Jaylen Warren Did the Heavy Lifting So Rodgers Didn't Have To
Pittsburgh's 34–22 win was a reminder that explosive running-back plays can change an entire offense.
Jaylen Warren's first touch went nowhere. His second went backward. Somehow, that same dude ended the afternoon with 188 yards from scrimmage and two long touchdowns. That's why you watch the full game before deciding who's having a bad one.
An 80-yard touchdown on a catch-and-run and a 50-yard rushing score changed the game. Aaron Rodgers added three touchdown passes; Pat Freiermuth caught two of them. Pittsburgh didn't need a one-man quarterback show. It needed somebody to turn normal touches into plays Indianapolis couldn't recover from.
The difference between yards and points
Indianapolis moved the ball at times, but kept settling for field goals. Spencer Shrader made five. Five! You can move between the twenties all afternoon and still lose comfortably if the other team is scoring touchdowns from halfway down the field. I'm much more interested in that finishing gap than in pretending the Colts had no offense.
Impact plays
- Jaylen Warren total yards
- 188
- Warren longest catch TD
- 80 yards
- Warren long rushing TD
- 50 yards
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