Steelers 34, Colts 22: Warren 80, Then 50

October 11, 2026 - Pittsburgh - First snap. Rain. Grover Stewart crushed Aaron Rodgers as the ball left his hand. Jaylen Warren caught it in the right flat and ran 80 yards. DK Metcalf threw two blocks on the escort. 7-3, 12 seconds after Pittsburgh touched the ball.

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Indianapolis Colts 34-22 at Acrisure Stadium. Pittsburgh is 3-2. Indianapolis is 2-3. Warren ran 15 times for 101 and that 50-yard score, caught all six targets for 87 and the 80-yarder, and finished with 188 scrimmage yards on the nflverse weekly line. Steelers Now listed him at 14 carries for 96 and 183 yards. We are using 15-101 and 6-87.

Rodgers was 22 of 31 for 235 and three scores. Pat Freiermuth caught five for 44 and two of them. Spencer Shrader made five field goals and still walked off with a loss.

3-0, then 80 yards, then a kicking duel

Shrader opened from 57 after seven plays. 3-0. Warren answered on the next snap. Shrader from 56. 6-7. Pittsburgh then ate 12 plays and 80 yards. Freiermuth from a yard. 14-6, 13:17 of the second.

Tyler Warren punched in from a yard. 14-13. Chris Boswell made 48 as the half expired. 17-13. The NFL gamebook has the whole sheet: Shrader 57, 56, 22, 40, 28. Boswell 48 and 54. Nobody left the kicking game empty.

Shrader from 22 made it 16-17 early in the third. Warren took a handoff up the middle, Darnell Washington led, and it was 50 yards. 24-16. Shrader from 40. 24-19. Shrader from 28. 24-22 with 11:42 left.

Pittsburgh still had the down it needed. Warren got a yard on fourth-and-1 in Indianapolis territory, per CBS. Rodgers hit Freiermuth from 17 with 6:35 left. 31-22. Boswell from 54 after a four-play field-position gift. 34-22.

A 42-year-old and a tight end who finished

Rodgers has now thrown three touchdowns in three straight games. Germie Bernard caught six for 80. Metcalf's work was the blocking on the 80-yarder more than the target sheet. Freiermuth's second score was the cushion. Payton Wilson had six solos and two tackles for loss. Cameron Heyward and DeForest Buckner each had a sack.

Daniel Jones was 24 of 44 for 267, no touchdowns, no picks, one sack. Jonathan Taylor ran 15 times for 45 and caught three for 37. Tyler Warren caught seven for 83 besides the 1-yard run. Keenan Allen had five for 45. Josh Downs had three for 47. Indianapolis hung around on Shrader's leg and never found the end zone after the first half.

The gamebook listed rain, 62 degrees, and 90 percent humidity. Warren still found the sideline on the dump-off and the crease on the 50-yarder. The Steelers are 0-2 on the road and unbeaten in Pittsburgh in the games that count this way. Tampa Bay is next. The Colts go home to face Tennessee.

AthX Engine on 188 scrimmage yards

AthX Engine NFL scoring already has the Week 5 Sunday lines in. Warren's 101, 87, and two scores land at 62.00, the top total in this game. Shrader is 47.00. Buckner is 39.00. Wilson is 39.00. Rodgers is 38.30. Tyler Warren is 37.50. Freiermuth is 30.75. Pittsburgh's team line is 85.50. Indianapolis is 3.50.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for Warren after two explosives in the rain, and for a Colts kicker who made five and still lost. They move together. They are not the same number.

Track Warren, Rodgers, Freiermuth, Taylor, and both clubs on the marketplace. Pittsburgh visits Tampa Bay on Oct. 18. Tennessee visits Indianapolis that afternoon.

*Sources: ESPN game page, Steelers.com recap, CBS Sports/AP recap, NFL gamebook, AP recap. ESPN, CBS, the NFL gamebook, and nflverse agree on 34-22, Rodgers 22-of-31 for 235 and three scores, Freiermuth two receiving TDs. nflverse has Warren at 15-101 rushing and 6-87 receiving (188 scrimmage); Steelers Now listed 14-96 and 183. AthX Engine Week 5 lines scored from nflverse weekly stats (CC-BY 4.0). Information only; not financial advice.*