Texans dominate most of 1st half, trail by 11 at halftime

For the first 25 minutes of the first half, it appeared the Houston Texans were on their way to a blowout victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football. Then about as quickly as Jon Gruden could say spider 2 Y banana, the game flipped.

It started on a third-and-14 when Ben Roethlisberger hit Le'Veon Bell for 43 yards. That moved Pittsburgh into Houston territory for the first time and eventually set up a field goal to make it a 13-3 game with 3:08 left to play in the first half. The Texans quickly went three-and-out, giving the ball back to the Steelers. Roethlisberger to Bell for 28 yards set the Steelers up and Roethlisberger hit Martavis Bryant on the next play for a 35-yard touchdown to make it 13-10.

That was only the start. Daniel Manning muffed the ensuing kickoff, pinning the Texans deep in their own territory. The Texans appeared poised to run out the clock, but Arian Foster fumbled on the second-down play, giving Pittsburgh another prime scoring opportunity. The Steelers didn't waste any time, with Antonio Brown hitting Lance Moore for a 3-yard touchdown on a reverse wide receiver pass. Just like that it was 17-13 Pittsburgh. But the Steelers still weren't done.

Ryan Fitzpatrick was intercepted by Brett Keisel on Houston's next offensive play, giving the Steelers the ball at the Houston 8-yard line. Two plays later, touchdown Bell.

With 3:09 left in the second half, the Texans held a 13-0 lead. Four Steeler scores — aided by two Texan turnovers — later, and the Texans suddenly found themselves trailing by 11.