It's hard to look at the Pittsburgh Steelers' matchup against the Houston Texans and come away with the conclusion that Mike Tomlin's team holds the upper hand. Though tonight's Wild Card game is being played at Acrisure Stadium, the Texans finished the season with a better record, point differential, DVOA, scoring offense, total offense, scoring defense, and total defense.
Meanwhile, the Steelers' offensive line is getting set for a brutal matchup against the league's best edge rusher tandem. In other words, Houston pretty much trumps Pittsburgh in every major statistical category.
But there's one low-key advantage the Steelers hold that could make the difference in tonight's game: the forecast.