A couple of seasons ago, Pittsburgh would have woken up the Sunday morning of playing the Texans at home with a big smile on its face. These days, it’s a grimace at best. The Texans play rough football, much in the mould of the Black & Yellow bulldozers that have terrorized the NFL for decades, garnering 6 Lombardi trophies in the process. This year, however, it is looking more like the Texans turn to hoist the coveted trophy than it is that Big Ben and co will repeat the feats of Superbowls XL and XLIII.
The Texans ran out 17-10 winners of this hard-hitting Week 4 contest. Matt Schaub put in a tidy performance, throwing for a Touchdown and no interceptions, completed 14 of his 21 attempts resulting in a rating that crept over 100.
Roethlisberger and the Steelers were largely ineffective in the first half, finding it impossible to register any points at all. Their 10 second-half points looked to have given them a shot, but the Texans held on to their 1 score lead and ran out winners after picking off Ben once and preventing him from finding the endzone. These two will likely win their divisions with similar records and could be tussling for the second (or even first, should the Patriots continue to lose so surprisingly) seed, making a post-season rematch likely.
Home field advantage will matter more in January, so the Texans need to maintain the intensity unless they fancy returning to a frostbitten Heinz Field.
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