Right away it was pretty clear that Sunday’s road trip to Houston to take on the Texans inside NRG Stadium was going to be a disastrous one for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers came out flat and appeared rather lifeless, getting punched in the mouth over and over again by a young, rebuilding Texans team under first-year head coach DeMeco Ryans. That led to a rather putrid 30-6 loss in which the Steelers had no answers for anything Houston did offensively and couldn’t figure out the Texans’ defense at all.
On the day, Pittsburgh allowed 451 yards of total offense to a rookie QB-led offense with C.