Field Gulls
We have seven of the final eight teams confirmed for the Divisional Round. That last spot will go to either the 4-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers or 5-seeded Houston Texans, who’ve never won a road playoff game in their (comparatively speaking) brief history. Meanwhile, apparently the Steelers haven’t lost a Monday night home game since the early 1990s, which is insane given how often they’ve played on Mondays. Pittsburgh hasn’t won a playoff game since the 2016 season, and they’re underdogs tonight.
The Seattle Seahawks angle to this is the fact that former star receiver DK Metcalf is back from his two-game suspension following his altercation with a Detroit Lions fan. Pittsburgh was a Baltimore Ravens missed field goal away from that suspension looking like a very costly one on the field, but the Steelers are here, and maybe this is Aaron Rodgers’ final playoff run of his career. It’ll be a daunting task taking on the elite Texans defense and their insanely good pass rush, led by Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson.
The winner of this one takes on the New England Patriots on Sunday, and incidentally once this game is over we’ll know what Saturday time slot the Seahawks will have when they play the San Francisco 49ers.
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are on the call for ESPN/ABC at 5:15 pm PT! If those two don’t float your boat, head over to ESPN2 for Peyton and Eli Manning on the ManningCast. Either way, hang with us in the comments section!
