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Aaron Rodgers Passes Peyton Manning as Steelers Beat Colts

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Aaron Rodgers flipped a swing pass to Jaylen Warren, ate a crushing hit from Grover Stewart, and watched Warren go 80 yards. That first-quarter score was the 580th touchdown pass of Rodgers' career, breaking a tie with Peyton Manning for third all time including the postseason, per NFL.com, and the Steelers went on to beat the Colts 34-22 at Acrisure Stadium.

Pittsburgh bounces back from a loss at Cleveland, moves to 3-2 and stays perfect at home at 3-0, per CBS Sports. Indianapolis falls to 2-3 and still has not won in Pittsburgh since 2008, per the AP.

Aaron Rodgers climbs the record book

Rodgers went 22 of 31 for 235 yards and three touchdowns, per the AP. He completed his first 11 passes and was 16 of 21 for 166 yards and two scores in the first half, per Colts.com. The other two touchdowns went to Pat Freiermuth, a 1-yarder in the second quarter and a 17-yarder with under seven minutes left that put Pittsburgh up two scores.

Rodgers now trails only Tom Brady (737) and Drew Brees (608) in career touchdown passes, per NFL.com. The win was also his 166th as a regular-season starter, moving him past Ben Roethlisberger for fifth all time, per CBS Sports. And the Warren catch-and-run was the ninth touchdown pass of 80 yards or more in his career, tying Roethlisberger for the most in NFL history, per the AP. Not bad for a 42-year-old in what he has said is his final season.

Jaylen Warren steals the show

Warren finished with 188 total yards, six catches for 87 and 15 carries for 101, per the AP. His 50-yard touchdown run in the third quarter ended with a hurdle across the goal line. He is the first player since Herschel Walker in 1986 with an 80-yard touchdown catch and a 50-yard touchdown run in the same game, per Colts.com.

With Rico Dowdle working back from a toe injury, Warren has carried the backfield. If he is on your fantasy roster, life is good right now.

The Colts moved the ball but kept stalling. Spencer Shrader kicked five field goals, Daniel Jones threw for 267 yards, and Tyler Warren had seven catches for 83 yards and a rushing touchdown. Indianapolis pulled within a point three times, and Pittsburgh answered every time, per the AP.

That is this Steelers team in a nutshell: Rodgers keeps stacking milestones, Warren keeps ripping off big plays, and Pittsburgh keeps holding serve at home.

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