Pittsburgh Steelers' interim offensive coordinator Eddie Faulkner discusses Najee Harris' late-season success.
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00:00 I mean, that was a lot of discussion on why we brought him here.
00:02 I mean, just like that's who he is, this late in the season, that kind of body.
00:07 That's what you want.
00:08 That was the purpose of why Najee's here.
00:10 So I'm not surprised by it.
00:15 We've been very fortunate where he's been able to stay healthy throughout his career
00:19 and get to this point late in the season.
00:21 So that part of it's been awesome.
00:22 But I think we can all see kind of how that pile has been moving forward and
00:28 just the war of attrition that he brings to the defense.
00:32 And we love it.
00:34 Some of those run schemes, I mean, the double play, for example.
00:39 Duo can get out on the edge based on what they do, smart wise.
00:43 You know what I mean?
00:44 Can get out there and one on one the corner.
00:45 And a lot of times we're hunting that.
00:47 Other times it goes up inside.
00:48 But without a doubt, you know what I mean?
00:50 If there's a question of whether I should get on the edge or
00:53 if I should get it up inside, we want him to get it down the side.
00:57 And part of that is also schematics and the part that we're giving him,
01:00 the plays we're giving him that we feel like they're gonna be downhill type runs.
01:04 And so he's been doing a good job with that.
01:07 >> And if you look at Najee's career history, he has 600 yard games, I think.
01:11 Four of them are in January, one's in December, and
01:14 one was on a rainstorm in November.
01:16 Is there something about this time of year,
01:17 these conditions that he particularly likes?
01:20 >> That's a cool statistic.
01:21 I don't know if he likes it, but he works real well in it.
01:26 You know what I mean?
01:27 It goes back to the original question, the first question of just why we went and
01:32 sought after Najee to begin with, is just kind of what he brings to the table that way.