For all the success he had on the field, Troy Polamalu has always been known as a calm, soft-spoken guy off the field. So when he got mad, his teammates followed suit. On Bryant McFadden and Patrick Peterson’s All Things Covered podcast, McFadden told a story about a 2005 game against the then-San Diego Chargers when wide receiver Keenan McCardell threw a cheap shot at Troy and how it fired the team up.
“When Keenan McCardell hit Troy blatantly in the back, it went from Troy being just Troy to Troy being, I got blood in my eyes and now I’m looking at you.