Texans vs. Steelers: Score and Twitter Reaction from Monday Night Football

The Pittsburgh Steelers barely needed more than two minutes of offensive production on Monday night.

Mike Tomlin's squad scored 21 points in a wild final 120 seconds of the first half, which proved to be enough to pull out a 30-23 win over the Houston Texans.

ESPN Stats & Info noted the record-setting dominance from Pittsburgh on Monday Night Football:

While the all the team's touchdowns came in just a two-minute span, the Steelers had little trouble moving the ball for most of the game. Le'Veon Bell tallied 145 total yards from scrimmage and a touchdown, Ben Roethlisberger threw for 265 yards and two scores and Antonio Brown had nine catches, 90 yards and a short passing touchdown of his own.

The Texans outgained Pittsburgh, 393-328, but three turnovers ultimately kept them from stealing the win on the road.

Arian Foster, who had 115 total yards, a touchdown and a lost fumble, put it simply, via HoustonTexans.com's Deepi Sidhu:

For the first 27 minutes, it was all Houston. J.J. Watt—as per usual—made a home in the backfield, tallying a sack, fumble recovery and several pressures, while Foster gashed the Steelers on the ground.

The Texans built a 13-0 lead, but with their domination on both sides of the ball, the margin felt much greater, as Sports Illustrated's Chris Burke noted:

But then Shaun Suisham kicked a 44-yard field goal with 3:08 to play in the half. That served as the tiny bit of movement needed to start an unstoppable avalanche.

There was an entire game's worth of moments in the last three minutes of the first half: Roethlisberger to Martavis Bryant for the first catch and touchdown of the wide receiver's career. A Foster fumble on his own 3-yard line. A trick play resulting in Brown finding Lance Moore for the score. An interception by Brett Keisel. A Roethlisberger quick touchdown strike to Bell, who lined up outside.

The result was a 24-13 halftime lead.

And it all happened probably about as fast as it took you to read that paragraph, as illustrated by Yahoo Sports' Eric Edholm:

NFL.com's Dane Brugler, ESPN Stats & Info and Rotoworld's Evan Silva gave their thoughts on the touchdowns, each of which would have likely received more attention had they not occurred within seconds of each other:

Not since Shaun Alexander was running rampant for the Seattle Seahawks has a team scored so much, so quickly, per NFL.com's Jeff Darlington:

After both teams exchanged field goals in the fourth, a costly late fumble from DeAndre Hopkins following a huge gain put the Texans in an insurmountable hole.

Ryan Fitzpatrick made things interesting with an 86-yard scoring drive to bring Houston within a touchdown, but Pittsburgh recovered the ensuing onside kick even after a Darrius Heyward-Bey drop let it bounce around dangerously for several seconds.

After the game, Texans coach Bill O'Brien was fired up when speaking with reporters via the Houston Chronicle:

"

These questions are like we lost 50-0. We lost by a touchdown.

(...)

The whole thing is frustrating. Players are frustrated. Coaches are frustrated. It’s awful to lose. It’s not good to come close. There are not moral victories. But we have to fix these things.

"

The Texans, who have now lost three consecutive games by only a combined 15 points, will try to right the ship at Tennessee against the 2-5 Titans next week.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, continues its way through the AFC South with a home meeting against the Indianapolis Colts.

With the way Andrew Luck and Co. are moving the ball, one thing is clear: The Steelers are going to have to find the end zone outside of just a two-minute window.