{"id":78968,"date":"2026-01-06T04:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78968\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:23:10","slug":"im-betting-50000-against-them-lesean-mccoy-calls-texans-beating-steelers-a-layup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78968\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m Betting $50,000 Against Them:’ LeSean McCoy Calls Texans Beating Steelers A ‘Layup’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The postseason has only brought the Pittsburgh Steelers misery in recent years. They haven\u2019t won a playoff game since the 2016 season, and most of their postseason losses since then have been blowouts. However, that could change this year. The Steelers secured their playoff spot by beating the Baltimore Ravens in Week 18. They\u2019ll play the Houston Texans in the first round of the playoffs.<\/a> Former NFL running back LeSean McCoy is confident that Pittsburgh will lose that game, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m betting $50,000 against them this next game, though\u2026\u201d McCoy said recently on his Speakeasy podcast.<\/a> \u201cThat\u2019s a layup. That\u2019s really called taking candy from a baby. You said baby crying, \u2018Give me that.’\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a bad idea based solely on the Steelers\u2019 recent playoff appearances. There have been letdowns in the past, and their team still has many issues. They were one missed field goal away from losing to the Ravens and missing the postseason.<\/p>\n

However, several other trends could favor the Steelers. For instance, the Texans have never won a road playoff game. Their home stadium is a dome, so perhaps playing in the elements in Pittsburgh could give them issues.<\/p>\n

Also, Mike Tomlin has never lost a game at home on Monday night.<\/a> In fact, the Steelers haven\u2019t lost in Pittsburgh on Monday night since 1991. They\u2019ve been dominant on that day, which is another point in their favor for their upcoming game.<\/p>\n

Still, the Texans are an intimidating foe. They\u2019ve won their last nine games, finishing the season at 12-5. They also have the league\u2019s best defense, which could prove to be a serious problem for Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers\u2019 offense. That group has struggled with consistency this year.<\/p>\n

While the Steelers have some things going for them, McCoy doesn\u2019t have a high opinion of them. He doesn\u2019t even think they were the better team in their win over the Ravens.<\/p>\n

\u201cHell no. Watching the Steelers play today, it hurt watching that. Lamar [Jackson] and them, it looked like it was effortless the way they was playing. Even though they lost, they kept going down, they came back.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when they started the game out, 10-0 quick. I thought they would win this game easily. Better team, better talent\u2026 The matchup favors the Ravens on every level.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCoy might think that, but the Steelers won that game. You can blame the Ravens\u2019 kicker for missing a game-winning field goal, but the Steelers made some big plays. That included posting two touchdown-scoring drives in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Whether he thinks they\u2019re the better team or not, the Steelers are in the playoffs. Maybe they\u2019ll lose to the Texans. It certainly doesn\u2019t look like an easy game.<\/a> However, the Steelers aren\u2019t hopeless. They\u2019re in the postseason for a reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The postseason has only brought the Pittsburgh Steelers misery in recent years. They haven\u2019t won a playoff game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4916,6516,31764,73,75,74,1833,40250],"class_list":{"0":"post-78968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens","9":"tag-houston-texans","10":"tag-lesean-mccoy","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","13":"tag-pittsburgh-news","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","15":"tag-speakeasy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}