I felt this way as well. I know others are saying he ran for good yardage and it’s true. But, without rewatching the game yet, I feel like it was too late when he did it. If he’d have done it several times early, maybe they would have had to respect it and not stick to the receivers so much. But doing it late, they didn’t give a crap if he ran. They just needed to protect a lead and the running just helped milk the clock.
I remember this specifically on an 18 yarder he got late in the game. Nice run for the yardage but strategically was too little too late. Couldn’t affect the opposing game plan at that point.