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stillers4me
04-11-2015, 08:15 AM
The foremost job of any quarterback about to play against the Steelers defense for most of this century was simple on a game plan, near impossible on the football field.


“You better find 43,” former Steelers coach Bill Cowher said Friday. “All the great ones — Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, all of them — when they were scouting our defense, they knew they had to find 43. He could turn a game around in a heartbeat with an impact play.


“To me, there’s no greater compliment when quarterbacks talk about a defense: Find 43.”


Troy Polamalu made so many of those impact plays in his 12 seasons wearing No. 43 at safety for the Steelers that those who shared the same team uniform or coached him lost count, just as opposing quarterbacks lost track of him in the Steelers defense. He lined up here, there, everywhere and seemed to wind up always around the football.........

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Godfather
04-11-2015, 11:44 AM
The Ratbirds used to have a scout team player wear a long black wig so Flacco could practice locating Troy before the snap.