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Film Room: Steelers Borrow From Rams’ Playbook For Long Diontae Johnson Run

Welcome to the NFL, where all good ideas were someone else’s. And hey, there’s nothing wrong with that. Work smarter, not harder. And the Pittsburgh Steelers did that for their biggest gain from scrimmage Sunday night against Seattle. Diontae Johnson’s 25-yard run, according to Johnson himself, was borrowed from the Los Angeles Rams.

After the game, Johnson talked about his long run.

“We’d seen the Rams run that play against them I think,” Johnson told reporters after the win. “We’d seen they’ve got a certain coverage to it and they gave us the same look.