{"id":11821,"date":"2026-01-13T05:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11821"},"modified":"2026-01-13T05:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:03:12","slug":"nfl-play-offs-houston-texans-beat-pittsburgh-steelers-the-end-for-aaron-rodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11821","title":{"rendered":"NFL play-offs: Houston Texans beat Pittsburgh Steelers; the end for Aaron Rodgers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The Houston Texans produced a defensive masterclass to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 and book the final spot in the Divisional Round of the NFL play-offs.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The final Wildcard Weekend game on Monday was expected to be a low-scoring affair and so it proved for three quarters, with Houston leading 7-6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Then the Texans charged clear with three touchdowns in the final quarter &#8211; two of them scored by their league-leading defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That made for a dismal end for Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers in what could be the last game in the 42-year-old&#8217;s illustrious career. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After joining the Steelers on a one-year deal, the NFL&#8217;s four-time Most Valuable Player has said this could be his final season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And Pittsburgh are now out of the play-offs with Houston, the fifth seed in the AFC, securing a trip to the New England Patriots next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More to follow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#NFL #playoffs #Houston #Texans #beat #Pittsburgh #Steelers #Aaron #Rodgers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans produced a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}