INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor uses his uncanny blend of speed, strength and shiftiness to outrun NFL defenses.

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty is trying to do the same.

On Sunday, two of the league's most explosive runners — one with three 1,000-yard seasons and an NFL rushing title, the other trying to create his own niche by becoming the league's best rookie — meet in Indy.

Taylor knows exactly what he's up against.

“I thought he had a heck of a career in college, seeing Barry Sanders highlights, seeing how close he got," Taylor said of Jeanty, a former Boise State star who finished 7 yards short of Sanders' NCAA single-season record of 2,628.

“I just know the narrative of who's he's playing against kind of reminded me of, going

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