Colts' Jonathan Taylor Achieves Hat Trick for NFL Accolade

Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is stacking NFL awards like it's running out of style.

Nov 9, 2025; Berlin, Germany; Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) scores the winning touchdown in overtime against the Atlanta Falcons during the NFL Berlin Game at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Indianapolis Colts superstar running back Jonathan Taylor has, yet again, earned the AFC Offensive Player of the Week award after a dominating performance against the Atlanta Falcons.

AFC Players of the Week! (Week 10)@JayT23 | @DHunt94_TX | @NwangwuKene | @Gatorade pic.twitter.com/GfVGtghzlT

— NFL (@NFL) November 12, 2025

Taylor systematically destroyed Atlanta's defense, logging season bests in attempts (32) and rushing yards (244), as well as the longest run of his NFL career at 83 yards.

Along with these fantastic metrics, Taylor also logged a hat trick of TDs for the fourth time this season. As for the AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor, it's his third of the NFL season and sixth in his career.

No surprise: #Colts RB Jonathan Taylor is the AFC Offensive Player of the Week.

He finished with a career-high 286 yards from scrimmage and three TDs in Indy’s win over the Falcons in Berlin.

Third time he’s received this honor this year and sixth time in his career.

— James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) November 12, 2025

Taylor has been a machine for Shane Steichen's offense, and truthfully, without him in Berlin, the Colts likely don't defeat the Falcons.

While the running game was on fire, quarterback Daniel Jones struggled and was under fire for nearly the entire game on Sunday.

Jones was sacked seven times and pressured 19 times by a hungry Falcons defense. No one Falcons name dominated the sacks either.

Ronnie Harrison Jr., Jalon Walker, Kaden Elliss, Zach Harrison, Arnold Ebiketie, Barndon Dorlus, and James Pearce Jr. all grabbed a sack, showing that Indy's offensive line was overwhelmed by Atlanta's overall defensive scheme.

This makes a whopping 12 sacks sustained over two weeks for Jones, and while the former New York Giants QB has to improve his pocket awareness, Indy's O-Line must get back to the efficiency they displayed in the first eight weeks.

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Nov 9, 2025; Berlin, Germany; Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) after defeating the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL Berlin Game at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Taylor is putting up the best football of his career and has only seen one rough game in 2025, which came in Week 9 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The concern from that game is that Pittsburgh exposed what can happen with Indy's offense if Taylor is held in check. After logging just 45 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards, it forced Jones to try and beat Pittsburgh.

This resulted in three fumbles, three picks, and a brutalizing defeat at Acrisure Stadium.

Jonathan Taylor is the only non-kicker in the top 15 of scoring leaders 😯#NFL | #Colts | #Football pic.twitter.com/yvZkpPEH6p

— FanDuel (@FanDuel) November 11, 2025

Taylor's 2025 season has been nothing short of extraordinary. He's stacked up 1,139 rushing yards on 189 carries for 15 rushing TDs, a long of 83 yards, and an average per carry of 6.0.

What's more impressive is that Taylor heads the NFL in every one of the aforementioned categories. If Taylor keeps this up all the way through the end of the year, he'll be hard to deny for the NFL MVP.

The only other player who has a real claim over Taylor is the Los Angeles Rams QB, Matt Stafford. The future NFL Hall of Famer has 208 completions for 2,427 passing yards and a league-best 25 passing TDs.

Taylor is on track for approximately 1,936 rushing yards, 26 rushing TDs, 442 receiving yards, and three receiving scores. These would all be career-bests for the former Wisconsin Badger playmaker.

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Taylor is the beginning and end for Indy's offense, and when he's on, it's incredibly difficult to account for the other ways Jones and Steichen's game plan can attack a defense.

Taylor has earned a week of rest ahead of a massive Week 12 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium and will be leaned upon to propel the Colts' offense for the remainder of the year.