Texans defense made Steelers' Aaron Rodgers play the worst playoff game by a QB in a dozen years

Billy Heyen

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The Houston Texans' defense has made good quarterbacks look bad all season.

They didn't take it easy on Aaron Rodgers, that's for sure.

The Pittsburgh Steelers' 42-year-old QB was under fire all night long Monday in a 30-6, season-ending loss in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs.

Rodgers finished 17-for-33 for 146 yards. He was sacked four times, losing 36 yards.

And on his final pass, he threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown.

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Rodgers' final action on an NFL field was to try and make a tackle to prevent that return TD, but he didn't come close to bringing Calen Bullock down.

Afterward, NFL writer Nate Tice shared a stat that was quite jarring. It makes the case that Rodgers had just put together the worst game by a quarterback in the playoffs in at least a dozen years.

Here's what Tice shared on X:

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We can confirm that being 283rd out of 283 isn't good.

That Texans defense is certainly fearsome. They even made Josh Allen look incredibly mortal earlier this season in an upset of the Bills.

Houston will head to New England to try and upset the Patriots, and they'll have a legitimate chance because of DeMeco Ryans' defense.

Meanwhile, Rodgers heads home, maybe for good, likely still seeing ghosts after the way the Texans defense handled him all night long.

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