After a wild win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football to win the AFC North and clinch a spot in the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers now turn their attention to the AFC Wild Card Round, where they will host the No. 5 Houston Texans on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n
It will be the first playoff game the Steelers host since the 2020 debacle against the Cleveland Browns in that COVID season.<\/p>\n
While the matchup against the Texans, who have won nine games in a row, appears daunting, there\u2019s something special about a Mike Tomlin-led team at home on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n
That Monday night magic, and the presence of a 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers playing good football at the moment has Colin Cowherd believing in the Steelers.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow they\u2019re an underdog at home on that final wild card weekend of playoffs next week. And everybody loves Houston. I will just remind you that Mike Tomlin\u2019s been terrible on short week Thursday games, but Mike Tomlin\u2019s been virtually unbeatable on Monday night football games,\u201d Cowherd said, according to audio via FS1.<\/a> \u201cSteelers as a home dog with the motivator Mike Tomlin against the Houston Texans? Do not be shocked if Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh, 42 years old, finds himself advancing.<\/p>\n \u201cI love Houston, but Monday night Tomlin is magical.\u201d<\/p>\n Yes, the Texans matchup looks rather lopsided on paper for the Steelers. Houston\u2019s defense is one of the best in the NFL, and its pass rush is suffocating under head coach DeMeco Ryans.<\/p>\n But Houston\u2019s offense has been up and down, and quarterback C.J. Stroud has made some bad mistakes this season, which could bode well for the Steelers\u2019 defense. Pittsburgh is healthy on that side of the football again and had been playing some good football until some costly mistakes against the Ravens nearly ended the season in ugly fashion.<\/p>\n But now, that unit gets a reprieve against Houston.<\/p>\n