Aaron Rodgers is taking a beating.
The four-time NFL MVP is playing in what might be the final game of his career on ‘Monday Night Football’ in the wild-card round against the Houston Texans. It’s safe to the say the visitors are trying to crash the Pittsburgh Steelers’ party at Acrisure Stadium.
Rodgers has been under pressure all night long and in the fourth quarter, the Texans finally got the turnover they were looking for.
Facing a third-and-12 with over 11 minutes left down by four, Rodgers dropped back to pass. He was promptly met by multiple Texans, mainly Will Anderson Jr., who led the charge.
The 42-year-old quarterback was devoured by the pass rush and coughed up the ball, which Sheldon Rankins returned for a Houston touchdown.
It extended the Texans’ lead to 11 with 11 minutes to go, a seemingly insurmountable deficit for the offensively-challenged Steelers against arguably the league’s best defense.
The four-seeded Steelers backed into the playoffs thanks to a missed field goal by the Baltimore Ravens’ Tyler Loop in the final game of the regular season.
If it wasn’t for that, Rodgers and co. would’ve been home watching their rivals in this contest.
Instead, it’s the Steelers that are getting clobbered by a lethal pass rush.