The Pittsburgh Steelers clinched the fourth seed in the AFC playoff bracket. It’s good positioning, but not great. Good enough to host a postseason game at Acrisure Stadium, yet still fragile enough to demand urgency. There are no warm-up acts in January football, and standing across the line Monday night will be a quarterback who cannot be taken lightly—Houston Texans signal-caller C.J. Stroud.
He will be ready. That much is certain.
The young gunslinger has built a reputation as a winner, guiding his team to the postseason in each of his three years as a starter.