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With Melvin Gordon out, Justin Jackson rescues Chargers' run game

PITTSBURGH -- Virgil Green wasn't surprised to see rookie Justin Jackson bust loose in the second half of the Los Angeles Chargers' 33-30, last-second win at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

Green had seen the same thing from the Northwestern product when he ran with the scout squad team.

"He practices like he's playing in a game," Green said. "That's all you're going to see from him."

Jackson had eight rushes for 63 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, the first TD of his career.