Texans defense rolls over Steelers, leads team to Divisional Round
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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We've been talking about the Super Bowl potential of the Houston Texans defense for months, especially in a wide open AFC. That was on full display in their dismantling of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card Round on Monday night. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman recap the Texans' 30-6 win on this live episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:05.5 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:06.9 | An unbelievable performance from the Houston Texans defense tonight |
| 0:11.1 | as they dominate the Pittsburgh Steelers. |
| 0:14.3 | Just an all-timer. |
| 0:15.5 | And that's really what we spent a lot of time talking about today. |
| 0:18.6 | Watching that Houston Texans defense was just one heck of an experience and I think kind of |
| 0:23.6 | reframes potentially what this team might be capable of in the playoffs, especially if their |
| 0:28.2 | offense shows the signs of life it did today outside of just three mind-boggling decisions |
| 0:33.2 | from their quarterback. |
| 0:34.9 | Today it's me, Derek Klasson, Dave Hellman, |
| 0:39.3 | bringing down all things Texan Steelers. |
| 0:42.6 | Follow that up with just a discussion about the Steelers' future. |
| 0:45.5 | What happens with Mike Tomlin is now the moment that the Steelers could potentially move on |
| 0:48.2 | and hit reset. |
| 0:49.6 | Seems like it might be. |
| 0:51.1 | Really enjoyed this conversation. |
| 0:52.5 | Hope you guys do as well. |
| 0:58.5 | Thank you. like it might be. Really enjoyed this conversation. Hope you guys do as well. I'm pretty sure that's the most fun I could have watching a football game that was 7-6 in the fourth quarter. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah, I was cackling watching what the Texans did on defense tonight. |
| 1:09.2 | It's tackling. |
| 1:09.6 | If it's going to be that close and that gross, |
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