INDIANAPOLIS -- It was only hours before the Pittsburgh Steelers' Monday night game against the Houston Texans that Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano stood behind the podium at the team’s facility talking about putting opponents away when the opportunity presented itself.

“Score touchdowns, because you can’t let people hang around,” Pagano said. “In the National Football League, it doesn’t matter.”

The Steelers proved that later that night.

The Texans jumped out to a 13-3 lead over the Steelers before things fell apart for them.

Punt. Steelers touchdown. Fumble. Steelers touchdown. Interception. Steelers touchdown.

The Steelers took advantage of the Texans’ misfortunes to score three touchdowns to take a 24-13 halftime lead in a span of just two minutes.

The Colts had a 24-0 lead over Houston in Week 6 before holding on for a 33-28 victory. Indianapolis had two turnovers in Cincinnati's half of the field last week.

“I mean that’s how this league is,” Pagano said. “That’s how it goes, especially playing on the road, playing at Heinz Field, playing in front of that crowd. The music, the song, the towels, everything. Once you get going, it’s like a feeding frenzy. There’s going to be some storms, we know there’s going to be some storms. You’ve got to be able to weather some of those storms and hopefully they don’t turn out to be 21-, 24-point explosions.”