Overview
- Warren produced 101 rushing yards, 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns on Sunday, becoming the first player since 1986 to record an 80-yard receiving TD and a 50-yard rushing TD in the same game.
- Coach Mike McCarthy declared Warren “our featured player right now” and said the team will keep putting him in position to make plays even as Rico Dowdle nears a return from a toe injury.
- Warren has handled an extremely heavy workload while Dowdle has been sidelined, totaling about 490 yards from scrimmage across the three full games without Dowdle and playing roughly 85% or more of offensive snaps in that span.
- Receiver injuries forced Pittsburgh into more 12-personnel and short‑passing work, which increased use of Warren and tight ends and helped lower Aaron Rodgers’ sack and pressure rates in the Week 5 win.
- The likely return of Dowdle is expected to add depth rather than immediately flip the script, creating a choice for the staff between preserving Warren’s hot streak and managing his long‑term workload for injury and fatigue risk.