Jaylen Warren

Tomlin said the only thing that stopped Warren from exceeding the 18 touches he saw in Week 10 against the Chargers was game script and the Steelers' inability to convert third downs. With shortened drives, Warren's workload was not nearly as big as it could have been, Tomlin suggested in his Tuesday press conference. "We win more third downs, Jaylen [Warren] will get more touches," he said. Warren accounted for 41 percent of the Steelers' offensive production in Week 10's loss while losing out to Kenneth Gainwell on third down opportunities. That, Tomlin said, would continue. Warren will be a top-12 fantasy play in Week 11 against an abysmal Bengals front seven.

Warren accounted for 91 of the 221 yards of total offense from the Steelers as they struggled to move the football throughout against the Chargers. Even so, the team trailed only 5-3 until the last minute of the first half when Ladd McConkey broke the game open with a touchdown from 15 yards out. Warren also handily led the backfield, ceding only two carries to rookie Kaleb Johnson on back-to-back plays in the third quarter and three targets to Kenneth Gainwell, keeping him entrenched as an RB2 ahead of a plus matchup with the Bengals in Week 11.

Warren rushed the ball 14 times for 70 yards in Sunday's 25-10 loss to the Chargers. He added two receptions on two targets for 21 yards.

Steelers RB Jaylen Warren went 16-31-2 against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9. Warren also caught both of his targets for -2 yards. His measly 1.9 yards per carry didn t help the Steelers offense much, but he was able to punch in two short scores near the goal line.

There's an interesting footnote to emerge from Sunday's 31-6 loss by the Dolphins to the Browns: Receiver Jaylen Warren caught one pass, for 15 yards.