Texans’ defence closes curtains on Steelers

PITTSBURGH – You could feel Aaron Rodgers’ patience waning and frustration mounting over the course of three quarters during Monday night’s AFC Wild-Card Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans. His Steelers trailed the Texans 7-6 entering the fourth quarter, despite the Pittsburgh defence having taken the ball away from Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud three times. The result of those three takeaways, however, was just 27 yards of offence and three points, a good indication of the problems Pittsburgh was having moving the ball against the NFL’s best defence. And Houston’s defence showed up to the postseason exactly as advertised – able to generate fierce pressure on most...