Invoice Belichick’s run with the New England Patriots might be coming to an finish after almost 25 years and 6 Tremendous Bowl titles.
Within the early a part of the coach’s tenure, the Patriots had epic battles with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Led by Corridor of Fame security Troy Polamalu, the protection was routinely among the many 10 greatest within the NFL. Polamalu had so much to do with that whereas incomes eight Professional Bowl nods and 4 first-team All-Professional choices.
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Invoice Belichick of the New England Patriots shakes palms with Troy Polamalu (43) of the Pittsburgh Steelers after a sport at Gillette Stadium Nov. 3, 2013, in Foxboro, Mass. (Jim Rogash/Getty Pictures)
Polamalu, who spoke to Fox Information Digital just lately on behalf of Frito-Lay’s new NFL playoff advert that includes him and different NFL greats, stated he regarded again fondly on his time going up towards Belichick and shared a second he had with the legendary coach.
“That is the primary sport that we performed towards the New England Patriots,” he stated. “And after the sport, he got here as much as me, and he says, ‘Hey, Polamalu, I like your sport.’ And I simply checked out him, and as quickly as he stated Polamalu, like, it took me some time (for it) to click on. I used to be identical to, ‘He is aware of my identify. He is aware of my identify.
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Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers throughout a sport towards the Houston Texans Sept. 7, 2008, at Heinz Subject in Pittsburgh. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Pictures)
“That’s all I saved considering to myself, ‘He is aware of my identify. As I walked off, ‘He is aware of my identify.’”
Polamalu performed six video games towards the Patriots, the primary within the common season Oct. 31, 2004. Pittsburgh gained 34-20.
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Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Troy Polamalu throughout a Corridor of Fame press convention on the NFL Honors Feb. 1, 2020, on the Adrienne Arsht Heart in Miami, Fla. (Wealthy Graessle/PPI/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
From there, Pittsburgh and New England developed an epic rivalry.
