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Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0star T.J. Watt knew exactly what won them the game. Minutes after a 27\u201320 win over the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts, Watt laid out the blueprint that flipped the game: \u201cIt started with smashing the run first and foremost. Playing fast, playing physical football, playing simplified football,\u201d he said\u00a0in an interview\u00a0shared by reporter Mike DeFabo on X.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh mauled the trenches, held Indianapolis to\u00a055 rushing yards\u00a0on\u00a019 attempts,\u00a0and turned Daniel Jones into a turnover machine. The Steelers forced\u00a0six\u00a0takeaways and piled up\u00a0five sacks, a throwback brand of chaos that powered 24 unanswered points after trailing 7\u20130. Jaylen Warren finished the drives with two short touchdowns,\u00a0while Aaron Rodgers managed the game\u00a0with\u00a0203 yards\u00a0and a 12-yard strike to Pat Freiermuth.<\/p>\n

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The sequence that changed everything looked familiar to Steelers fans. Watt knifed around the edge for a second-quarter strip sack, Alex Highsmith kept the heat on all afternoon, and the secondary feasted. Rookie linebacker Payton Wilson and cornerback Joey Porter Jr. grabbed interceptions as Pittsburgh turned short fields into points and a two-score cushion it never lost.<\/p>\n

Numbers back it up. Jonathan Taylor, the league\u2019s leading rusher coming in, managed\u00a045 yards on 14 carries. Jones stacked yards late (342, 1 TD) but coughed up\u00a0three interceptions\u00a0and\u00a0two lost fumbles\u00a0under relentless pressure. Pittsburgh\u2019s offense didn\u2019t need style points; it needed mistake-free football and field position. It got both.<\/p>\n

\"BREAKING:<\/p>\n

If there was a single \u201cturning point,\u201d local radio pegged Watt\u2019s strip sack as the spark that woke up Acrisure Stadium. From there, the Steelers\u2019 rush and coverage tied together, the tackling tightened, and Mike Tomlin\u2019s group closed like a veteran unit.<\/p>\n

The message afterward was simple. Pittsburgh cleaned up the run fits, hunted takeaways, and played on its terms.\u00a0For a defense that took it on the chin the past two weeks, this was a needed course correction and a reminder of the ceiling when No. 90 sets the tempo. Smash the run, speed the game up, and let the ball find you. On Sunday, it did, six times.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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