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Karl Rasmussen

Steelers Made Unfortunate NFL Playoff History in Wild-Card Loss to Texans

The Steelers’ playoff woes continued on Monday night as they put up little fight in a blowout loss to the Texans in the wild-card round. Pittsburgh has now lost each of its last seven playoff games, the longest active postseason losing streak in the NFL, dating back to the 2016 AFC championship game.

They’re still two more consecutive playoff losses short of tying the Lions’ all-time record of nine straight postseason defeats, but they did set some rather undesirable history on Monday. The Steelers became the first team in NFL history to lose five consecutive playoff games by 10 or more points.

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