Aaron Rodgers

Don't get a blocked kick.

Don't get a blocked kick.

That'll be something to keep an eye on.

But I kind of do think it was blocked, just based on how the rotation of the ball changed after that Ravens defender passed through.

I mean, there could be.

If I were Pittsburgh and I were coming out early in this game, what I would do is I would script up a play or two to DK Metcalf down the football field.

I would come out the same way I did the first time in Baltimore, and I would launch one on one of the first two plays of the game.

I really would.

I would just launch a deep one to DK.

And because if you get the deep pass game going early, I think you open up those Jalen Warren, Kenneth Gainwell things.

But I don't know how much Thielen and MVS are going to matter in this game.

I think you can get Pat Friermuth heavily involved because I think if there's one weakness that this Texans defense has, it's that you can attack them up the seams a little bit.

And, you know, the linebackers and the safeties for the Texans are good, but they're not elite.

And so you can get Fryer moved up the scene.

You could probably get Calvin Austin on a crosser.

Hey, Thielen caught a scene ball, so maybe you can get him.

So that's where the secondary players come in.

But what I think the Steelers need to come out and do is they need to try to get a deep pass game or a deep cross or something of the sort.

Something to pop an explosive early in this game just to get them out on the scoreboard and in a comfortable situation against a really tough defense.

And then I think they need to try.