Any time you have good running backs and you can pound the ball, it creeps up that defense. That play action works very well, and that's what happened with Hart.

(Reed) is a guy that all he wants to do is play defense, ... Even when we're running our first-team offense against our scout team defense at practice, he wants to be out there. He just never quits. He has played with confidence the first one-and-a-half games, which makes him that much better. Our defense as a whole needs to gain that type of confidence.

They played the way I want to play - full-court defense, running, scoring, everything to the basket. I always wanted to go to the basket.

The Steelers are who they are. They like to pound the ball. It's going to be hard for them to change much at this point.

There's a lot less pounding. I'll take my chances against 185-pound defensive backs.

Every time we needed a big play in the running game the last three weeks, Nathan made it. It's hard to knock him off his feet because of his strength and balance.