Troy Polamalu
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"Troy Aumua Polamalu", born "Troy Aumua", is an American football strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC), and earned consensus All-American honors. He was chosen by the Steelers in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He has been a member of two of the Steelers' Super Bowl championship teams, and has been selected for the Pro Bowl eight times, and was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2010 and is considered by many as one of the best safeties to ever play the game.

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I see everything in his game. He's still one of the players who provides you with the mold about how to play the game.

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I know where I'm supposed to be at the time of the snap. Now, wherever the play dictates where I'm going to go is a different story. Sometimes I'll compromise my responsibility because I overcompensated, and sometimes I'll get cut short and just fall in the middle of the play, as well.

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I think there's a lot of Samoans in professional football because it's closely related to a family atmosphere.

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I think there's a lot of Samoans in professional football because it's closely related to a family atmosphere and the upbringing that a lot of Samoans have.

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There's a lot of Samoans in pro football because it's closely related to a family atmosphere.

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To me, he is the MVP of that team. He's a very accurate thrower. He feels very confident with their offense. His scrambling ability gives their offense another avenue as well. He's been playing great, and I think that's why they've been successful. They can't click without him.

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I wouldn't anticipate him coming in and doing what we like to do: run, run, run, run, run. But I think he's going to use a West Coast-slash-run-and-shoot-type offense. That's what I would expect.

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We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.

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So I just jumped. It was a blast. It was something that was very deserving for the Pittsburgh fans. They've been waiting for a long time. If anybody knows Pittsburgh and their (Steelers) fans, they know they're the biggest fans of any sport, I believe, and more supportive of their sport than anybody.

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