Steelers blowout Texans to clinch first round bye

The Pittsburgh Steelers were looking to seal up a first round bye as they traveled to Houston to take on the Texans. The Texans are looking to play spoiler as they are eliminated from playoff contention. The Steelers are coming off a tough loss at home to New England and are looking to bounce back and get a first round bye. Who would come out on top in this Christmas Day matchup? Let's find out! The Steelers would start with the ball and go on an eight play drive and would result in a 34 yard field goal by Chris Boswell for a 3-0 Steelers lead. The Texans would go three and out on their first drive. The Steelers would go on a six play drive highlighted by Ben Roethlisberger going to Martavis Bryant for 36 yards to the Texans 11 yard line and ended with Roethlisberger going to Justin Hunter for a five yard touchdown for a 10-0 lead. The Texans would get as far as their own 49 yard line but would be forced to punt. Pittsburgh would be forced to punt for the first time on their next possession as we head to the end of the first quarter. The Texans would get a 48 yard run by Alfred Blue to the Steelers 18 yard line. They would face a third and 9 and TJ Yates would get 11 yards to the six yard line. They would face a fourth and goal at the one and the pass would get picked off by Burns as the Steelers kept Houston off the scoreboard. The Steelers would capitalize with an 11 play drive ending with a one yard touchdown run by Roosevelt Nix for a 17-0 lead. Houston would fumble on their next drive and the Steelers would recover and Pittsburgh would capitalize with a 36 yard field goal by Boswell for a 20-0 lead. The Texans would go three and out and the Steelers would waste the clock to get to halftime with the 20-0 lead. The Texans got the ball to start the second half and would get as far as the Steelers 46 yard line but would move back on the drive and would be forced to punt. The Steelers and Texans would trade three and outs and then the Steelers would go on a seven play drive that would end with a 10 yard touchdown run by Le'Veon Bell to make it 27-0 in favor of the Steelers. The Texans would get on the scoreboard early in the fourth quarter with a seven play drive ending with TJ Yates going to DeAndre Hopkins who had an amazing catch for the three yard touchdown. The two-point conversion would fail after the Steelers went offsides on the extra point and the score was 27-6. The Steelers would go on a five play drive that was highlighted by JuJu Smith-Schuster. He would haul in a 49 yard pass to the Texans 21 yard line and then would get an 18 yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 34-6 lead. The Steelers would cruise for the victory to clinch the first round bye as they knocked off the Texans 34-6.