Indianapolis Colts improved to 8-2 after a 31-25 overtime win against the Atlanta Falcons in Berlin, a game decided by Jonathan Taylor’s late heroics. Taylor finished with 244 rushing yards and three touchdowns, including an 8-yard overtime score, and added 42 receiving yards on three catches. His 83-yard burst in the fourth quarter was a career-long and the longest rush in the NFL this season.
Taylor’s workload was heavy. 32 carries produced a 7.6-yard average and helped him set a Colts franchise mark for career rushing touchdowns, topping Edgerrin James’ previous total.
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The performance pushed Taylor past 1,100 yards through ten games. He now has 1,139 rushing yards and 15 rushing TDs, plus 260 receiving yards and two receiving scores through ten games.
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Those totals put Taylor in rare company. He is one of only a handful of players to reach at least 1,100 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns in the first ten games of a season. He also joined Jim Brown, Adrian Peterson and Derrick Henry as one of the few players with multiple 200-yard, three-touchdown games.
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Projected over a full season, his pace suggests about 2,378 scrimmage yards and 29 total touchdowns, numbers that would rank among the best single-season outputs in NFL history.
That combination of volume, big plays and scoring makes Taylor a legitimate non-quarterback MVP candidate. Running backs rarely win the award. Adrian Peterson was the last to do it in 2012, but Taylor’s dominant displays, franchise milestones.
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If he keeps producing at this level while the Colts remain legitimate contenders, Jonathan Taylor will stay in the MVP conversation through the second half of the season. Voters often reward players who combine individual excellence with team success, and Taylor offers both if Indianapolis continues to win consistently.
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