prove since I've been in the league." How much did those reps from earlier in the year help you? "I think it helped a lot, just being out on the field, seeing the speed of the game, getting a feel for defenses. I think it helped a lot going into tonight." Coach Harbaugh said he tends to stick with the hot hand. Do you feel that you are the hot hand right now? "I don't think one game can be called a hot hand." It felt like the offense opened up tonight, were you surprised that was the plan in your first NFL start? "That was the game plan we had through the whole week, so I don't think it was surprising for me. I think we had great matchups out there and great receivers making plays." The second pass was a deep one to [TE] Vernon Davis, did that put you at ease and put you into a rhythm? "I mean, just being in a rhythm like that feels good, being able to trust your players to make plays. Our offensive line was doing an amazing job up front giving protection so I felt very comfortable out there with it." Consider your reputation in skills, I think more people expected you to run the ball more and yet you played more by the book. Was that more predetermined? "Like Coach said, our offense isn't really going to change, no matter who is in there. Our offense is our offense