Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu was a guest with Bryant McFadden on Radio Row at the Super Bowl for CBS Sports, and McFadden asked him if he was going for an open-field tackle, would he rather face Jamal Lewis or Maurice Jones-Drew. That led Polamalu to bring up a story about how he was afraid to face Lewis in his rookie season in 2003.
“Jamal Lewis, my rookie year, he ran for 2,000 yards. I did not want to play football when I experienced that. I was so happy I was not starting, Mike Logan was starting, I’m like ‘please Mike, you start,'” Polamalu said.