Texans-Steelers Wild Card Recap: The End for Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh?
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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The Houston Texans' historically dominant defense played catalyst to what could very well be Aaron Rodgers' final game in the NFL. They also spotlighted Mike Tomlin's status as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. After a one-sided beatdown, it's the Houston Texans that will advance to the Divisional round, one step closer to Super Bowl glory. Gregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue provide recap and analysis of the night's action LIVE following the final whistle ... with highlights, debate and answers along the way!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | And Rogers, tapping his gut, takes the snap. |
| 0:08.3 | Rogers, pocket collapsing. |
| 0:10.1 | Rogers, it's going to go down and the ball is out. |
| 0:12.7 | Who's got it? |
| 0:14.1 | Rankin's picks it up. |
| 0:15.2 | He's on the move. |
| 0:16.2 | 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5. |
| 0:19.4 | Touchdown, Sheldon Rankin's. |
| 0:21.9 | Rock and roll. |
| 0:24.1 | The big guy touchdown. |
| 0:27.0 | The ball came out, and Sheldon, his second touchdown of the year. |
| 0:32.5 | And what a huge one in the postseason. |
| 0:37.1 | Woo-wee. Rock and roll. |
| 0:39.5 | That's Mark Vandermere on K-I-L-T. |
| 0:44.8 | And how fitting was it that a large man on this epic Houston Texans defense |
| 0:52.0 | scored the most important touchdown on a night where the Texans |
| 0:57.5 | defense absolutely dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers. Texans move on to the divisional round in Foxborough. |
| 1:05.7 | They win 30 to 6. That touchdown came with just over 10 minutes left in the game. It's only 10 to 6 at that point. |
| 1:14.4 | And yet it was only one of two defensive touchdowns on the night, just a signature performance by maybe the signature group in the entire NFL this season. |
| 1:24.3 | Jordan Roderig is with me. She's been tracking this Texans team ever since |
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