsden in the back of the end zone for a 1-yard TD in the third.

Texans: CB Kamari Lassiter (knee) left in the second quarter and later returned.

Chargers: RB Hassan Haskins was evaluated for a head injury in the fourth.

Texans: Play Indianapolis to end the regular season.

Chargers: Visit Denver to end the regular season.

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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Maxx Crosby’s season is over, and whether his time with the Las Vegas Raiders is finished remains to be seen.

The Raiders placed their star pass rusher, who has dealt with a knee injury much of the season, on injured reserve on Saturday, meaning he won’t play in their final two games.

Las Vegas hosts the New York Giants on Sunday and Kansas City the week after.

“After deliberate and thorough consultation with multiple top medical professionals, it became clear that this decision is in the best interest of both the franchise and the player,” the Raiders said in a statement. “Maxx is the ultimate warrior, and he has fought extremely hard to compete each week with his teammates since injuring his knee mid-season.

“We are grateful for his extraordinary contributions. He is a true Raider on and off the field — we look forward to his leadership and toughness into 2026 and beyond.”

The move comes a day after the Raiders sidelined Crosby for the game against the Giants. Crosby left the facility after being informed of that decision, which coach Pete Carroll said at the time he supported. Carroll denied there was a rift between Crosby and the organization.

“He’s been fighting his (butt) off the whole time,” Carroll said Friday. “He’s as good a competitor as you can be. You can’t battle more than he’s battled. He’d do anything to be able to be playing.”

The Raiders and Giants each head into their matchup with 2-13 records, and the loser has the inside track to the top overall draft pick. Las Vegas could use the top pick on a quarterback, such as Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, in hopes of addressing a longtime need for an organization that has gone more than two decades without a playoff victory.

In addition to taking Crosby out of the lineup, the club made other moves this week that indicate they are in rebuild mode.

Tight end Brock Bowers (knee) and safety Jeremy Chinn (back) were placed on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday. Bowers is a two-time Pro Bowler who earned first-team All-Pro honors last season. Chinn has started every game and will finish with 114 tackles, three for loss, and a sack.

As for Crosby, he is one of the league’s top pass rushers. He has 10 sacks and a career-high 28 tackles for loss this season. Crosby has recorded double-digit sacks three of the past four seasons.

Crosby made it clear earlier this week that winning was more important than getting the top draft selection.

“I don’t give a (expletive) about the pick,” Crosby said at the time. “I don’t play for that. That’s not my job. My job is to be the best defensive end in the world, and that’s what I focus on every day and being a great leader and being an influence and on being that guy on a consistent basis for my team. The front office, the coaches, they do that.”

Though Crosby has long insisted he wanted to begin and end his career playing for the Raiders, the franchise could take that decision out of his hands by finding a trade partner for a 28-year-old in his prime.

He signed a three-year extension worth $106.5 million, with $91.5 million guaranteed, on March 5 that briefly made Crosby the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. The deal takes Crosby through the 2029 season.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has agreed to a five-year contract with Kyle Whittingham to replace fired and disgraced football coach Sherrone Moore, according to two people familiar with the situation.

The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Friday because the move had not been announced.

Whittingham announced two weeks ago that he would step down after 21 seasons as Utah’s coach. Morgan Scalley was promoted from defensive coordinator to replace Whittingham, who has won a school-record 177 games.

The 15th-ranked Utes will play Nebraska in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.

Moore was fired on Dec. 10, when the school said an investigation uncovered his inappropriate relationship with a staffer. Two days later, Moore was charged with three crimes after prosecutors said he “barged his way” into the apartment of a woman he’d been having an affair with and threatened to kill himself.

Michigan was hoping to hire a coach this month, helping its chances of retaining recruits and keeping key players, including quarterback Bryce Underwood, out of the transfer portal.

Whittingham has been Utah’s coach since December 2004 and a member of the Utes’ staff since 1994. He has a 177-88 (.668) record over 21 seasons. Utah finished with 18 winning seasons under Whittingham and won at least 10 games eight times.

Whittingham twice helped Utah navigate conference changes. The Utes moved from the Mountain West Conference to the Pac-12 Conference in 2011 and then departed the Pac-12 for the Big 12 Conference in 2024.

Utah found success following both moves. Whittingham led the Utes to back-to-back Pac-12 championships and Rose Bowl appearances in 2021 and 2022. Then, after a 5-7 campaign in its first Big 12 season, Utah went 10-2 this season and finished in a tie for third place in the league.

Utah capped an undefeated season in 2008 with a win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.

Whittingham won three national coach of the year awards, including the AFCA and Bear Bryant awards in 2008 and the Dodd Trophy in 2019.

Whittingham was a linebacker at BYU under LaVell Edwards from 1978 to 1981.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jordan Addison took a jet sweep handoff 65 yards for the game-sealing touchdown with 3:43 left after the Minnesota Vikings forced six turnovers and eliminated the Detroit Lions from contention for the playoffs with a 23-10 victory on Thursday.

Harrison Smith, the 14th-year veteran safety, had one of the two interceptions and one of the five sacks of Jared Goff as the Vikings (8-8) won their fourth straight game. Goff was charged with three lost fumbles, once on a sack and twice on errant snaps by backup center Kingsley Eguakun.

With the third straight loss for the Lions (8-8), the Green Bay Packers clinched at least a wild-card spot and could still catch the Chicago Bears for the NFC North title that went to Detroit the past two seasons and Minnesota the year before that.

The Lions and Vikings combined for 29 wins last season, making this an attractive matchup for the NFL’s three-game Christmas Day showcase before injuries and other assorted setbacks took them out of the race.

Undrafted rookie Max Brosmer started for the injured J.J. McCarthy at quarterback and — with the Vikings missing starters at both tackle spots, center and tight end — took seven sacks while going just 9 for 16 for 51 yards against a relentless pass rush.

The Vikings had only 75 net yards before Addison took the ball and burst around the right end untouched for his longest career score, capping it with a dive at the pylon to make sure the ball got in as he was pushed out of bounds.

But Brosmer protected the ball the way Goff usually does, helping set up Will Reichard for three field goals and making sure the remarkable effort by the defense didn’t get wasted.

Goff went 18 for 29 for 197 yards and a touchdown pass to Isaac TeSlaa late in the second quarter to cap a 19-play, 80-yard drive that took 10:08 off the clock. That was the first passing touchdown allowed by the Vikings in seven games.

Lions: LB Alex Anzalone and safety Thomas Harper were each sidelined by a concussion, with safety Avonte Maddox inactive with a back injury. Harper and Maddox had been starting in place of standouts Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph, who are on injured reserve. … Eguakun was promoted from the practice squad to start for Graham Glasgow (knee), who was active. LT Taylor Decker (shoulder) was inactive. … DT Alim McNeill (abdomen) aggravated the injury that had him questionable to play.

Vikings: Myles Price hurt his ankle returning the opening kickoff and didn’t return. … RB Jordan Mason (ankle) was inactive.

The Lions host Chicago in Week 18, when the Vikings host Green Bay to finish the schedule. Those games will be on either Jan. 3 or 4.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson is injured again.

The star quarterback left Baltimore’s game against the New England Patriots late in the second quarter with a back issue. The two-time MVP looked uncomfortable getting up after a run up the middle, and NBC cameras showed an exasperated Jackson heading down the hallway.

The Ravens and Patriots were tied at 10 at the half.

Jackson missed three games earlier this season because of a hamstring injury, and since returning from that he’s been listed with knee, ankle and toe problems as well as an illness that caused him to miss a practice this week.

Jackson was replaced by Tyler Huntley, who completed his only pass before halftime.

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DENVER (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, leading the Jacksonville Jaguars to a resounding 34-20 win that snapped the Denver Broncos’ 11-game winning streak Sunday.

The AFC South-leading Jaguars (11-4) won their sixth straight game and handed the Broncos (12-3) their first loss since Week 3. It was also Denver’s first loss at home since Oct. 13, 2024, snapping the Broncos’ 12-game home winning streak.

The Broncos’ lead over the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC West was sliced to a single game. The teams play in Week 18.

After Broncos rookie RJ Harvey pinballed his way for a 38-yard touchdown to tie it at 17 on the opening drive of the second half, it was all Jacksonville.

Lawrence scored on a 1-yard keeper, then hit Parker Washington for 63 yards to set up Travis Etienne Jr.’s 10-yard TD catch. After Bo Nix fumbled his exchange with running back Jaleel McLaughlin, Lawrence drove Jacksonville on its fifth consecutive score, a 26-yard field goal by Cam Little that made it 34-17 early in the fourth quarter.

Parker caught six passes for a career-best 145 yards and a TD.

The Broncos were driving after pulling to 34-20. But on fourth down from Jacksonville’s 41, Nix telegraphed a throw to Pat Bryant that was easily intercepted by Jarrian Jones midway through the fourth quarter. Later, Bryant was carted off after a vicious hit in the final minute.

This was a matchup of the NFL’s two most penalized teams and Denver committed two big penalties on that drive that ended with Lawrence taking it in from the 1. Malcolm Roach was flagged for landing with his weight on Lawrence and rookie Jahdae Barron was whistled for a debatable pass interference in the end zone.

Lawrence is playing the best football of his five-year NFL career, figuring out the nuances in coach Liam Coen’s offense and stoking his connection with deadline trade addition Jakobi Meyers. The Jaguars had outscored their previous five opponents by a cumulative 171-72 but this was Lawrence’s signature win.

He was sacked five times by the league’s best pass rush — the Broncos have 63 sacks on the season — but it didn’t matter as Lawrence threw for 279 yards with three TDs and no interceptions. Jacksonville was 4 for 5 in the red zone against the league’s best red zone defense.

Nix threw for a career-best 353 yards, but he wasn’t his usual sharp self, accounting for the two turnovers and a high pass that led to Bryant’s injury with 31 seconds remaining. Bryant was strapped to a body board and carted off.

In the first half, Lawrence threw touchdown passes of 12 yards to Washington and 3 yards to Brenton Strange, who got away with a push-off from safety P.J. Locke, filling in for the injured Brandon Jones.

On their first scoring drive, Lawrence and the Jaguars actually benefitted from the din that rattled Empower Field when Jacksonville was flagged for a false start. Blitzing safety P.J. Locke didn’t hear the whistle and put a vicious blindside hit on Lawrence. Only that 15-yard penalty was enforced, jumpstarting Jacksonville’s TD drive.

The Broncos trailed 17-10 at the half after Nix threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton and Wil Lutz connected from 54 yards after banging a 44-yard try off the right upright.

Jaguars: RG Patrick Mekari (back) got hurt in the second quarter and didn’t return. … In the fourth quarter, CB Greg Newsome II sustained a shoulder injury but returned.

Broncos: TE Nate Adkins left in the second quarter with a knee injury.

Jaguars: visit the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

Broncos: visit the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas night.

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