INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Indianapolis Colts’ prolific offense saved rolling Sunday, and Jonathan Taylor did the identical.
The league’s main rusher scored three touchdowns in a single sport for the third time this season, this time in a 38-24 win over the Los Angeles Chargers that propelled the Colts to the league’s greatest file at 6-1.
“He is the most effective again within the league proper now,” coach Shane Steichen mentioned. “There is not any doubt.”
Taylor completed off drives of 75, 14 and 73 yards, attending to the top zone as a runner for the eighth, ninth and tenth instances this season. He scored on runs of 23, 8 and 19 yards.
His quick begin is also historic.
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In keeping with ESPN Analysis, Taylor is the fourth participant in NFL historical past with three video games with three dashing touchdowns inside his crew’s first seven video games, becoming a member of Jim Brown (1958), Priest Holmes (2004) and Derrick Henry (2021).
“He is working onerous,” Steichen mentioned. “He is working bodily. He is acquired nice imaginative and prescient. Yeah, he is balling out.”
Taylor leads the NFL in dashing yards (697) and dashing touchdowns (10) after ending Sunday’s sport with 94 yards on 16 carries (5.9-yard common).
Taylor and the Colts have been scoring at will all season, and that continued Sunday. They scored touchdowns on every of their first three possessions and later opened a 21-point lead over Los Angeles.
Indianapolis took an opportunity on quarterback Daniel Jones, signing him within the offseason to a one-year, $14 million contract after six up-and-down seasons with the New York Giants. They’ve gotten loads of return on the funding, with Jones now main the NFL in QBR (81.3) and finishing a career-best 71% of his move makes an attempt. He was 23-of-34 passing for 288 yards and two scores Sunday.
“I at all times knew that we had actually good gamers right here and we have been simply lacking one thing,” receiver Michael Pittman Jr. mentioned. “And that is one thing that Dan introduced. I’ve at all times had confidence in our guys. We have been only one participant away.”
The Colts have eclipsed 30 factors in 5 of their seven video games and lead the NFL in factors per sport (33.1) and yards per play (6.4). In keeping with ESPN Analysis, their 232 factors this season are their most by means of seven video games since 1964 — twenty years earlier than they relocated to Indianapolis from Baltimore. That crew gained the NFL championship.
Time will inform how far this offense can take this Colts crew, however the early indicators stay optimistic.
“We go into each sport considering we’re scoring 40,” tight finish Mo Alie-Cox mentioned. “I imply, we’re on the verge of doing it once more. Each time we get the ball, we expect we will rating.”
