INDIANAPOLIS -- If you want to know how Isaiah Rodgers did what he did on Christmas, making plays in coverage late to hold off a Kyler Murray comeback, go back to the downfield catch he gave up the week before.
Seven days before the Colts' second-year player out of UMass stepped into the starting lineup to replace Rock Ya-Sin, he had a moment with him.
Rodgers was lined up over New England Patriots receiver N'Keal Harry, a 6-foot-4 former first-round pick with half a foot on the 5-10 Rodgers.
Harry drove Rodgers vertically, pushing outside and drifting inside before extending that frame above Rodgers' head to pull down a 43-yard pass from Mac Jones.