Najee Harris no longer is upset by what he’s seeing out of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense.

Speaking to reporters for the first time since saying “I’m just tired of this (crap),” after a loss at Cleveland on Nov. 19, Harris said he was impressed by the results Sunday when the Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 16-10.

The third-year running back rushed for a season-high 99 yards, and the Steelers offense produced its most yards in almost five seasons, ending a 58-game streak without reaching the 400-yard barrier.

It came days after the Steelers changed offensive coordinators with Eddie Faulkner replacing Matt Canada, and Mike Sullivan taking on play-calling duties.

“There were a lot of distractions from the outside, media and the coaching change,” Harris said Wednesday. “(It was) us as an offense going out and executing at a high level and putting up those yards for the first time. Tip your hat off to us.”

Harris had declined interview requests since he unloaded his thoughts about the offense following the loss to the Browns. Among his accusations was wondering whether the offense’s problems could be fixed at this stage of the season.

He clarified those comments Wednesday.

“Everything is fixable,” he said. “It’s just a matter of time, patience, work — a certain type of drive you want, how bad do you want to fix it, how bad do you want to go as a team. I think we’ve come to understand what we want. … It’s more putting it on the field and showing it. We took a step this past weekend.”

Harris said the offense gathered to meet as a unit, something he promised would happen after the Cleveland game. He wouldn’t say what was divulged in that meeting.

“Did it produce the results? You could say that,” Harris said. “We had a 400-yard game, but sometimes it is not about the results. It’s the understanding of each other and what type of team we are. This is a bond. If we break up as a team, then we lost. If you guys write stuff you write, it can be whatever it wants, but if we lose each other, then we’ve lost.”

“It was more of trusting each other and knowing nothing can break up what we’ve got in the room rather than what you guys write on social media.”

Asked whether he feels better about the trust among teammates, Harris said, “It always has (been there). It was reassurance.”

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