The Steelers didn’t just beat the Colts 34-22 on Sunday. They may have introduced the league to Jaylen Warren in the loudest way possible.
Pittsburgh’s win pushed the team to 3-2 and came during a stretch in which the offense has started to settle in. The Steelers have now topped 24 points in each of their last three games, and that run has given the team something it had been searching for: steady production.
Even with the defense having some rough patches and Aaron Rodgers directing a passing attack that was quickly thinned out by injuries to Roman Wilson and Ben Skowronek, the night belonged to Warren. The former undrafted free agent has been building a case as one of the Steelers’ best finds in recent memory, and this game looked like another step toward something bigger.
Warren opened the scoring with an 80-yard touchdown catch, then came right back after halftime and ripped off a 50-yard run to stretch Pittsburgh’s 17-16 lead into a 24-16 cushion. By the end of the afternoon, he had gone over 100 rushing yards and finished with 188 all-purpose yards on just 21 touches.
That kind of production put him in rare company. Warren became the first player since Herschel Walker in 1986 to record both an 80-yard receiving touchdown and a 50-yard rushing touchdown in the same game.
With Rico Dowdle having missed the last three games, Warren’s biggest moments have only continued to pile up. He has long been overlooked, but performances like this make it hard to ignore what he is becoming: a full-fledged star and one of the NFL’s best running backs.
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