Steve Smith, for his size, is very, very strong -- physically a strong guy, has strong hands.

They get a lot of mileage out of [a wide receiver screen]. They throw it out to [Smith] quickly and sometimes they don't even run the screen. They just say, 'Here, go run with it.

He is a great guy and he's getting better, which is the important thing. The things that were bothering him are improving. We're just going to ease into it.

He has great hands. We knew that. He's a big target. I think his speed is a little underestimated. And we really needed him to play the way he played.

At the end of the year, if you have a guy who scores 20 touchdowns, gains 1,500 yards, goes to the Pro Bowl, does all those things, you're probably happy you have him, ... And Shaun, I'm glad we have him. If you can have a guy not get hurt and play for you all season long, that will be a positive for your football team.

You see a guy like Marquand get thrust into a role and you're not sure what's going to happen, but then you see how hard he works because he wants it so bad and he doesn't want to let people down. It's a really incredibly satisfying thing to see as a coach.