Steven Nelson was salivating to avenge his old team, and it didn’t take long. The former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback, now dressed in blue and red, picked off Kenny Pickett 10 minutes into the game. The ball was returned 33 yards, eventually setting the Texans up for a field goal.
Nelson wasn’t shy in expressing his delight with the interception. “That get back a mf!! Woooooh,” he posted on X moments after his Texans clobbered Pittsburgh 30-6.
That get back a mf !!! Woooooooh
— Steve Nelson (@Nelson_Island) October 1, 2023
That wasn’t satisfying enough; not even 10 minutes later, he wrote, “Send they ass tf home ! They said I wasn’t what ? Oh aight I got receipts gas the plane up ! don’t sign names sign dogs !!! Period.”
Send they ass tf home ! They said I wasn’t what ? Oh aight I got receipts gas the plane up ! don’t sign names sign dogs !!! Period
— Steve Nelson (@Nelson_Island) October 1, 2023
Perhaps Nelson is to blame for the Steelers flight delay out of Houston?
To recap: After Pittsburgh gave the disgruntled cornerback permission to seek a trade, Nelson tweeted, “… you guys made your decision please don’t hold me hostage.”
Instead of waiting out a trade partner, the Steelers flat-out released him. He signed with the Philadelphia Eag,les where he stuck it out for one season before joining the Texans.
Steven Nelson’s Interception of Kenny Pickett
Back to the interception.
It was actually a nice pass and a catchable ball — that is, if Calvin Austin III wasn’t 5-foot-9.
WE SEE YOU 21 😤 pic.twitter.com/HksuKXQEnQ
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) October 1, 2023
But Nelson sniffed it out thanks to studying Pickett’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
“It was just all film study, man,” Nelson said. “You know, watching what they do, what they were successful at. They hit the same player, same formation look like last week, they scored on the touchdown versus Vegas. And I was just ready for it. Recognizing the formation and the player who they run the post with, and it just allowed me to go out there and make a play on the ball.”
