Best of Fan: Getting Ready for the Wild Card at Acrisure
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What playoff history do the Steelers have leading into this game?
Donnie, it's a segment the entire country, perhaps the world and the universe have been waiting for. It's the numbers game playoff version. Hold on, I'm getting my last number entered here. Okay. I'm ready for this, big boy. I don't know if you are, but I know I am. Give me a number, Donnie.
I'll give you a number, Joe. How about the number nine? The Texans have won nine straight games, the best in football.
I got one to counter that, Donnie. Zero. The Texans' number of road playoff wins in their franchise history. They're 0-6.
How about the number 23, Joe, to keep on that theme and the theme of Monday night? Pittsburgh has won 23 straight home games on Monday night football.
How about another one to counter your number, Donnie? One. Domed teams in the past decade in the NFL playoffs, when the temperature is 40 degrees or less... Are 1-14. 1-14.
Did you guys discover, by the way, because we were talking about that stat the other day.
Yeah.
Did you guys find which game it was?
No. Who was it? Let me guess. A domed team that went on the road and won.
I will give you this clue. It says 40 degrees and under. It was 39 degrees at kickoff.
Okay. A domed team. Was it Indy? No. Wasn't Houston. I know that much.
What's the year span again? What year was it?
What year was this game?
It was in the COVID year.
Holy ostrich milk. I mean, that could actually make a difference in this. I don't know. Was it the Colts? No. I just said that. Was it the Saints?
I wasn't paying attention. It was the Rams. They went to Seattle and beat Russell Wilson's Seahawks. Do you remember who the quarterback was for the Rams in that game? This was before they made the trade. And I'll give you the next clue. It was not Jared Goff. Oh, my God. Goff was the backup in this game. He was healthy and he was the backup.
I don't remember.
It wasn't Baker Mayfield? No. Give us a clue, Donnie. I'm going to look at this guy's bio here and just see how much football he played. Brock Osweiler. No.
I like that guess. It's kind of under that same arc.
Vince Ferragamo. He played one career playoff game. He played in this game. He was three for six for 29 yards. Kendall Hinton, the wide receiver that played quarterback for the Broncos that one day. Give us a college. He went to Wake Forest, just like our buddy Josh Harris.
I don't know. I give up. John Wolford. I wouldn't have gotten that in a trillion years.
John Wolford. I do remember the name, but I would have never got it. McVay started him. Wow. He ended up getting hurt, so Goff had to come in. But McVay started him in that game. That is amazing.
And they won. Whose turn for a number, Donnie? I think yours.
Yeah, I'll go here. 15 is my number. Yeah. And it also coincides with the number 20. So I guess I hit you with two there. The Texans have won 15 consecutive games when they score 20 plus points.
Great number. That's a candidate for the number of the day. 3.6 is my number. When your lead back is averaging 3.6 yards per carry, you are not in a good space with your run game, and that's the great Woody Marks, no relation to Woody Allen, for the Houston Texans.
Seven is my number. The Texans became team number seven in NFL history to make the playoffs after starting 0-3.
358, Dalton Schultz, tight end Texans. That's his yards after the catch. Oh, 358, Donnie. You better get him on the ground.
Four, D'Amico Ryans and C.J. Stroud, the fourth head coach quarterback pairing in league history to make the playoffs in each of their first three seasons.
I got a four as well, and it was really next on my list. The Texans have four players with exactly four interceptions, so turnovers from everywhere.
I will give you two to go along with that defense, Joe. Please. The only team in the league with multiple defenders that have... 12-plus sacks, they got two of them. That is the number. Daniil Hunter has 15. Will Anderson has 12.
Man, I hope Dylan Cook, I hope this is real. What we've been seeing, we're going to have Kenny Gainwell chipping away like he's, I don't know what he's doing, taking paint off a house here. 73. The Steelers have been outscored in the first quarters of their six-game playoff losing streak by a cumulative 73-0.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What playoff history do the Steelers have leading into this game?
0:00–9:01
2
How do the Texans' recent performances impact their playoff chances?
9:01–17:25
3
What key statistics should fans know about the Steelers' offense?
17:25–24:49
4
What is the significance of Aaron Rodgers' performance in the playoffs?
24:49–30:10
5
How does the Steelers' defense match up against the Texans' offense?
30:10–38:25
6
What strategies can the Steelers employ to win this game?
38:25–46:12
7
What are the fans' sentiments about Mike Tomlin's coaching?
46:12–56:53
8
What predictions are being made for the outcome of the game?
56:53–1:19:22
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