With Jaylen Warren out last Sunday, Kenneth Gainwell provided the Steelers with their best rushing game of the season thus far. While Warren’s absence certainly didn’t strengthen the run game, Chris Hoke believes Gainwell earned a lot of respect where it matters most. The Steelers were already playing him a decent bit, but he showed he could shoulder the load. That’s something he’d never done before in his NFL career.
“I think his vision was really, really good. He made some great cutbacks, he made guys miss, he was really elusive with some of his jump cuts and acceleration,” Chris Hoke said of Gainwell on 93.