Houston Texans

DK being back is going to be huge!!!

 

We play Texans Monday Night.

7:00 p.m. – 5 Houston Texans at 4 Pittsburgh Steelers (ESPN/ABC/ESPN+/ ESPN Deportes; ManningCast-ESPN2/ESPN+)

 

‘I agree with this analysis, I like our chances next week. We may get multiple playoff home games.

 

Tomlin Monday night at home, cold and and against the Texans.

I like our odds. Go Steelers!

 

Ditto. Nothing like playing a dome team in January at Home in a freezing Pittsburgh.

 

Houston is favored -3

 

All Steelers fans should be in the stadium for this one … lots of Ravens fans there today.

The cold is definitely an advantage for the Steelers.

 

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They do have nice WR options. We better get that secondary figured out if they score 20 we won’t win.

 

That's concerning Ramsey had his worst game of the season against the Ravens.

 

How is their run defense? Think we can run on these guys…Warren was a man possessed tonight.

 

He was really bad and out of position tonight. He needs to wake up and have a solid game.

 

They probably have the best D. We are going to struggle to move the ball. Having DK back will hopefully help.

 

Hopefully the Steelers have figured some other options out since DK was away.

Friermuth and Thielen down the seam was lethal.

 

The Colts had some success throwing deep with their rookie QB against Houston today.

 

Offensively it’s a tough matchup for anyone. They’re good at getting sacks, they stop the run and the pass at a top 5 clip, they’re among the leaders in turnovers created… basically they are tough to handle. It’s going to have to be a clean game offensively if we want to win this one. No turnovers and get TD’s when we have opportunities. We need DK to come out and play big for us.

Defensively I like our matchup. They don’t run it amazingly well and they aren’t a great passing offense either. We need to get after Stroud, not give up any huge plays to Collins, and keep them in tough 3rd downs. I could see us getting a few turnovers or big plays with some pressure and we tend to play well against average to below average offenses like Houston.

Should be a low scoring game on paper. Might come down to the turnover differential in the end. We’re at home and the Texans I wouldn’t say are a definitively better team than us. This feels like as good a shot as any for Tomlin to get the playoff monkey off his back.

 

Steelers need to get the sack machine rolling and generate multi turnovers to win.

 

very tight low scoring affair.

 

I think the Steelers win this game against Houston if they don't turn the ball over. I know the Texans defense is very good, but their offense is suspect, and I think the Steelers defense will shut down the Texans offense and find a way to win this game. This will be a classic Tomlin game I feel. Plus, Houston is coming in here on a 9-game winning streak and it's just very hard I feel to continue to win games week after week after week. I think a long winning streak going into the playoffs is the worst thing a team can have sometimes because you are just due to lose at one point or another. So I like the Steelers in this game if I had to pick right now a week in advance and I think having a guy like Aaron Rodgers will be the difference maker.

 

Uuummm lol??

 

I am out of answers. This season, the refs, and some of the results were best classified fiction for the NFL.

The Texans are a road favorite vs. us. The line is -3

What happens? A number of things can, but our biggest weakness is vs. a good passing QB IMO.

 

And he is well rested

 

He most certainly is.

 

Took a peek over at the Ravens forum. The purple tears are flowing. They are thinking the Texans will destroy the Steelers to help them cope.

 

Whatever gets them through the day.

We're in......and they're out!

Suck on that Raven fans!