The Houston Texans closed out Wild Card weekend with a dominating defeat of the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night. The loss marked the seventh consecutive playoff defeat for the Steelers, tying head coach Mike Tomlin with former Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis for the longest postseason losing streak in NFL history. The game also […]
From Dawgs By Nature
| 22 days ago
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How sweet it is. Three seasons under DeMeco Ryans and three times the Texans have won big on Wild Card weekend. This time they finally won on the road as they smothered the Pittsburgh Steelers and almost literally put Aaron Rodgers into a sleeper hold. The final score will say this one was a blowout […]
From Battle Red Blog
| 22 days ago
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Having won their first playoff game in seven years, the New England Patriots are going to try to make it two in a row with a ticket to the AFC Championship on the line. Standing in their way is arguably the hottest team in the NFL right now, a Houston Texans squad coming off its […]
From Pats Pulpit
| 22 days ago
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The Pittsburgh Steelers faced a fate that has become all too familiar – a lopsided loss in the wild card round to close out their season. The Houston Texans defeated Pittsburgh 30-6 to advance to the divisional round to face the New England Patriots. With the loss comes questions about the respective futures of multiple […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 22 days ago
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The Steelers’ playoff struggles continued with a blowout loss to the Texans on Monday Night Football. As always, there are plenty of takeaways to be had: 1. Everything leads to the same result “Sitting up here again. Same story.” Star outside linebacker T.J. Watt’s press conference was a short and dismal affair following the Steelers’ […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 22 days ago
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The New England Patriots survived their low-scoring playoff debut against the visiting Los Angeles Chargers, celebrating a 16-9 victory to set up a divisional round meeting with the Houston Texans this coming Sunday. Entering that game, however, there is some uncertainty about one of the Patriots’ most important players. With that said, let’s take a […]
From Pats Pulpit
| 22 days ago
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The New England Patriots took care of business on Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Chargers 16-3 to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Twenty-four hours later, they learned who their opponent was going to be: the Houston Texans, who scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers […]
From Pats Pulpit
| 22 days ago
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With the loss to the Houston Texans on Monday night, the Steelers’ season is officially over. There will be some time in the coming days to reflect on the season’s highs and lows, but all eyes eventually look forward to the NFL Draft. The Steelers now know where they’ll be picking in the 2026 NFL […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 23 days ago
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The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2025 season is over, ending in the wild card round for the third consecutive season in blowout fashion. In those three most recent wild card losses, they’ve been outscored 89-37, the most recent one being a 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans on Monday night. Not only have the Steelers been one-and-done […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 23 days ago
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The Pittsburgh Steelers’ season has come to an end after a 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans to close out the wild card round. For the majority of the game, it felt like a contest tailor-made for the Steelers. The Texans turned the ball over three times, which is usually the blueprint for an ugly […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 23 days ago
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An up and down Steelers season ended with a second-half beatdown at the hands of the Houston Texans defense in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs on Monday Night, with Pittsburgh falling at home 30-6. With the loss, the Steelers’ playoff win drought extends to a ninth straight season. The Steelers finished the […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 23 days ago
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The Houston Texans are playing another week of football. It was a familiar script as the Houston Texans offense seemingly ran the ball at will, but inexplicably shot themselves in the foot on several drives. However, that would be burying the lede. It was yet another stellar effort from the Houston Texans defense. They swarmed […]
From Battle Red Blog
| 23 days ago
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are in a bad way. Their offense struggled mightily against the Houston Texans on Monday night and scored just six points. Meanwhile, the Texans defense scored two touchdowns of their own. Pittsburgh goes home empty-handed once again after the worst playoff loss in Steelers history. Pittsburgh was behind the sticks all game, […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 23 days ago
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The Houston Texans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night and in the process advanced to the Divisional Round of the playoffs. They will visit the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon. When the Texans head to Foxborough they will do so seeking their first Conference Championship Game appearance in franchise history. We obviously know […]
From Blogging The Boys
| 23 days ago
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One more NFL Wild Card playoff game, and it is tonight. The Texans take on the Steelers. This is an open thread for game chat.
From Blogging The Boys
| 23 days ago
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The Pittsburgh Steelers host the Houston Texans in the final game of the Wild Card round. This game will see Aaron Rodgers face the AFC’s best defense in what could be his final game. This matchup could make for a great end to the Wild Card round of the 2026 NFL Playoffs! AFC Wild Card […]
From Canal Street Chronicles
| 23 days ago
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Demeco Ryans enters these playoffs 2-2. The Houston Texans enter this game as the fifth seed and are on the road in a hostile environment to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have seen C.J. Stroud throw north of 245 yards in three of his four playoff starts. He’s gone two games without throwing a […]
From Niners Nation
| 23 days ago
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Happy playoffs, BTSC! The AFC North champion, the 10-7 Pittsburgh Steelers, host the 12-5 Houston Texans in the final game of Wild Card Weekend Monday night. Kickoff is 8:15 p.m. EST on ESPN/ABC. You can read BTSC’s preview of the game here. Join the discussion by signing up for an account. Stop by and enjoy the […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
| 23 days ago
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It’s time to wrap up Wild Card Weekend with the last AFC matchup of the first round. We’re heading to Pittsburgh, as the AFC South champion Pittsburgh Steelers will play host to the Houston Texans. Kickoff for this one will happen at 7:15 PM Central time, and the game will be broadcast on ABC and […]
From Daily Norseman
| 23 days ago
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There’s just one more game to play before the NFL Wild Card round of the playoffs comes to an end. Playing in the rather non-traditional postseason window of Monday Night Football, the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Houston Texans. Buffalo Bills fans likely have strong opinions about tonight’s game, whether that be due to the scheduling […]
From Buffalo Rumblings
| 23 days ago
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This is the final Monday Night Football game of the 2025/26 NFL season, and it also concludes Wild Card Weekend. This is a matchup between the 12-5 Houston Texans and the 10-7 Pittsburgh Steelers. CJ Stroud vs Aaron Rodgers. This one could get ugly. Who: Houston Texans (12-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) Where: Acrisure Stadium | Pittsburgh, […]
From Hogs Haven
| 23 days ago
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After a weekend of NFL Wildcard games, we have one more on the AFC side when the Houston Texans travel north to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Houston arrives with a 12-5 record and the 5th overall seed, fresh off their final-game victory over AFC South divisional rival, the Baltimore Colts, 38-30. Pittsburgh, with a […]
From The Phinsider
| 23 days ago
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The road for the Texans to make their first Super Bowl begins on the road as this is the first time they’ve gotten to the playoffs as a wild card. Tonight, they enter the Steel City and play T.J. Watt’s AFC North winning (technically) Pittsburgh Steelers. There are a lot of streaks on the line […]
From Battle Red Blog
| 23 days ago
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We have seven of the final eight teams confirmed for the Divisional Round. That last spot will go to either the 4-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers or 5-seeded Houston Texans, who’ve never won a road playoff game in their (comparatively speaking) brief history. Meanwhile, apparently the Steelers haven’t lost a Monday night home game since the early […]
From Field Gulls
| 23 days ago
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The final game of Wild Card Weekend will be an AFC matchup between the No. 5 Houston Texans and the No. 4 Pittsburgh Steelers. These teams have only faced each other eight times in their history, but the Steelers lead the series, 5-3, and have won three of their four most recent meetings. They last […]
From Bleeding Green Nation
| 23 days ago
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